THE CORONAVIRUS pandemic has been a dreadful time for most traders across Britain, but a group of food producers who banded together in the first lockdown have been speaking about why they have found reason to smile.

BURGLARS, thieves and robbers will be fitted with GPS tags to track their movements when they are freed from jail in Gwent in a bid to cut down on reoffending.

VISITING supermarkets, restaurants, gyms and leisure centres does not appear to increase the risk of catching coronavirus, according to a report by Wales’ public health agency.

A CAREER criminal is back behind bars after he admitted dangerous driving and affray following his release from prison on licence.

GWENT Police are appealing for information on the whereabouts of a Pontllanfraith man.

Follow along live throughout the day for the latest on coronavirus. There will also be a Welsh Government update briefing at the usual time of 12.15pm

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

A TRAGIC loss inspired a woman to set up her own group helping people in South Wales and beyond.

MORE than 3,000 people born in the Republic of Ireland or Northern Ireland living in Gwent will celebrate another St Patrick’s Day hampered by the coronavirus lockdown today.

Spring is in the air as you can see from this collection of images from South Wales Argus camera club members. 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 t...

THE deaths of five residents at the scandal-hit Brithdir nursing home in New Tredegar were contributed to by neglect, a coroner has ruled.

THE family of Brithdir care home victim Stanley Bradford say they will continue to live with the guilt of believing they could have done more to ease his suffering.

FOUR more South Wales Police officers have been served misconduct notices in relation to the investigation of a man's death.

A FORMER city nightclub which was once a well-known venue for punk and rock music could be replaced with 37 flats, it has been revealed.

A NEWPORT car park will be leased out to a housing association to provide supportive housing.

THE owner of the Brithdir nursing home was only interested in making money, rather than caring for the elderly, a coroner has said.

A GRIEVING family says another nursing home scandal could happen as financial problems caused by the Covid-19 pandemic hit the care sector.

SEVEN residents died at the Brithdir Nursing Home in New Tredegar between 2003 and 2005.

A BITTER ex-boyfriend used a disc cutter to slice his way into his horrified former partner’s home in a scene reminiscent of The Shining.

AN ANGRY pub landlord in Monmouth says he hopes to begin legal proceedings against the Welsh Government as he believes it is not basing its decisions around coronavirus on scientific evidence.

A DRUG dealer who was caught trafficking heroin with her boyfriend is starting a lengthy jail sentence.

THE rolling weekly case rate for coronavirus across Gwent was 38.9 per 100,000 people for the week ending March 11 - the latest available - just below the all-Wales rate of 40.

FOOTAGE has been released of the moment a teenager was chased to his death following a dispute over drugs.

A SCHOOL has been forced to close and many homes are without water this morning due to a burst pipe.

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AN ARSONIST found guilty by a jury of torching a woman’s home has been jailed.

TWO woodlands will be created in Wales in memory of those who have died from coronavirus during the pandemic, First Minister Mark Drakeford has said.

THREE men have appeared in court in connection to an incident which left a fourth man in hospital

A MAN has been banned from driving while he awaits sentencing for a range of motoring offences.

POLICE are appealing for help following thefts at a quarry.

MARK Drakeford has insisted the the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine is safe.

GWENT Police is appealing for information after off-road bikers damaged land around a Blaenau Gwent reservoir.

A ROUND-UP of drivers who appeared in Newport Magistrates' Court or Cwmbran Magistrates' Court for either drink driving or drug driving in Gwent.

A NEWPORT man high on cocaine broke into his elderly neighbour’s flat and stole an iPad and commemorative coins.

A CWMBRAN hairdresser has avoided jail after attacking and biting a student on a night out in Newport.

IT HAS been a hectic couple of days for hairdressers and barbers across Gwent as they rushed to be ready for reopening week, days after the First Minister sprung a surprise announcement on Friday.

THE shameful care experienced by residents at the Brithdir nursing home must never be allowed to happen again, according to an independent voice for older people in Wales.

NEWPORT rock band Skindred have combined signing their new contract with Earache Records with highlighting the plight of music venues across the country.

FROM Friday, March 19, Newport's Civic Centre clock tower will join more than 100 buildings and landmarks across Wales and England by lighting up purple over the weekend to mark the upcoming census.

A FORMER Ukip official stole almost £2,000 worth of public equipment after swiping office gear from the HQ of the Welsh Government.

“We must drive out violence against women and girls and make every part of the criminal justice system work to better protect and defend them.”

COUNCIL meetings will not return to the way they were before coronavirus, and members will have the option of attending remotely, it has been said.

A MOTHER from Blackwood is raising money for charity after she lost her baby to a brain tumour.

JUST two areas of Gwent recorded double figures for Covid cases in recent days, and more than half of the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board region recorded fewer than two new cases.

ASYLUM seekers will be moved out of military barracks in Wales within days, the Welsh secretary has said.

THE leader of Caerphilly’s Independent group and current county borough councillor for the Blackwood ward, Kevin Etheridge, will stand in the Welsh Senedd Election for Islwyn.

CAMPAIGN group, We Make Events Cymru, reflects the impact of Covid-19 on the events sector.

PLANS for 13 flats at a former rifle club and offices in Cwmbran will be brought back to Torfaen councillors this week, following concerns over the external features and materials used.

We have lived a supported Monmouth town for many years and have experienced it as a very beautiful and well loved, stylish welcoming town.

The Duke has spent 28 nights as an in-patient – his longest ever stay.