PEOPLE seeking updates on relatives or friends in hospital in Gwent can now use dedicated telephone lines as part of a new temporary service.

AS THE lockdown across Wales kicks in, we are highlighting the places that are available to help if anyone is in need.

A crash on the M4 near Newport is causing disruption and traffic is backing up heading into rush hour

A NEW vaccination centre in Newport will run seven days a week, depending on vaccine supply.

Follow along live throughout the day for all of the latest coronavirus headlines as they break

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

During the latest lockdown, you are not alone.

THE Welsh Government will throw its support behind a vast redesign of the public transport system in and around Newport, aiming to reduce the region's reliance on the M4.

FAMILY and colleagues have paid tribute to a respected Caldicot teacher following his death.

THE idea of making getting the coronavirus vaccination compulsory has been met with a mixed response by Argus readers - with some backing the idea, but others claiming it amounts to "communism".

A LANDLORD in Caldicot who turned his pub into a grocery store over Christmas is planning to rent a premises on the high street in the town centre.

A MAN who walked into a petrol station shop topless with a hunting knife has been sentenced to a hospital order.

A MAN has appeared in court charged with inflicting grievous bodily harm.

Today we take a trip to the lighthouse at Newport Wetlands courtesy of members of our camera club. This is just a small selection of the pictures shared by members of the South Wales Argus Camera Club and you can see more by visiting the SWACC page o...

He said falling ill in October 2018 had encouraged him to grasp the opportunity to sing on TV.

TWO friends left drinkers seriously injured after a “nasty” brawl erupted outside a city centre pub during the early hours of the morning.

A SIGNIFICANT rise in Covid-19 cases in the north of Chepstow in recent days has been attributed to an outbreak at a care home, Aneurin Bevan health board has said.

CORONAVIRUS case numbers and rates have continued to fall across Gwent and in many areas of Wales, but the number of deaths remains worryingly high.

THREE men from Barry who travelled 25 miles to a Gwent town have been fined.

LLISWERRY and Uskmouth in Newport and Chepstow North in Monmouthshire topped the places in Gwent with the most Covid cases in recent days, according to Public Health Wales.

A CAR has overturned, closing a road in rural Monmouthshire.

GWENT Police officers have appealed for information after a man was allegedly assaulted in Newport on Sunday.

MORE than 100 drivers were arrested over the Christmas period on suspicion of drink- or drug-driving – showing a disregard for the nationwide stay-at-home rules as well as the laws on driving under the influence.

THE ABP Newport Wales Marathon and 10K has been postponed until later in the year.

AN INQUEST into the deaths of several residents at a nursing home at the centre of a care scandal dating back 18 years has opened.

A ROAD has been closed in Caerphilly.

ONE of the latest batches of the coronavirus vaccine to arrive in Wales has failed testing.

The latest updates on the coronavirus pandemic in Gwent and Wales.

Here are more babies recently born in Gwent.

Tributes have been paid to former prisoner of war John Haynes who survived an Auschwitz satellite camp and a 1,000 mile death march who has died aged 101.

A PAEDOPHILE has admitted committing grooming offences against six underage schoolgirls aged between 13 and 15.

FIREFIGHTERS were back at the scene of a fire which ripped through a Gwent pub this morning, following reports of smoke.

GETTING children back to school in Wales is an "absolute priority", the education minister has said.

THE next Dean of Newport has been revealed.

THE Welsh Government is not "holding back" supplies of coronavirus vaccines, a Welsh Government minister has said.

THE British Medical Association are "extremely concerned" about the Welsh Government's approach to the coronavirus vaccine rollout.

A NEW housing estate in Gwent has sparked outrage - after it was named after a 13th century tyrant.

A ROUND-UP of drivers who appeared in Newport Magistrates' Court or Cwmbran Magistrates' Court for either drink driving or drug driving in Gwent.

THE TEMPORARY mobile testing centres in Torfaen will continue to run this week.

TWO men are set to go on trial in the summer after they pleaded not guilty to offering to supply cocaine and cannabis.

AN EXTRA £40 million will be made available to support students facing financial hardship in Wales.

A MEMBER of the RAF has spoken out about helping administer coronavirus vaccinations in Cwmbran.

A WOMAN tried to smuggle drugs hidden inside her body into a jail during a visit to a prisoner.

EVIDENCE from Test, Trace and Protect (TTP) teams in Wales of "viral spread" in supermarkets is a key factor behind the tightening of the rules governing how we should shop in them, a Welsh Government minister said today.

PLANS have been lodged to demolish a former Risca care home.

THE South Wales Argus will soon be home to a digital online portal which will tell residents of important changes within their communities.

WALES was legally obliged to hold on to doses of the Pfizer vaccine, the chief executive of NHS Wales has said.

A BID to once again change the type of apartments included in a planned three-storey block of flats in Pontymister has been blasted as “a disgrace” by a ward councillor.

During the latest lockdown, you are not alone.

PLANS have been lodged to convert the former OAP hall in Crumlin into a post office and coffee shop.