WALES will remain under Alert Level Four lockdown restrictions until at least January 29, First Minister Mark Drakeford has confirmed.

THE grandmother of a boy with severe learning needs said she does not feel safe in her own home after a break-in which saw valuables and their specially adapted car stolen.

SCHOOL and college students in Wales will continue to learn online until February half term - at the earliest.

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A MAN who was swinging a golf ball around in a sock in a Gwent shopping centre has been jailed.

GWENT is seeing some of the highest numbers of coronavirus hospitalisations anywhere in Wales, figures show.

THE ANEURIN Bevan University Health Board is opening a Covid testing unit at Tredegar House in Newport.

This map of Newport reveals every crime reported to Gwent Police in November 2020.

LOCKDOWN is bringing down transmission rates in Wales, the first minister has said, as a study warns Wales is among the worst hit parts of the UK.

A MAN is to go on trial after he pleaded not guilty to dangerous driving and assault charges.

A MAN has appeared in court charged with possession of cocaine with intent to supply.

DURING the latest lockdown, you are not alone.

The coach line has a provisional restart date of 1 March in place, but has warned that plans could change.

AN APPEAL for donations for patients in hospital in Gwent has been launched.

FIFTY-one deaths from coronavirus have been confirmed in Gwent by Public Health Wales during the first week of 2021, including seven new fatalities today.

A CANCER survivor turned to trafficking thousands of pounds worth of cocaine and ecstasy when he fell under the spell of “more sophisticated” drug dealers.

DOORSTEP applause which became a weekly ritual of the first coronavirus lockdown returned tonight, with some Gwent NHS doctors discouraging the gesture.

A COUPLE who attacked three police officers after they were called to a ruckus at a house have been jailed.

THE WELSH Government will not be recommending the mixing for the two coronavirus vaccines which are currently approved for use in the UK.

THE managers of a pub in Usk which flooded for the ninth time in a year in December have said they “can’t thank the community enough” after £7,000 was raised for them.

AS THE lockdown across Wales kicks in, we are highlighting the places that are available to help if anyone is in need.

AN HISTORIC Welsh sporting moment has been immortalised in art – thanks to a local star.

PARENTS of teenagers in Blackwood have been fined by the police after youths were found to have broken coronavirus lockdown rules.

UPDATE: 8.12PM: The road remains closed after a pedestrian was hit by a car.

GWENT Police are appealing for information following a robbery in Alway in Newport.

FRONTLINE health workers who have had a first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine should receive a second dose within six weeks, says the body representing doctors in Wales.

THE Met Office is warning snow is on the way for Gwent.

Welcome to today's coverage of the coronavirus response in Wales and the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board area, covering Gwent.

AN INTENSIVE care consultant in South Wales has predicted that January could be the most difficult month so far for the NHS since it was established in 1948.

THE second mass vaccination centre in Gwent has opened its doors.

PHARMACIES in Wales are set to become involved in the process of vaccinating people against coronavirus, with discussions going on over how that will happen, says Wales' Chief Medical Officer.

PARENTS in Monmouthshire have been reacting to the news that Wales’ schools will remain closed until at least January 18.

ATTENTION all foodies!

ITV bosses confirmed the news as the country was thrown into a third national lockdown in an attempt to a rapid rise in Covid-19 cases.

The footage shows the grim reality of the nation’s health crisis as the PA were granted exclusive access to St George’s Hospital in London.

POLICE want to speak to this man following a theft.

UPDATE 9.52PM: Emergency services have confirmed that the road has now reopened.

MORE than £9,000 was raised for food banks across the Caerphilly borough during the Christmas period.

Amid violent clashes with police, protesters breached barricades and were able to enter the building on Capitol Hill on Wednesday.

A FORMER Welsh Conservative Party leader has been criticised for equating protesters at the US Capitol to those who supported a second referendum on Brexit.