AIRBNB has revealed the list of their most wish-listed homes for 2021 - and this Gwent property has made the top three.

TRIBUTES have been paid to a popular judge and “fanatical Welsh rugby supporter” who has died.

PENARTH unsurprisingly had a buzz about it on Friday.

A CWMBRAN mum has called for greater understanding around autism ahead of World Autism Awareness Week.

We've been asking our readers what they like about living in Newport and Gwent.

THE chairman of an Usk community group has spoken of how the town being named 'best place to live in Wales' feels like recognition of residents' hard work.

HERE is your weekly fix of pets from around Gwent.

THE site of the former Pontllanfraith High School could be refurbished and used as a new pupil referral unit.

New statues and commemorative artworks in Wales should address the lack of diversity of those commemorated in public spaces, according to a Senedd committee.

The best bargains hitting the shelves in the middle aisles of their stores from Sunday, March 28, 2021.

WALES are Guinness Six Nations champions after France lost 27-23 to Scotland.

THE family of a Newport boy who was one of the victims of the contaminated blood scandal, are demanding to know why hundreds of parents and children have not been compensated for the deaths of loved ones.

THERE has been a significant fall in coronavirus hospitalisations in Wales in the week stay local rules are lifted.

NO new confirmed deaths from coronavirus have been recorded in Gwent for five days, and just 15 new cases have been confirmed today, one of the lowest daily figures since the early days of the second wave last autumn.

THE Welsh Government will lift its stay local rule from Saturday (March 27) to allow the tourism industry to begin a phased reopening.

THE mother and sole carer of a disabled Newport man who has undergone more than 100 surgeries has spoken of the struggle she has faced getting her son moved to a property nearer to her own.

A BURGLAR who stole a Burberry watch and gold jewellery after smashing his way into his victims’ home has been locked up.

WORK has begun to bring a first of its kind drive-through Costa Coffee to Newport.

A GWENT town has been named the best place to live in Wales.

TRADERS in the tourism industry say they are looking forward to opening their doors on Saturday (March 27), but are critical of a lack of notice from the Welsh Government.

PLANS to demolish the Ebbw Vale Civic Centre have been given the go-ahead by Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council.

THE play area at Cwmbran Boating Lake has been able to reopen earlier than expected.

A RUGBY club, which could lose its main pitch over plans to expand an adjacent school has raised “grave” concerns.

A NEWPORT barber shop has been closed down by the city council for breaching coronavirus regulations.

A NEWPORT man, jailed for five years for wounding with intent to cause GBH, has been recalled to prison.

A CWMBRAN teacher has won a national poetry competition with a "poem for my parents" and "anyone who has felt discrimination".

The latest coronavirus headlines across Newport, Gwent and Wales as stay local rules are set to be lifted

IT IS hoped Mark Drakeford will announce the return of self-contained holiday accommodation today.

A PARAMEDIC from Caerphilly has said she feels "upset, frustrated and undervalued" after finishing a night shift to find her car had been vandalised.

AS RESTRICTIONS on staying local are replaced by an allowance to travel across Wales, Transport for Wales (TfW) is issuing a clear message to those travelling this weekend.

MORE arrests have been made in relation to the murder of Tomasz Waga in Cardiff.

THE family of a South Wales man who went missing more than 18 months ago, have been given hope by a possible sighting in the Stratford Upon Avon area.

PARENTS of children attending a Monmouthshire nursery have planted a special tree to mark the anniversary of the first coronavirus lockdown.

A CAERPHILLY primary school could be rebuilt to “accommodate future projected demand within the area”.

A PROPOSAL to extend the age range at Gwent’s longest-running Welsh-medium secondary school to include primary school students at will be delayed for a year due to Covid-19 – and a lack of applicants.

TORFAEN Council has launched a public consultation to capture residents' views on what the future of Greenmeadow Community Farm should look like.

POLICE executed a drug warrant at a home this morning.

MARK Drakeford has hailed a "real team effort across Wales" as the reason stay local rules are being lifted.

A FORMER social club in Blaenavon has been sold at auction.

WORK to remove the crossing at the bottom of Chepstow High Street is “an accident waiting to happen” according to some.

POLICE patrols and stop-checks will still be in place for people who flout the Welsh Government regulations.

POLICE have issued a warning to parents ahead of the Easter holidays after reports of teens setting deliberate fires.

WITH holiday accomodation in Wales allowed to re-open from tomorrow, the impact of tourism on communities in West Wales should be examined, a county councillor has said.

A MAJOR holiday park operator is opening its four west Wales sites next Friday, April 2.

The party’s message will focus on rebuilding Wales’ economy while rooting out inequality.

TORFAEN council has agreed to pay £250,000 towards a plan to create a Medi Park – a high tech health and life sciences hub – near the Grange University Hospital - but it is unclear if the Welsh Government will contribute too.

EXTENDING free school meals to all children in primary schools would be a “personal commitment” under a Plaid Cymru government in Wales, leader Adam Price has said.

GWENT'S Vice Lord-Lieutenant, Andrew Tuggey slept outside to raise funds for a charity supporting homeless veterans in Wales.

The children’s charity has called for more to be done to tackle abuse in private messaging.

A WARM welcome awaits visitors to the west says the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority, but it’s urging everyone to plan ahead as it prepares for a bumper start to the season as the Stay Local restrictions are lifted.