A MAN jailed for 10 years over a pub stabbing is back behind bars for being armed with a knife and carrying out a dirty protest.

THREE people are due to appear at Newport Crown Court over the death of a five-year-old boy whose body was discovered in a river in South Wales.

RESIDENTS of Greenwood flats in St Julians have expressed concern after they were told by Newport City Homes that their flats are being inspected for asbestos.

ARGUS readers have responded to the proposal of a begging ban in Newport city centre from Conservative councillor Matthew Evans.

WORK will begin in the coming weeks to resurface 14 roads throughout Pontypool and Cwmbran.

First minister Mark Drakeford will hold a coronavirus briefing this afternoon to discuss the move to alert level zero in Wales

GWENT'S Lauren Price delivered a huge last round to win her middleweight boxing semi-final against Dutch rival Nouchka Fontijn and reach the Olympic final.

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

More than 2,000 cases of the new variant have been recorded this week.

FLOOD-DAMAGED walls in Pontypool and Blaenavon should be repaired by the autumn, after the council approved a preferred contractor to carry out the works.

A MAN has been banned from the roads and ordered to pay nearly £3,000 after being found guilty of drink driving.

PARENTS in Monmouthshire will soon be able to track their child’s journey to and from school remotely thanks to a new ‘School Bus Tracker’ app.

The announcement will impact half of the population and is mainly down to rising wholesale fuel costs, particularly gas, Ofgem say.

The footballing icon wished to remain at the club but due to La Liga regulations a deal between the player and the club is not possible.

LIFE in Wales will take a significant step back to normality from Saturday after the announcement that most coronavirus restrictions will be eased.

Matty Dolan has been named Newport County AFC’s club captain for the new season.

A BENEFITS cheat was swindling the British taxpayer out of thousands of pounds while she was living in the sun in Spain.

A DOCTOR is facing jail for killing a "sweet beautiful" teenage girl in a head-on crash on her way to her hospital.

THERE have been more than 40 new cases of Covid-19 in Newport and Caerphilly, the latest Public Health Wales figures have shown.

A DISUSED dual-carriageway on the A48 near Imperial Park in Coedkernew still contains a quite astonishing amount of rubbish that has been illegally dumped.

A NEWPORT café has appealed to customers after a string of people have walked off without paying their bill.

MASS participation running events - such as the Brecon Carreg Cardiff Bay Run and the ABP Newport Wales Marathon - are to make their return this autumn.

Every housing estate in Blaenavon could be covered by a defibrillator by the end of next week, hope the managers of the Queen Victoria Inn.

The business has given their side of the story

WITH face coverings no longer mandatory in England, many thought the relaxation of restrictions in Wales on Saturday would follow suit.

Freedom day in Wales: What you still can’t do

THREE people have appeared in court over the death of a five-year-old boy whose body was discovered in a river in South Wales.

PLANS for 76 new homes on the former site of Newport High School in Queen’s Hill have been approved.

Heavy, slow-moving showers, some thundery, may cause travel disruption and flooding in places.

CHEPSTOW has been awash with colour this month as the town's festival of arts returned after lockdown.

A PLAN by Caerphilly County Borough Council ’s plans to ban dogs from council-owned sport pitches has been criticised by RSPCA Cymru.

The response comes as the UK government announced changes to overseas travel

LONG-AWAITED plans for a new footbridge connecting Queensway and Devon Place at Newport Railway Station have been approved by Newport City Council.

A STATUE of slave owner Thomas Picton is still in City Hall in Cardiff more than a year after the council voted to remove it.

The path, just yards away from Newport centre, has been fenced off

MOUNTAIN rescue teams in the Brecon Beacons were kept busy this week - including being called out to help rescue a stricken canine after a fall.

TWO men have been arrested following a fire in Magor in the early hours of the morning on Wednesday, August 4.

POLICE have charged two adults and a 13-year-old boy over the death of five-year-old Logan Mwangi, who was found dead in a river in South Wales last week.

A COUNCILLOR wants to see Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council dish out more parking notices in the future.

CORONAVIRUS restrictions in Wales are set to be lifted from Saturday, in a significant step back towards normal life.

Nightclubs in Wales are finally able to reopen, after restrictions kept the dancefloors empty since March 2020.

A WELSH Olympian has done her hometown proud after she picked up gold in the women's 470 class this morning.

A REVIEW of how Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council prioritises its highway maintenance programme has been called for by a councillor.

The property is located next to the Pen & Wig in Newport city centre

A CATHOLIC church which has been used since the end of the Second World War is to be renovated.

A THIEF was caught after he stole 33 bottles of spirits from a Tesco supermarket.

The company has warned even online-only events leave a carbon footprint

A PENARTH wedding stylist took over the pier for a spectacular photoshoot for her business recently after what she called a 'hard' 15 months during the coronavirus pandemic. 

Councillors have backed the Welsh Government’s plans to build a world-leading railway testing facility in south Wales.

A STRONG voice will be needed to “fight Blaenau Gwent’s corner” in a new super-sized Public Service Board for the whole of Gwent.