TWO girls formed a special bond at birth - after suffering the same heart complications and receiving life-saving surgeries in the same hospital at just a few weeks old.

Charles III will be formally proclaimed King during an Accession Council ceremony, which for the first time will be televised.

If your wallets are deep and are looking to escape to an idyllic private setting, then this home could be for you.

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

A KNIFEMAN was warned he could face a minimum of six months in jail after he was armed with a blade in public.

Tom Rhys Davies, from Senghenydd, was found unconscious and unresponsive at his home after taking illegal drugs.

WHEN Queen Elizabeth acceded to the throne, Percy Couch was doing his compulsory National Service.

ASYLUM seekers from Afghanistan and Ukraine have “integrated well with no issues” in Caerphilly County Borough - but some remain in temporary accommodation.

Asda, Tesco and Lidl are among the supermarkets to issue recalls for a range of reasons

Whether it’s Aldi’s Specialbuys or the Middle of Lidl, the latest offers are always worth checking out

A DRUG dealer who made more than £1 million trafficking heroin and cocaine on the streets of South Wales will have to repay just £48,000.

A THUG broke a police officer’s nose after he headbutted her while high on magic mushrooms.

Tributes continue to flood in for Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, who has died at the age of 96.

A SHOPLIFTER who relentlessly targets supermarkets in Newport city centre is back behind bars after his latest crime spree.

Michael Perkins from Malpas, Newport has been collecting royal memorabilia for 22 years and has over 900 pieces.

William and Kate will become the Prince and Princess of Wales, as revealed in King Charles' first speech as monarch

NEWPORT Cathedral rang the bells at midday on Friday to pay tribute to Queen Elizabeth II.

Her Majesty died at Balmoral yesterday, Thursday, at the age of 96.

King Charles III, the former Prince of Wales, was a regular visitor to Gwent over the years.

Back in 2002, to celebrate the Queen's golden jubilee, Newport was granted city status.

The Queen visited Gwent a number of times during her 70-year reign.

King Charles III gave his first address to the nation following the death of Queen Elizabeth II

THE people of Monmouthshire have marked the passing of the Queen today, laying flowers and signing condolence books.

FLOWERS have been placed at the memorial gates at Pontypool Park in tribute to the late Queen Elizabeth II.

A bar manager at the Lyceum Tavern in Newport is devastated by Queen Elizabeth II’s passing yesterday afternoon and remembered your majesty with a minute’s silence.

A MAN has pleaded guilty to rape and child sex offences.

Soldiers fired a 96-round gun salute to commemorate Queen Elizabeth II in Cardiff Castle.

PLANS to build 47 homes at a former quarry in near Ebbw Vale have been approved, despite “grave concerns” over the proposal.

Huge plumes of smoke were seen over Cwmbran when the fire happened at the Avondale Industrial Estate.

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

NEWPORT-BORN Hollywood star Michael Sheen is no stranger to giving a stirring performance.

It marks the new King and the Queen Consort's first walkabout and encounter with the public since his historic accession.

This will be Charles' first televised address as King.

PLANS are being put in place to deal with so called 'bed-blocking' in Caerphilly County Borough.

PA photographer Jane Barlow took the last public pictures of Britain’s longest-serving monarch.

Following the death of Queen Elizabeth II Downing Street has assured it will not impact the energy bills freeze.

Queen Elizabeth II, 1926-2022

PLANS for a new warehouse and office by a firm that specialises in producing food sauces has been welcomed and approved by councillors as it could create new jobs.

Back in April 2012 around 4,000 people were out in Ebbw Vale to see the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh when they were in town to officially open the General Offices at The Works site and attended a service at Christ Church.

POLITICAL figures in Blaenau Gwent have paid tribute to Queen Elizabeth II, who died yesterday aged 96.

PEOPLE across Gwent will be able to with books of condolences opening across the county. 

The news of Her Majesty's death was announced in a statement on behalf of the Royal Family on Thursday evening.

King Charles III will address the nation in his first televised statement as King.

PLANS for a new 210-pupil Welsh Medium primary school in Tredegar have been approved by Blaenau Gwent councillors.

Honours recipients across Wales have paid tribute to the Queen.

HUNDREDS of people gathered at Cardiff Castle on Friday to honour the Queen, who died at Balmoral on Thursday.

PEOPLE can raise money for charity while enjoying alternative and electro tracks from the 70s and onwards.

King Charles III will officially be proclaimed as King on Saturday, September 10.

Here is a day by day of what is expected to happen as the nation mourns Queen Elizabeth II.

On Thursday evening (September 8) the world was hit by the sad news of the passing of Queen Elizabeth II, aged 96.