THE death of a 93-year-old man who suffered a series of falls in hospital "was contributed to by neglect," a coroner has concluded.

WALES is the first nation of the UK to vaccinate 20 per cent of its population against coronavirus, first minister Mark Drakeford has said.

THE youngest pupils in Newport will return to school on February 22 it has been confirmed.

Follow today's live updates of the coronavirus pandemic response in Wales and in the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board area.

A PAEDOPHILE who secretly filmed underage teenage girls has been jailed for 12 months.

POLICE found more than £6,000 in cash in the bedroom of a trainee plumber who was dealing drugs.

TORFAEN dog owners have been urged to keep their dogs under control around livestock after a number of reports of sheep worrying around Pontypool.

RESIDENTS in Blaenau Gwent are being asked for their views as the council prepares its budget proposals for the year ahead.

A FINAL consultation will take place on plans to expand a Cwmbran special school.

WHEN Wales begins to open up following the latest lockdown, many people will be looking for places to visit for nice, relaxing days out and a change of scenery.

Currently anyone who has passed a car and trailer test in an automatic car must sit another test in a manual car to upgrade their licence.

Here is a round up of public notices published in the South Wales Argus over the past week.

MORE snow is on the way for Gwent, with the Met Office warning as much as 15cm could fall.

TWO suspects have been arrested in connection with the murder of a 23-year-old father who was found dead in a city street.

A PENSIONER killed his wife five days into the first UK lockdown after worrying about being unable to buy new shoes and the inability to hire someone to fix tiles on his roof if they came loose, a court has heard.

A GRANDMOTHER died in agony after suffering huge pressure sores at a scandal-hit nursing home, an inquest has heard.

A “SOPHISTICATED” fraudster conned the NHS after using the dark web to buy stolen prescriptions to illegally get class A drugs from pharmacies across Gwent.

NO new coronavirus deaths have been recorded in Gwent today, though Public Health Wales is reporting 21 across Wales.

PEOPLE returning to Wales from abroad via England must pay for coronavirus tests before they travel, and will have to quarantine in a hotel in England before travelling on into Wales.

THE state of the NHS in Wales has been described as "precarious", despite coronavirus case rates falling in many parts of the country.

AN 18-YEAR-OLD from Newport has been arrested after a boy was stabbed in the leg in the city last week.

ADVICE on what you should do if you are elderly or vulnerable and still haven't received an invitation for a coronavirus vaccine has been released.

A FORMER Gwent Police officer who has latterly served with the South Wales force, has died after a short illness.

DECISIONS on when vital health services can resume in the NHS in Wales will be made on a local level.

HEADTEACHERS are awaiting guidance from the Welsh Government on the reopening of primary schools following the February half term.

THERE is congestion on the M4 near Newport due to gritting.

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TRADERS in Monmouthshire have called for clarity and better funding after the health minister hinted at further extensions to lockdown this week.

THE leader of Newport council’s Liberal Democrat group has resigned from the authority’s planning committee, claiming it is “increasingly toothless”.

THIS is the man jailed last week for choking his 75-year-old mother before putting a knife in her mouth and threatening to cut out her tongue.

A POPULAR community man and newsagent in Abergavenny who commemorated Captain Sir Tom Moore with a mural has spoken of the impact of his passing, and his unlikely affiliation with the town which grew from the pandemic.

A 16-YEAR-OLD from Caerphilly has been missing since Saturday.

DOG OWNERS have been urged to take care after two reports of attempted pet thefts in Newport and Monmouthshire in the past week.

AN inspirational Newport man has been recognised for extraordinary volunteering work with the coveted British Citizen Award.

SCHOOLS will have a legal duty to consider the mental health and wellbeing of children, the Welsh Government has agreed in principle.

A ROUND-UP of recent cases heard at Cwmbran Magistrates’ Court.

A TAXI drivers’ group which took over the running of public toilets in Blackwood has warned it will be forced to close the facility if problems of vandalism, anti-social behaviour and fee dodging continue.

CONTROVERSIAL plans to merge two Newport nurseries could be given the green light next week after the final consultation raised no objections.

AFTER Parc Nant Y Waun in Beaufort, Ebbw Vale, was awarded a wildlife garden ‘development package’ by Keep Wales Tidy, there has been a continuation of the hard work by a dedicated team of volunteers to prepare the ground ahead of the Spring.

RAW sewage and used sanitary products have been found flowing out of a pipe and into the Severn Estuary.

VACCINE passports may be needed to travel abroad in the future, a deputy chief medical officer has warned.

PUPILS and sports clubs will benefit from a new 3G sports pitch, thanks to a partnership between a Brynmawr school, Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council, and Sport Wales.

A FINAL decision on plans to increase council tax by 3.95 per cent in Torfaen will be decided by full council in March.

VOTING in the Senedd elections could take place over a number of days if the election can't take place on May 6, Members of the Senedd have agreed.

More than one million people were subject to swab tests and questionnaires as part of Imperial College London’s REACT study.

For the last year many couples have had to postpone their weddings, so we thought it would be nice to have a look back at our readers' big days down the years.

Coronavirus conspiracies continue to circulate on social media with images and videos spreading false information about the virus.

Today our selection of pictures is all about bridges. This is just a small selection of the pictures shared by members of the South Wales Argus Camera Club and you can see more by visiting the SWACC page on Facebook. More than 4,200 people are signed...

“It’s the little noises and habits of people close to you that suddenly become deafening in their absence.”

The new release is the latest adaptation of L Frank Baum’s beloved 1900 book The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz.