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Chepstow teens 'risk death' jumping in river

5:20pm Friday 30th July 2010

TEENAGERS jumping off a pontoon into the River Wye are "dicing with death" according to the chairman of SARA’s Beachley Station.

Workers go green and do their rounds by bike

3:20pm Friday 30th July 2010

THESE workers from Monmouthshire are getting on their bike to do their bit for the environment.

Landlords’ fear is stopping sex shop dream - Cwmbran couple

1:40pm Friday 30th July 2010

AN UNEMPLOYED Cwmbran couple want to open Torfaen’s first sex shop - but say the fear of the community’s reaction is stopping landlords from letting to them.

Abergavenny schoolboy scoops science film

10:20am Friday 30th July 2010

AN ABERGAVENNY schoolboy won a national award for his animated film about a rat dissection.

Hundreds say farewell to Abergavenny taxi driver

10:20am Thursday 29th July 2010

MORE than 200 people attended the funeral of Abergavenny taxi driver Mel Morgan, 65, at St Mary’s Priory Church on Monday.

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Historic buildings get Assembly cash

3:57pm Wednesday 28th July 2010

TWO historic buildings in Monmouthshire have won grants for essential repairs and maintenance work from the Welsh Assembly.

Abergavenny court faces axe - despite £500,000 facelift

9:10am Wednesday 28th July 2010

A GWENT magistrates court faces the axe - despite the fact it has just undergone a £500,000 refurbishment.

Thousands flock to Cwmbran for charity fun day

2:30pm Tuesday 27th July 2010

IT WAS fun and games for the thousands of people who packed into Llanyrafon South Fields in Cwmbran on Saturday.