All the traffic and travel news for Newport, the M4 and Gwent including road closures and disruptions.

THE number of children registered for home education across Gwent has risen by more than 50 per cent since before the Covid-19 pandemic started, new figures reveal.

A ONE-eyed kitten being looked after in Newport has found a new home.

Readers divided over plans to restrict the A465 Heads of the Valleys speed limit in northern Gwent to 50mph.

DRAGONS must work on being more clinical as they switch their attention to Munster, captain Harrison Keddie has said.

PET lovers with a taste for the macabre may be attracted to buy a dilapidated 17th century Gwent chapel which is said to be haunted by a bloodthirsty black hound.

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

A “CHEERFUL” and “kind” five-year-old boy was killed by his mother, step-father and a teenager while self-isolating with coronavirus, Cardiff Crown Court has been told.

Ministers and senior officials are to consider the response to Vladimir Putin’s actions in Ukraine.

Boris Johnson is leading a crisis meeting of ministers and senior officials to consider the response to Vladimir Putin’s actions in Ukraine.

Boris Johnson has issued a warning to Vladimir Putin ahead of unveiling his ‘first barrage of economic sanctions’ against Russia.

Boris Johnson led a crisis meeting of ministers and senior officials to consider the response to Vladimir Putin’s actions.

The Good Morning Britain presenter said her husband, Derek Draper, experiences “a kind of heartbreak” every day.

Royal Mint and Royal Mail are to commemorative The Commonwealth Games with collectable coins and stamps.

NEWPORT County AFC assistant manager Wayne Hatswell has left the club.

Murder accused Elliott Fiteni says Joseph Jeremy carried out alleged attack in Newport and was "acting like it was nothing, like it was all a joke".

Police have cordoned off a section of High Street in Chepstow town centre.

AN off-duty paramedic and nurse from Newport helped deliver their neighbour's baby in an emergency birth.

A VAN driver who was involved in a crash which saw two young children die has admitted causing death by dangerous driving.

Five Cardiff men – Lewis Aquilina, Ethan Strickland, Elliott Fiteni, Kyle Raisis and Joseph Jeremy – are on trial accused of the murder of Newport dad Ryan O’Connor.

A NEWPORT drugs gang jailed for 33 years after they flooded the streets of South Wales with heroin made nearly £1 million.

PARTS of Chepstow town centre were cordoned off by police on Monday afternoon following reports of a “suspicious device” found at a hotel.

THE DATES of the rearranged Welsh derbies have been announced.

THE latest data from Public Health Wales shows there have been less than 150 new cases reported in Gwent.

Elliott Fiteni says co-defendant Joseph Jeremy was "laughing and excited" after alleged attack on Newport man Ryan O'Connor.

The plan has been refused by planning officers

Trains across Newport and the wider South Wales area are severely disrupted

HALF term is just around the corner – with plenty of fun in store for little ones.

The latest travel and traffic updates for Gwent this morning

Newport is slowly getting 5G coverage, but some networks are moving quicker than others

THE decision from Monmouthshire County Council to stop short of calling for a Water Protection Zone (WPZ) covering the River Wye has been branded "a great disappointment" by a campaigner.

PLANS for a 65-foot high 5G mast in Cwmbran will be allowed to go ahead after a council decision was overturned.

THE continued closure of Chepstow High Street to traffic has been discussed by the town and county councils.

The premises has been left empty since Christmas Eve

Police are appealing for information on the whereabouts of a man following an attempted burglary.

Pictures showing the damage caused by Storm Eunice to the railway network in mid Wales have been released by Network Rail.

All the latest flood messages for Newport and Gwent, all in one place

A PROPOSED increase in council tax in Newport has been lowered from 3.7 per cent to 2.4 per cent.

HERE is another selection of babies recently born in Gwent.

A CHARITY is aiming to help young refugees integrate into Newport through football.

BOUNCING back from Covid-19 in Blaenau Gwent will become part and parcel of everyday work at the council, a report says.

A NEWPORT woman who started her own cleaning business during the Covid pandemic says she was lost for words on finding out she had become a Welsh Business Awards finalist.

NEWPORT City Council has set out a five-year plan to raise the profile of the Welsh language and make it a “language for all”

SOUTH Wales Police are appealing for witnesses after a serious crash in Merthyr Tydfil that left a man in hospital.

WALES have been given a boost before their trip to Twickenham this week, as Taulupe Faletau has been called up to join Wayne Pivac’s squad.

The public have been warned to brace for strengthening winds and lashing rain as Storm Franklin moves in overnight.

THE Welsh Government has unveiled plans to dramatically grow its space exploration sector and become the first sustainable spacefaring nation in the process.

A man has been ordered to pay over £1,000 in fines and court fees after his American bulldog injured a woman in Cross Hands.

Mr Johnson will meet with MPS on Monday morning before updating MPs in the afternoon on his blueprint for moving out of the pandemic.

The severe weather comes just days after Storm Dudley and Storm Eunice battered large parts of the UK