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icWales (Free subscription) | 09/02/2008
Birthday hope for new baby by Jamie Robins, A GRIEVING son has been told his baby could share the same birthday as his dad who was killed in a car crash a year ago this week.Paramedics and police officers frantically tried to save Martyn Williams (pictured below) of High Street, Blaina, before his car exploded in flames after a crash on theA467 near Abertillery on September 3 last year.His...
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Gwent Gazette (icWales) (Free subscription) | 09/02/2008
Man hopes for a clear view of war hero brother’s grave by Jamie Robins, Man hopes for a clear view of war hero brother’s graveA BEAUFORT hero could soon be able to visit his brother’s grave after a lengthy campaign to clear an overgrown cemetery.John Churchill, 89, served in the RAF from 1939 until 1945, his brother Private Richard Uriah was not as fortunate and was killed in 1941.Richard,...
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Gwent Gazette (icWales) (Free subscription) | 09/02/2008
National theatre honour for rising star Lauren by Jamie Robins, A STUDENT from Ebbw Vale has gained a place in the 2008 company of the National Youth Theatre Of Wales (NYTW).Lauren Bennett, previously of Glyncoed Comprehensive, and currently attending Crickhowell High School, was one of more than 400 young actors to audition for a place this year, and the only actor from Blaenau Gwent...
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Poverty News Blog (Free subscription) | 08/26/2008
from Wales Online Some stats and figures on child poverty in the UK. - Kale by Jamie Robins, Gwent Gazette The widely accepted definition of poverty is having an income which is less than 60% of the national average. For example, in 2005/06 this was £182 per week for a single adult with two children under the age of 14 and £260 per week for a couple with two children under the age of...
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Gwent Gazette (icWales) (Free subscription) | 08/26/2008
Your chance to join MP and help save our children by Jamie Robins, TODAY the Gazette lends its support to a campaign to end child poverty.The campaign has been brought to Blaenau Gwent by MP Dai Davies who is calling for people to join him on a trip to London to take part in an organised demonstration at Trafalgar Square on October 4.The young and poor in this country can not speak for...
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Gwent Gazette (icWales) (Free subscription) | 08/12/2008
A diamond of a surprise! by Jamie Robins, A SHOCKED Ebbw Vale couple returned home late at night to find their front room decorated to mark their 60th wedding anniversary.Doreen and Bob Clubb came home from a night in the Dugout to find a silver, shiny balloon shaped like the number 60 filling their room and touching the ceiling.Their daughter Angela had also filled the flat in Armoury...
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Gwent Gazette (icWales) (Free subscription) | 08/12/2008
Birthday was just gr-eight for Donald by Jamie Robins, AN EBBW Vale man turned 80 on the eighth day of the eighth month in 2008.Donald Pinney, who also has eight great-grand children, was born on August 8, 1928.He lived in Hall Street, Victoria, and throughout his life he worked as a HGV driver with various organisations including the council and the coal board.He has been married to...
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Gwent Gazette (icWales) (Free subscription) | 08/05/2008
Funny man Rob gets a big break on TV comedy show by Jamie Robins, A TREDEGAR scriptwriter has been working with best in the business and is soon to unleash his brand of comedy on national TV.The Gazette featured an article on Dukestown comedy writer Robert Evans in 2005 when he had his first break when the legendary producer Gareth Gwenlan commissioned his first series, Cynthia. Cynthia...
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Gwent Gazette (icWales) (Free subscription) | 07/29/2008
Blaenau Gwent has provided the backdrop to a major road safety film. Cow tells the story of a teenager who causes a huge car accident when she uses her mobile phone while driving.Here, in what is the first of a series of weekly Gazette features, reporter Jamie Robins talks to two local actresses who play an important part in the hard-hitting production
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Gwent Gazette (icWales) (Free subscription) | 07/29/2008
EBBW Vale’s Jack Bowerman has become the youngest person ever to win a top award at the Royal Welsh, writes JAMIE ROBINS.
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Gwent Gazette (icWales) (Free subscription) | 07/29/2008
History updated by Jamie Robins, A NEW edition of a popular Tredegar history book has been launched at Bedwellty House.The ceremony to officially launch Powell’s History of Tredegar was hosted by Mayor John Morgan on July 23. An outline of the work’s significance was given by Peter Morgan Jones, chairman of Blaenau Gwent Heritage ForumWith its written content unaltered from those of 1883...
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Gwent Gazette (icWales) (Free subscription) | 07/29/2008
MP wants funding to boost communities by Jamie Robins, MP Dai Davies is calling for “guaranteed, long-term funding for vital youth services” as “one of the best ways of regenerating our communities”.Mr Davies has raised the issue in the House of Commons in the context of the rise in knife and gun crime across Britain.He said it was an issue which has now spread from big cities to affect...
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Gwent Gazette (icWales) (Free subscription) | 07/29/2008
‘Quick response of ambulance crew saved my wife’s life’ by Jamie Robins, ‘Quick response of ambulance crew saved my wife’s life’A MAN has praised the Welsh Ambulance service after quick thinking paramedics saved his wife’s life.George and Ann Chard, of North Avenue, Tredegar, have been married 50 years and are grateful to the paramedics who arrived at their home minutes after Mr Chard...
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icWales (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
TOP triathletes from across the world will travel to Parc Bryn Bach this Saturday for the televised standard distance event of the Corus Elite Series, writes JAMIE ROBINS.
