NEWPORT'S landmark Debenhams store looks set to close for good after online fashion retailer Boohoo confirmed it had bought the brand - but not the company's branches.

A SENIOR nurse working at a care home in Gwent says she feels residents and staff are “being treated as third class citizens” over the vaccine rollout.

Snow pics from across the region Road closures Weather forecast

Eight new coronavirus deaths in Gwent as Wales total tops 4,500 There has been a dramatic fall in coronavirus case rates in Blaenau Gwent in just a month Six people have been fined after Blaina house gathering to watch boxing

Here are more babies recently born in Gwent.

A DRUG dealer who sent out 'text bombs' to potential customers and was caught with cannabis worth thousands of pounds was handed a suspended jail sentence.

THE CORONAVIRUS pandemic has led to a decline in burglary – yet Gwent Police recorded the equivalent of six burglaries a day last year.

LOCKDOWN has seen everyone come up with alternatives to going to the pub, from Zoom drinks to converting your shed into your own DIY watering hole, but now another option could be to own your own social club.

NEWPORT’S Civic Centre clock tower will be lit up in purple on Wednesday, January 27, to mark Holocaust Memorial Day.

A £17.7 million funding package, to help spectator sports severely impacted by the pandemic, has been announced by the Welsh Government.

THE UK risks becoming a “failed state” unless it makes reforms to the Union, former prime minister Gordon Brown has warned.

The Met Office warned snow as deep as 15cm was possible today. Here are the latest updates from across the region.

EIGHT new coronavirus deaths have been confirmed today in Gwent, among 44 across Wales, according to Public Health Wales.

A WEATHER warning for snow in Wales has been extended until midnight tonight.

CORONAVIRUS case rates are falling across much of Wales - but nowhere have they fallen as much in the past month as in Blaenau Gwent.

GWENT Police have issued a warning following worrying reports today.

A MAN who attacked a police officer just before Christmas and burgled a vets practice has been jailed.

THE Welsh Conservatives have appointed Andrew RT Davies MS as the new Leader of the Welsh Conservative Group in the Welsh Parliament.

SIX people were issued with fixed penalty coronavirus breach fines last night after being caught by Gwent Police officers in a house in Blaina.

EMERGING Welsh artists will take part in a tour of independent music venues - including a stop in Newport - next week.

THERE is up to a 60 per cent chance of further snow in parts of Monmouthshire today, according to the Met Office forecast.

THERE is a 70-90 per cent chance of snow in northern parts of Torfaen between 5pm and 7pm today, and a 50 per cent chance between 8pm and 10pm, according to the Met Office forecast.

CORONAVIRUS testing centres across Gwent have been closed today due to safety concerns.

THE Welsh Conservatives have appointed Andrew RT Davies MS as the new Leader of the Welsh Conservative Group in the Welsh Parliament.

ICY conditions are making driving difficult this morning, as it was throughout the night across Gwent.

CARE home residents and staff in Chepstow have said they are relieved to be vaccinated after a “vaccine cross-border blockage” which left vulnerable people in limbo.

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

VOLUNTEERS at Ebbw Vale Owl Sanctuary have appealed for support from the public to help them survive the coronavirus pandemic.

POLICE found more than £4,000 of cocaine and 2,400 Valium type tablets when they arrested a banned driver.

A DANCE school is running free online classes during lockdown for all children.

LABRODOODLE puppy, Davey, has arrived in Gwent to prepare for life as a guide dog.

A MAN is facing a prison sentence after he pleaded guilty to stalking his ex-girlfriend and her new partner.

SPANNING the River Severn and linking Chepstow and Gloucestershire, the Severn Bridge is an impressive structure. This feat of engineering carries the M4 motorway and once housed a number of toll booths until 2019. Our archive photographs show var...

A PONTYPOOL garage has collected hundreds of pounds worth of essential items for patients in hospitals across Gwent.

A NEWPORT galvanizing firm has donated £10,000 to St David's Hospice Care, which is also based in the city.

This week's theme for our camera club members was signs - and they have sent us lots of pictures from all over Gwent of all kinds of different signs. This is just a small selection of the pictures shared by members of the South Wales Argus Camera ...

The Covid-19 pandemic is not only a threat to our physical health. Lockdowns, restrictions and fears of the virus are all taking their toll on mental health as well.

WITH Torfaen council’s chief executive set to retire at the end of March, the proposed timeline for appointing her successor has been set out.

HOW much should you be paying for your car insurance?

Web searches for “support the NHS” have increased by 125 per cent since the beginning of the third UK national lockdown.

THIS week our big picture shows the centre of Monmouth from the air in 1983.

The figure is likely to be higher than those identified in the list as the country endures a third national lockdown.

Naylor Firth delves into the history of the motor car and Monmouthshire’s role in it:

WE HAVE been asking readers to share their love of cars - from classics to hot hatches, and vintage to supercars.

If you have bought any of the items mentioned, return them to the place of purchase to get a refund.

Have you got a 'grand design' to create your dream home?

Diversity star Banjo, said it was “absolutely appropriate” that Hound was able to say what he wanted on the programme.

Yes, your skin gets stressed, too. Here's how to soothe it.

A PONTYPOOL singer has given ‘the performance of a lifetime’ on ITV's The Voice UK.

A MAN who threw drugs and mobile phones over a prison wall at night pretended to be his brother after he was immediately arrested by police.