AN AREA of Gwent has one of the highest rolling Covid case rates in all of Wales.

A DRUGS courier transporting a kilo of cocaine from Liverpool into Wales was caught by Gwent Police after they received a tip-off.

THERE will be closures on some of Gwent's busiest roads this week.

AN HISTORIC building in the centre of Newport could become a new private members' club and shared working space.

A running blog of all the top news events happening around Gwent today

A PLAYGROUND at a Newport primary school has been transformed as part of a major coffee chain’s plans to open in the city.

BANK branches and pharmacies across Gwent have signed up to provide safe spaces for victims of domestic abuse.

THE UK Government has acted “without regard” for the devolved nations and continuing to do so will strengthen the case for the break-up of the Union, Mark Drakeford has said.

WHILE tonnes of strawberries head for Wimbledon at this time of the year, some select few are being kept back to create a luscious new Welsh gin.

The South Wales Argus Camera Club has more than 4,400 members and we regularly feature their pictures both in paper and online.

A “DEPRAVED” couple were jailed for nearly 25 years after a girlfriend arranged for her paedophile lover be alone with a toddler and abuse her.

THERE have been 670 new coronavirus cases confirmed across Wales today, the largest in a single day since early February.

A DOG owner who ordered his Rhodesian Ridgebacks to attack their victim again when they had just bitten him has been jailed.

CARDIFF Road in Newport is closed following a crash near the BSO Roundabout.

A FIRE has broken out at a Newport pub.

AROUND 70 businesses and residents in the Pill area of Newport have petitioned the council to reinstate measures cracking down on sexual exploitation in the area.

GWENT Police is appealing for witnesses to a crash in which a which left a 10-year-old boy with serious injuries.

THE morning of June 28, 1960, is a day many across the Gwent valleys will never forget.

SCHOOLS, colleges and universities will have greater flexibility in their coronavirus restrictions from September, Wales' education minister has said.

THE former deputy leader of Caerphilly council, who resigned after taking a trip to a country on the coronavirus amber travel list, has said he was “not breaking any rules” and he complied with all coronavirus regulations.

WALES' education minister has outlined plans to scrap classroom bubbles to ensure only a "proportionate" number of children have to self-isolate when a coronavirus case is recorded in a school or college.

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Here are more babies recently born in Gwent.

RESIDENTS living near a major South Wales road which is being converted into a dual carriageway - at a cost of hundreds of millions of pounds - have backed plans to keep the speed limit at 50mph.

GWENT Police are looking to identify a number of people following a spate of crimes in Monmouth.

A MOTORCYCLIST has been hospitalised following a crash which closed the A4042 in both directions.

All our tops stories today along with a Covid press conference from Jeremy Miles, Minister for Education and Welsh Language, at 12.30pm.

A NUMBER of people have been convicted in court on offences relating to knives since the start of 2021.

A NEWPORT soldier will complete a 46-mile walk - carrying a 46lb weight - in memory of his mum, who died unexpectedly just before Christmas.

DOG owners and walkers have been warned against a potentially fatal parasite as an interactive map has revealed where cases have been reported so far.

A SCOOTER enthusiast is set to ride from Wales to London to Edinburgh and back in less than 24 hours.

A PENARTHIAN living in Amsterdam assembled a group of football fans to cheer on Wales in the Euro 2020 match on Saturday, June 26. 

FOUR years after the Grenfell Tower fire exposed widespread fire safety issues in buildings across the UK, politicians still cannot agree on how to help.

SOUTH Wales is set for a day of unpredictable weather, with potential for showers.

A WOMAN from Monmouthshire has cycled the height of Everest to raise funds for the hospice charity which cared for her grandmother, father-in-law and sister-in-law.

MORE than £50,000 has been claimed by motorists in Gwent to cover damage caused to cars by potholes.

Tenby's North Beach has been named as one of the most picturesque beaches in the world, alongside Bondi Beach in Australia and Hanauma Beach in Hawaii.

ROADWORKS costing more than £900,000 will be carried out in Blaenau Gwent across the next two years after senior councillors signed off plans.

PENARTH lifeboats were launched this weekend after a distress call in the Vale of Glamorgan area. 

Cardiff University to partner London South Bank University and UCL in UK-wide study.

BEE there or bee square - Monmouth Bee Festival is returning to the town this summer.

AN Ambulance worker has died six weeks after his stomach cancer diagnosis and just days after marrying love of his life.

A STEEL giant which runs plants in Newport and Tredegar has said it is still looking for a buyer for one of its factories as it tries to refinance its debts after its main lender collapsed.

Several pictures have been taken of Wally the walrus, who has spent many hours aboard a boat while enjoying his time in the Isles of Scilly.

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Businesses affected by the pandemic will now be protected from eviction until the end of September 2021, economy minister Vaughan Gething has announced.

TODAY we reach the letter H in our trip through the alphabet.

FOUR paddleboarders in difficulty were helped to safety by Tenby RNLI yesterday, Sunday June 27.

Mixing doses of the Oxford/AstraZeneca and Pfizer/BioNTech vaccines generates a robust immune response against coronavirus, research suggests.

CHILD abuse in the Vale of Glamorgan appears to be rising as figures have more than doubled over the past two years.