A 33-YEAR-old expectant mother with a history of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) died of natural causes due to neglect, a coroner concluded.

A "LUNATIC" dangerous driver who refused to stop for police during a car chase, after claiming he feared they were gangsters, was slammed by a judge.

TRAFFIC is currently slow on the M4 eastbound around Newport, after junction 27 (High Cross), due to an earlier crash.

A ROMAN settlement of three stone buildings dating from between the 2nd and 4th Centuries AD has been unearthed by archaeologists at the site of a housing development in Newport.

AN OFF-ROAD motorbike was seized after anti-social driving in Duffryn.

THE home ground of one of Gwent's most famous rugby clubs is set to be securely fenced off before the end of the current season.

A MISSING teenager from Newport has been found "safe and well", police have said.

PUPILS and staff have had their hard work in helping their school reduce its single use plastics praised in Parliament.

THE opening of a Wales office for a youth suicide prevention charity has been welcomed by Torfaen AM Lynne Neagle.

A FORMER pub in Cwmbran will be demolished and replaced by a supported housing scheme, under plans given the go-ahead by Torfaen council.

NEWPORT will be the first place in Wales to offer a new water-based workout.

A MAN arrested after an alleged early morning sex assault on a girl on a train between Newport and Cardiff has had his bail extended.

A SEX offender was caught after a paedophile hunter made a citizen’s arrest in a busy shopping centre as he waited to meet what he believed was a 14-year-old girl.

A LORRY driver failed to stop after some of its load was shed and collided with an oncoming vehicle in Caerphilly, sending the other motorist to hospital.

JAW-DROPPING photos have captured the Severn Bridge hugged by a blanket of cloud.

NEWPORT'S Orb Electrical Steels plant has been put up for sale as a "former steelworks" - though its owners have insisted that its "possible acquisition by other steel companies" remains an option.

GWENT Police are appealing for information to find a missing Caerphilly man.

FIREFIGHTERS were called to an 'incident' at a block of flats in Cwmbran - to test equipment and procedures for tackling a fire in large building.

TORFAEN is on the rise as an area for first-time buyers to get on to the property ladder.

CUTS to school budgets, voluntary groups and highways funding could all be reversed in Caerphilly, with a council tax rise of nearly seven per cent also lowered significantly.

THE COUNCIL that suspended its chief executive on full pay for more than six years is now looking for a new person to take the helm - with a salary of £140,000.

DOG poo being left on streets and sports pitches isn’t just a disgusting eyesore – it can lead to major health issues.

A DECISION on plans to add a new primary school and nursery to an existing Welsh medium secondary in Torfaen has been deferred for a councillors' site visit, amid concerns over access.

A POP-UP night shelter will be set up in Torfaen to help combat homelessness and rough sleeping in the county borough.

A NEWPORT poet is launching his first collection - the bluntly titled 'Sod 'em - and tomorrow', next month.

A CONTROVERSIAL weed killer which has been linked to causing cancer in a court ruling will continue to be used in Torfaen, after the council carried out a review prompted by a petition.

FUNDING for grants to help disabled people remain in their own homes is set to cut by a third in Monmouthshire, raising concerns among county councillors.

PRIMARY school pupils staged an exhibition and produced a booklet of their studies of the impact on people in their town of the First and Second World Wars.

A MAN is to go on trial accused of dealing heroin.

In his regular 'Your AM' column, Monmouth AM Nick Ramsay explains why he backs an environmental campaign to plant more trees.

AN INTERIOR designer has opened a new showroom in Cwmbran following a six-month renovation of the property.

MONMOUTHSHIRE County Council leader Peter Fox is warning in his column this week that council tax payers in the area will have to carry a 'bigger burden' than people living in other parts of Wales, because of what he calls an unfair budget settlement...

THE funeral will be held tohis afternoon of former Mayor of Newport Graham Dally, who died late last year.

TORFAEN MP Nick Thomas-Symonds has pledged his commitment to Holocaust Memorial Day and honoured those who were murdered, by signed the Holocaust Educational Trust’s Book of Commitment.

FANS were left fuming after Newport County's quarter-final clash with Leicester City U'21s was called off by the referee just twenty minutes before kick-off.

A GROUP of youths were reported as throwing items into moving traffic in Malpas in Newport over the weekend.

A COCAINE dealer who was caught by police while serving a suspended custodial sentence for trafficking drugs has been jailed for nearly four years.

TWELVE men have gone on trial accused of being part of an alleged conspiracy to supply heroin and crack cocaine to drug addicts in Newport and across South Wales.

A CHILD abductor who bombarded an under-age girl with more than 800 phone calls in under a month while he was in prison and in breach of a sexual harm prevention order, has been handed more jail time.

NEWPORT County are going to be in the hat for the semi-finals of the Leasing.com Trophy – but they still have their last-eight clash with Leicester City U21s to play after it was postponed tonight.

THE ALLEGED victim of a gang rape by a group of rugby players more than 40 years ago has made a direct appeal to two witnesses to name her attackers.

A TEENAGER has gone missing - and she was last seen in Newport railway station.

AN APP that aims to cut down waste allows you to snap up hugely discounted food from cafes, supermarkets and restaurants across Gwent.

WORK on improving white line marking to improve traffic flow at Chepstow's High Beech roundabout should be completed by the end of March, townspeople have been told.

IKEA has issued an urgent recall on an item you may have got, or gifted, for Christmas.

UPDATE 2.28pm: Gwent Police have comnfirmed that a Ford Focus car collided with a parked car at around 6.10pm last night.

AMBITIOUS plans to almost double the number of nature reserves in Blaenau Gwent have moved a step closer.

TWO OF the longest serving stores in Abergavenny are to offer refunds on parking charges in response to Monmouthshire County Council’s decision to increase parking charges earlier this month.

SEASON two of the hit Netflix show Sex Education has returned to our screens - but did you recognise any of the locations used in Gwent?