FAMILY and friends of a Chepstow man who helped mastermind the success of an internationally-renowned employer which started from a small attic have paid tribute to him following his death.

NEWPORT council will call on the Welsh Government to “carefully consider” any calls for a referendum or consultation on the M4 relief road, but will not demand one.

MORE than 200,000 vaccine doses have been administered in the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board region.

A TRUCK fire has closed a lane of a main South Wales road this morning.

COUNCIL tax will rise by 3.7 per cent in Newport after the full council voted through the budget proposals for 2021/22.

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

A “HIGH risk” paedophile used images of female models as his profile picture to “make himself more attractive” when creating a false identity online, a court has heard.

CHEPSTOW town councillors threatened to boycott a private meeting to thrash out plans for what is being described as short-term changes to the town centre.

A ROW has broken out after a councillor was accused of being ‘pessimistic’ about plans for a four-star hotel in Caerphilly town.

Climate change is one of the most pressing issues of modern times - and we want to hear what you've been doing to help fight it. Here's a message from Argus editor Gavin Thompson on a new campaign being run by the Argus, and our parent company New...

The South Wales Argus Camera Club has more than 4,200 members and we regularly feature their pictures both in paper and online.

During the latest lockdown, you are not alone.

HOW do you feel about the new 50mph speed limit which will go live on the M4 around Newport later this month?

A WOMAN from Abergavenny who only started going to the gym in 2016 to help her mental health has broken a remarkable world record this week.

THE hunt for an "extraordinary lady" and Good Samaritan whose heartwarming act of generosity left a Newport shopper "gobsmacked" has been successful.

A NEWPORT and Caldicot pub landlord has opened a new grocery store in Caldicot in response to the challenges of the pandemic on his boozers.

PUPILS in secondary school will have the opportunity to return to the classroom ahead of the Easter break.

THE A467 has been closed in both directions at Rogerstone after an accident.

RESIDENTS in Croesyceiliog have raised concerns over plans to develop the land at Craig Y Felin, just off the A4042.

CONFIRMED deaths from coronavirus in Gwent have fallen by almost 80 per cent in the month to today, Wednesday March 3, compared to the figure for the previous month.

A MAN from the Pontypool area has been arrested after a van fire in Griffithstown in the early hours of Monday.

OUTLINE plans for a ‘super-surgery’ in the east of Newport have been approved by the city council.

RETAIL, hospitality and leisure businesses in Wales with a rateable value of up to £500,000 will not have to pay business rates for a further 12 months.

PLANS to unveil the much-anticipated redevelopments at Cwmcarn Forest Drive later this month have been postponed as a result of ongoing Covid-19 restrictions.

CARDIFF Airport, is being given another £42 million of taxpayer's money after being hit hardest by the Covid-19 pandemic – and another £40 million it owes to the Welsh Government is being written off.

THE five-year-long detainment of a British mother in Iran is a "blot on British diplomacy", her husband has said.

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

A REDUCED council tax rise of 3.89 per cent has been backed for approval by senior Monmouthshire councillors following a ‘backlash’ from residents.

A PART of the River Wye straddling the Monmouthshire-Herefordshire border is failing to meet Welsh environmental standards - but is in line with English regulations.

NEWPORT’S Senedd members hosted a virtual public meeting to discuss issued surrounding the take-up of the Covid-19 vaccination in the city's BAME (Black and Minority Ethnic) community across the city.

PLANS for a new data centre in Newport have been given the go-ahead despite parking and air quality concerns.

A TRADE union has expressed disappointment that thousands of police and community support officers are not being given priority status in the next round of vaccinations.

NEW figures show that the world’s most avid GameStop traders live in Penarth.

CALDICOT will get another takeaway despite concerns that there are too many in the town centre, after Monmouthshire council’s planning committee gave the green light.

During the latest lockdown, you are not alone.

A YOUNG mother who was dealing drugs to help pay towards funding her own cannabis habit has avoided jail.

South Wales Argus astronomy columnist Jon Powell has been interested in astronomy since the early 1980s and combining his passion for the topic with that of writing he regularly contributes to local newspapers, Astronomy Now, and the BBC Sky at Ni...

THE 2021 budget “paves the way for brighter days ahead” in Wales, Welsh secretary Simon Hart has said.

A TEACHING union in Wales has said it is "surprised" that some secondary school pupils will return to the classroom before Easter.

The Chancellor said he did not believe it would be right to increase the rates of tax on working people.

The move comes as Rishi Sunak said it will take the UK and the whole world a “long time to recover from this extraordinary economic situation”.

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The Chancellor announced a “mortgage guarantee”, as he detailed the government’s spending plans in Wednesday’s budget..

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Mr Sunak is expected to start his speech at around 12.30pm today, immediately after Prime Minister’s Questions.

How often do you look up when you are strolling through Newport city centre? Well, South Wales Argus Camera Club member Jim Cousins did just that recently and he's shared his pictures with us. This is just a small selection of the pictures shared ...

WHILE the problems of the current financial crisis are focused on the what the Budget may reveal later today, the situation is far from unique - as residents in Monmouthshire discovered during Elizabethan times.

THE UK-wide strategy to roll out vaccines to prevent and minimise the impact of Covid-19 has provided a unique placement learning opportunity to nursing students from the University of South Wales (USW).