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TheSpoof.com - Spoof News (Free subscription) | yesterday
... what was that based on? Coal. And where did the coal come from? All over England. But particularly Ebbw Vale and the Rhondda Valley of South Wales.West talked of sweat. Of bursting lungs. Dust. Underground. Creaking timbers. Dim lamps. The jet-black coal face. Hacking. Muscles. Streaming eyes. Burning mouths. Blistered hands. Aching. Straining. Twisting. Hurting. Grinding. Blinding... and...
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icWales (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
HIS designs can be seen everywhere from the streets of his hometown to the glittering catwalks of Milan, and now Ebbw Vale-born designer Jeff Banks has been honoured by the Prince of Wales.
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icWales (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
Students and staff at Coleg Gwent’s Ebbw Vale campus prepare gift boxes for British troops in Afghanistan by Our Correspondent, CHRISTMAS cheer may not be prevalent in Afghanistan, but one tutor is hoping to do something about it.Students and staff at Coleg Gwent’s Ebbw Vale campus are hoping to spread a little festive joy this yuletide as they prepare gift boxes for British troops in...
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Gwent Gazette (icWales) (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
AN OUTRAGED young mother left a fast food store with a bill for more than £50.
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Veg.itecture (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Ebbw Vale Vertical Gardens: Green Chimneys & Elevated Allotments is a project that takes a former steelworks and transforms it into "...a "vertical" garden in time for the 2010 National Eisteddfod. The concept will see the 4m (13 ft) deep bunker filled with elevated allotments, seed nurseries, and "green chimneys" using re claimed steel. Architects Lianne Russ and...
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icWales (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
GENEROUS staff at a fast-food joint in Ebbw Vale worked up an appetite with a karaoke competition to collect money for the hungry.
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TheSpoof.com - Spoof News (Free subscription) | yesterday
... snapped up between Rhondda and Merthyr.Jay-Z was first on the scene and has booked twenty rooms in Ebbw Vale at £25 per night. Whilst the Eminem crew have taken hold of Merthyr itself where every pub and b&b has been block booked for the next six months."These guys have all got to learn how to do 'Valley Rap' said a spokesman for Dr Dre. "I've seen this one coming for a long while.", he...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
Carwyn Jones is odds-on favourite for post that would make him party's big hitter in power if Tories form next government As he makes his way through Ebbw Vale's Friday morning market, 42-year-old Carwyn Jones does not quite have the air of someone who may soon be the Labour party's most powerful politician. He stops to talk to a trader, a man from the Salvation Army and the proprietor of a...
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icWales (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
Have you say on 21st Century learning centre by Our Correspondent, YOU are invited to have your say on the initiative that will transform education, learning, skills and training in the borough.Parents, pupils, teachers, governors and staff have taken part in meetings regarding The Works: Ebbw Vale, over the last 10 days – hundreds of people have already given their views through the discussions.A...
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TheSpoof.com - Spoof News (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
... world of rap to the musical valleys of South Wales", Stiffard declared. "This is coal mining rap - Ebbw Vale rap - slag heap rap - Davy Safety Lamp rap - all the paraphernalia of Welsh Choir Chapel life meeting the hard-edge of urban hoodie culture from Brixton to The Bronx", he explained.The accompanying video to Rap Da Valley sees Kanye West driving a 1950's Chevrolet into the centre of...
