AN ENTREPRENEURIAL teenager from Cwmbran set up a clothing business during lockdown, and has now been recognised as one of the fastest-growing sellers on shopping app Depop.

Follow along live throughout the day for all of the latest updates on coronavirus. We will also bring you the most up-to-date stats from Public Health Wales when they are made available.

AFTER a lot of rain and wind over the recent weeks, we must be due for some decent bank holiday weather surely?

A DRINK driver was jailed after he was caught nearly three times the limit which put him in breach of a suspended prison sentence for a rugby club assault.

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

A SUPERMARKET employee is accused of stealing £20,000 while working for retail giant Morrisons.

A POSITIVE outcome from the Senedd Election is conversation around Welsh independence has come to the forefront, said South Wales East MS Delyth Jewell.

A PENARTH war veteran has been reunited with his medals 12-months after they were stolen from his house.

PLANS to move council staff out of four buildings and relocate office workers to the Civic Centre in Pontypool have been given the go-ahead.

Scottish airline Loganair will begin flying a new route between Cardiff Airport and Edinburgh this summer.

Here’s the latest Covid guidance and rules for each of the major supermarkets.

We've decided to focus on Newport and the River Usk for today's collection of camera club pictures. 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 ...

TODAY marks one year since the murder of George Floyd in the USA.

NO new coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Gwent today - and it is now 37 days since a death from the virus was confirmed in the area.

CORONAVIRUS is only suppressed in one of Gwent's council areas, the latest figures show.

A PONTYPOOL woman who has repeatedly broken restraining orders has been ordered to receive mental health support by a judge.

A PIECE of Newport history was vandalised over the weekend.

A 15-YEAR dispute over a Llantarnam footpath has finally come to an end after a decision was made to re-open it.

HOME secretary Priti Patel has been issued with a fresh deadline to publish the 1,200-page report on the unsolved murder of Cwmbran private detective Daniel Morgan.

A MARRIED lecturer showered a former student with money and gifts in the hope of having sex with her, a misconduct panel heard.

TWO brothers who gave false names and addresses during several “calculated” but doomed bids to escape speeding tickets have been jailed.

THERE will be a series of closures and restrictions on the M4 around Newport until late autumn as major work gets under way.

A COMPANY was fined more than £100,000 and its director ordered to carry out community service after two workmen were seriously injured when scaffolding partially collapsed.

Keep up to date with the latest coronavirus news in Newport, Gwent and Wales

THE First Ministers of Wales and Scotland have written to Boris Johnson calling on the proposed coronavirus recovery summit to be a “meaningful discussion with substantive outcomes”.

TORFAEN council will ask Welsh Government for £4.5 million to refurbish two Welsh medium primary schools in Pontypool and Cwmbran.

AN UNINSURED driver caught more than four times the drink driving limit has avoided going straight to jail.

A MOBILE Covid-19 testing unit will be based at Malpas Court in Newport for the next two weeks.

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THE Friends of the Gwent Levels is calling for a Welsh Government minister to reject a planning application for a solar power station in St Brides Wentlooge, which occupies 150 hectares of the Gwent Levels.

A DRUM teacher and self-employed musician, whose work was affected by the coronavirus pandemic, successfully swapped his drumsticks for oven gloves - starting a successful baking business.

ROCKFALLS have delayed work on the cliff face above the A466 between Chepstow and Tintern meaning the road will be closed for longer than anticipated.

A NEWPORT schoolgirl whose ambition is to become a writer and illustrator will have a piece of her artwork featured on a Covid-19 memorial stone at four crematoria in Wales.

CHARLOTTE Church has revealed grand, ambitious plans for a stunning new healing retreat centre at Laura Ashley's former home near Rhayader.

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A MAN was jailed for a racially aggravated assault on a woman and stealing wine from a supermarket.

CONTROVERSIAL plans to convert agricultural buildings near Chepstow into offices could be given the go-ahead next week.

A LANE of the M4 has been closed following a crash.

THE UK Government has been urged to step in after a steel giant which employs 180 people in Gwent announced plans to sell off a number of sites.

A MONMOUTHSHIRE woman who loves her curly, orange locks is braving the shave to help two close families and children who are undertaking cancer treatment.

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

THE closure of Chepstow High Street has proven to be a contentious issue among residents, with one branding it "an accident waiting to happen".

THE way the Welsh Government handled the coronavirus pandemic has been praised by general secretary of the Trades Union Congress (TUC).

Pontarddulais motorist Ashley Carlisle altered his car registration plate to spell out his name.

THE GOVERNMENT has been called on to take action to resettle Afghan interpreters serving with the British Armed Forces.

THE UK Government's business secretary Kwasi Kwarteng did not rule out nationalising the steel plants owned by Sanjeev Gupta’s under-pressure business empire, but of all the options on the table it is “the least likely.”

WHILE Wally the walrus appears to have left Tenby for pastures new, a new ‘Little Wally’ recently washed up on the Pembrokeshire coast.

PENARTH Pier Pavilion will undergo a brief rebrand this week while a Channel 4 production films there.

PERSISTENT heavy rain has left a suspension bridge over the river Wye at risk of closure, with fears over the stability of the bank.

NEWPORT City Council's leader Cllr Jane Mudd has applauded Newport Transport for becoming the first bus company in Wales to receive official Dementia Friendly accreditation.