A BURGLAR stole a pair of rugby boots worth £7,000 signed by South Africa’s 2019 World Cup winning captain following a break-in at a business centre.

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

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THE SON of a popular and well-respected Chepstow man has paid tribute to him after he died with coronavirus aged 52 on Friday.

A MAN was rescued from a mountain near Aberdare after having spent the night in sub-zero temperatures.

PUB landlords in Gwent have reacted with anger to the revelation that a group of politicians drank alcohol together in the Senedd - just four days after pubs in Wales were banned from selling booze.

GWENT Police are investigating reports of stones concealed within snowballs being thrown at houses and cars.

GWENT Police issued more than 100 fines for breaches of the coronavirus rules on the weekend, following a series of "proactive patrols".

A ROUND-UP of recent court cases involving defendants from Newport, Monmouthshire, Blaenau Gwent and Caerphilly:

PLANS to bring a disused Abertillery chapel back into use as a library have moved a step closer after Blaenau Gwent council approved plans to hand the town’s library and the chapel over to a charity.

A CO-WORKING hub for tech and digital businesses is set to open at Newport’s Information Station.

We've all been enjoying the recent snow and our camera club members have been out and about taking some great images, which we'll be featuring throughout the week. This is just a small selection of the pictures shared by members of the South Wales...

Virgin Media has said its new 5G service will be available to customers on a range of plans, for no additional cost.

VICTORIA and Somerton, Pill, and Monmouth were among the places in Gwent with the most Covid cases in recent days, according to Public Health Wales.

THERE were 872 new cases of coronavirus across Wales announced in the last 24 hours – 144 of these were in the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board region.

NEWPORT'S landmark Debenhams store looks set to close for good after online fashion retailer Boohoo confirmed it had bought the brand - but not the company's branches.

A SENIOR nurse working at a care home in Gwent says she feels residents and staff are “being treated as third class citizens” over the vaccine rollout.

WORK has started on a major redevelopment of Newport’s historic Market.

THE announcement that Newport’s flagship Debenhams store is to close for good has been called “dreadful news”.

A SEARCH and rescue operation is taking place at the M48 Severn Bridge, near Chepstow.

AFTER a weekend of snow, the Met Office has issued a new weather warning for Gwent.

Snow pics from across the region Road closures Weather forecast

Eight new coronavirus deaths in Gwent as Wales total tops 4,500 There has been a dramatic fall in coronavirus case rates in Blaenau Gwent in just a month Six people have been fined after Blaina house gathering to watch boxing

Here are more babies recently born in Gwent.

A MAN who was assaulted in Newport in the early hours of New Year's Day suffered serious head injuries, Gwent Police said.

HEALTH minister Vaughan Gething has warned not to expect “a significant unlocking” of the current coronavirus restrictions following a review this week.

HEALTH minister Vaughan Gething was unable to say whether Wales hit its target to vaccinate 70 per cent of over-80s this weekend.

A MAN was hospitalised with serious injuries following an assault in Newport.

NEWPORT'S former passport office has been transformed into apartments.

A MAN has appeared in court in connection with a robbery bid at a convenience store in Newport.

THE ADVERSE weather conditions which forced vaccination centres to close across Wales this weekend will not affect vaccination targets, health minister Vaughan Gething has said.

CORONAVIRUS testing centres across Gwent are back open today, after being forced to close yesterday, Sunday, due to safety concerns.

A CHINESE takeaway in Pontypool could be closed down after failing to abide by coronavirus regulations.

A DRUG dealer who sent out 'text bombs' to potential customers and was caught with cannabis worth thousands of pounds was handed a suspended jail sentence.

Covid-19 death rates for men and women working in education were not significantly raised compared with rates for the wider working population.

MORE than 70 dogs worth tens of thousands of pounds were recovered in police raids in South Wales at the weekend – all of which are suspected to have been stolen.

A NUMBER of bus services across Gwent will be reduced from January 31 as part of the fight against the coronavirus pandemic.

TODAY is January 25, which may not seem like a special day - but it is actually St Dwynwen’s Day – the Welsh Valentine’s Day.

THE CORONAVIRUS pandemic has led to a decline in burglary – yet Gwent Police recorded the equivalent of six burglaries a day last year.

LOCKDOWN has seen everyone come up with alternatives to going to the pub, from Zoom drinks to converting your shed into your own DIY watering hole, but now another option could be to own your own social club.

NEWPORT’S Civic Centre clock tower will be lit up in purple on Wednesday, January 27, to mark Holocaust Memorial Day.

A £17.7 million funding package, to help spectator sports severely impacted by the pandemic, has been announced by the Welsh Government.

THE UK risks becoming a “failed state” unless it makes reforms to the Union, former prime minister Gordon Brown has warned.

The Food Standards agency has issued a warning calling for several chilled and frozen products to be returned.

Martin Lewis’ advice would mean Brits struggling with their finances could pay more off their debt each month rather than paying interest charges.

A MAN was reported for breaching Covid regulations after he admitted travelling to Mudeford via Wales from Newcastle.

The TV star, who presents the ITV show with Piers Morgan, said she tries to be as well-prepared as possible and compares live broadcasting.

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Last month, Arcadia’s administrators agreed the sale of the retailer’s plus-sized brand Evans to Australian firm City Chic Collective for £23 million.

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