A BURGLAR broke into a couple’s house and went straight to the fridge to steal food because he was “starving”.

PUB owners in Torfaen welcomed customers back to sunny beer gardens on Monday.

- Hospitality businesses welcomed customers back on Monday after four months closed, as swathes of drinkers fled back to Wales's towns and city centres for a pint - Landlords were delighted with the turnout, with one in Newport saying he was 'like...

RESIDENTS in Usk had to evacuate their homes after a suspected explosive device was found in a car.

A DRUG dealer who made more than £17,000 trafficking heroin and cocaine was ordered to hand over £3,200 in dirty cash.

A NINE-YEAR-OLD girl from Magor has raised £700 for the Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospital Charity by doing a sponsored litter pick in her local community.

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

PEOPLE in the Gwent area will be able to get a free Covid-19 test if they have additional symptoms to the initial list.

PUNTERS looking for that extra sparkle as they head out to the pub this weekend after months away will be interested to hear that top-of-the-range designer jewellery and watches are among items being auctioned in Newport this week.

WITH the 2021 Senedd Election just over a week away, here the candidates for Iswlyn explain why they believe you should vote for them.

WITH the 2021 Senedd Election just over a week away, here the candidates for Caerphilly explain why they believe you should vote for them.

THE distance may not be a far as Scots band The Proclaimers' 10,000 miles but Kymin's May challenge is certainly a step in the right direction in supporting a local hospice.

NAZANIN Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s fresh jail term is a signal that Iran will detain her until the UK resolves a long-running debt dispute with Tehran, her husband has said.

PUBS were finally able to welcome customers back across Newport today.

THE body of a woman was discovered in Newport yesterday, shortly after a man fell to his death from a car park in the city centre.

TWENTY-one new cases of coronavirus have been confirmed across Gwent today, including 16 in Newport.

PUBS, restaurants and other hospitality venues in Gwent and across the rest of Wales will at last reopen for outdoor service today.

THE fire at Machen Mountain has been reignited – almost two days after it was started.

LARGE grass fires ripped through a mountainside near Risca over the weekend.

THE FIRE is still going on Machen Mountain – two days after it began.

A MAN has been sent to prison and handed a lifetime ban from keeping animals.

A WOULD-BE drug dealer offered to supply cocaine because he wanted to “impress a new girlfriend”.

A CRASH has blocked a lane of the M4.

Keep up to date with the latest coronavirus headlines as beer gardens and outdoor hospitality reopens across Wales.

Here are more babies recently born in Gwent.

A LORRY driver was banned after being caught with drugs in his system while at the wheel of a 7.5 tonne tarmac truck.

A ROAD through Hafodyrynys will be closed during the night from tomorrow to allow for resurfacing works.

THE UK has branded the detention of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe for a further year in Iran as “totally inhumane and wholly unjustified”.

PLANS for a new concrete manufacturing facility in Newport have been outlined with the city council.

A VOYEUR caught spying on his victim was handed a suspended jail sentence and ordered to register as sex offender for seven years.

Her lawyer confirmed that they will be appealing the sentence.

POLICE in Gwent have launched a knife amnesty.

A FIVE-year-old Newport boy is tackling his own fundraising challenge after being inspired by the story of Captain Tom Moore.

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

MORE people will be able to order lateral flow tests to their homes in Wales from Monday.

SHOCKING footage has emerged of a rather famous motorist going berserk over a parking space and persistently ramming into two cars on a quiet Powys street.

A MOTORIST was banned from the roads for 30 months for being more than four times the drink drive limit.

LOCKDOWN has been a struggle for many people – but for one South Wales family, it has been fun thanks to their new four-legged friend.

RSPCA Cymru and Dyfed-Powys Police have issued a joint plea to members of the public to continue to be respectful and give sufficient space to a walrus who has made his home in Pembrokeshire.

A POPULAR market event is returning to Caldicot after more than a year of cancellations and restrictions.

Downing Street said reports that Boris Johnson spoke of preferring further deaths to a third Covid-19 lockdown were “untrue”.

AN INDEPENDENT councillor has called for rules to be changed after he was blocked from being able to join Caerphilly council’s planning committee.

Driving while disqualified has landed a Gwendraeth Valley teen in court.

GRIFFIN Books has joined forces with three independent bookshops in Ireland to bring you a very special evening in the company of bestselling Irish novelists Graham Norton and Anne Griffin.

A STALKER who continued to follow and message his ex has been ordered to carry out unpaid work.

PEOPLE living on a street in South Wales have been trying to get rid of rats from their properties for years, according to one resident.

VIRTUAL attendees to the first ever Food Vale Festival were treated to a series of free online events and inspiring stories from some of the Vale’s most sustainably minded food businesses.

Those who enjoy visiting woodlands near Llandovery are invited to have their say on how the woodlands are managed for the future.

CARDIFF and Vale College has been shortlisted for five prestigious UK-wide Tes Further Education Awards, placing it among the top colleges in the country.

A CAPEL Hendre man has admitted a charge of driving while unfit through drugs.