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Cop made £22k selling bootleg Bruce Springsteen CDs

A POLICE officer received £22,500 from the sale of bootleg recordings of concerts given by his hero, Bruce Springsteen. He sold illicit CD and DVD...



Gower business hoping to bloom in gloomy times

AN exciting new food and environment centre in Gower could help plough millions into the local economy. The £250,000 tourist attraction located at the gateway to the picturesque peninsula...

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Immigration row newlyweds face new legal fight to stay together

Newlyweds Rhiannon and Colin have had an emotional reunion

NEWLYWEDS torn apart just two days after their marriage have had an emotional reunion. Rhiannon George's husband Colin was taken away...

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Referee left with 16 stitches after assault on pitch

Richard Norman

A MAN who assaulted a referee following a troubled junior football match is to be sentenced in three weeks' time. Richard Norman has...

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Big Brother star Imogen contracts swine flu

Big Brother star Imogen is under quarantine

BIG Brother star Imogen Thomas is under quarantine after contracting swine flu. The Llanelli-born 26- year-old was diagnosed with the...

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Angry tenant's darts threat against staff

A MAN with a grudge against housing association staff has been jailed after he threatened two female workers with darts. Keith Perkins, of Windsor Road, Neath, pleaded guilty to using...


Iconic hall revamp to get going by autumn

Artist's impression of the new-look Gwyn Hall

A START on resurrecting Neath's landmark Gwyn Hall at a cost of £8 million will be made within a matter of months. Preparatory work is...

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Superb Lions end tour on a high

THE British and Irish Lions won their first Test match for eight years after a stunning end-of-tour performance saw off South Africa 28-9. They might...

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Adam Jones ruled out for six months

Adam Jones ruled out for six months

THE Ospreys have received the news they feared on Lions star Adam Jones — that he will be out for six months. Medical checks have...

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Swans rubbish talk of £3.5m Bodde bid

SWANSEA City last night dismissed reports claiming Bolton had made a fresh £3.5million bid for midfield maestro Ferrie Bodde. Stories coming out of Lancashire suggested Swansea had turned...

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Shane's delight after Lions win

SHANE Williams was delighted to go out on a high after what seems certain to be his final Lions match. The Wales wing scored two tries as the tourists defeated South Africa and was delighted...

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Skipper hails Lions performance

BRITISH and Irish Lions captain Paul O'Connell hailed his team's ability to dig deep after they concluded their tour of South Africa with an emphatic victory over the world champions at...

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My Time

Swansea’s Aimee Davies, who is appearing in all five episodes of new Torchwood series,   with series star Eve Myles, from the Swansea Valley

Young actress's excitement over Torchwood role

IT'S not every day that a seven-year-old girl gets caught up in an alien invasion. But that's exactly what happened to Gorseinon schoolgirl Aimee...

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Remembering the golden age of pop

Remembering the golden age of pop

ONE of the princes of New York's Brill Building and of pop music's golden era, Neil Sedaka revisits his radio-ready hits at Cardiff's...

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Jack Knife Fight

A LILY-ALLEN sanctioned gig gets underway tonight gathering a trio of rockers to Swansea's Moloko. Live and Unsigned finalists The Buffalo Kings will be joined by glam rockers Forever...

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Promise melts

DINOSAURS ruled the Earth for more than 100 million years, but the third instalment of the computer- animated Ice Age series will struggle to reign at the UK box office for more than two...

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Raft race thrown into jeopardy

Organiser Ian McCue

FUND-RAISERS in Carmarthen are awaiting the outcome of talks over whether the town's river festival will go ahead at the weekend. The...

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