A HEARTLESS burglar broke into a care home for elderly people suffering with dementia on Christmas Eve and stole a safe containing cash and sentimental jewellery.

DETECTIVES are investigating a murder after a man’s body was discovered in a city street.

RENOVATION works at Pontypool RFC’s historic home ground are beginning to take shape.

CORONAVIRUS hospitalisations in Gwent and Wales have fallen this week, as signs show that lockdown is working.

Here is your weekly fix of pets from around Gwent.

FLY-tipping at a former supermarket site in Newport, which has sat disused for many years, is attracting rats and other vermin according to residents.

A FUN-FILLED family adventure film is coming to our screens next month – and it's written by a Newport man.

ALLOWING people to meet up for activities such as golf, tennis and fishing may risk "allowing the coronavirus genie out of the bottle again", said first minister Mark Drakeford.

This is the weekend of the RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch when people across the country are asked to spend an hour recording which birds visit their garden. We asked our camera club members to send in pictures of birds they have spotted in their garde...

The adorable pets in need of a forever home in Wales that can be delivered to your door through the RSPCA covid-safe rehoming scheme.

Around Europe, countries which once seemed in far greater danger of catastrophic fatalities now fall far below the UK in terms of fatalities.

Their photo generated hundreds of thousands of likes on social media, a sea-shanty spin off, various hilarious parodies and media appearances.

Aldi and Lidl have revealed the latest items hitting the shelves in the middle aisles of their stores this weekend. Here are the best deals.

AN ELDERLY nursing home resident was so neglected by staff that he was left looking like an inmate in a prisoner of war camp, his daughter told an inquest.

PEOPLE in Wales will be able meet up with others to exercise outdoors and switch their support bubbles from tomorrow (Saturday), the first minister has announced.

FORTY-five deaths from coronavirus have been confirmed in Gwent in the past week, according to Public Health Wales, out of 236 across Wales.

A BIKER and a Volkswagen Golf driver put the lives of others at risk when they raced each other at 120mph on the M4.

THERE is heavy traffic and a potential road closure on the A48 Southern Distributor Road in Newport after a crash.

A WOMAN ran an “illegal pharmacy” by importing drugs from India and Siberia and selling them to customers throughout the UK and the Republic of Ireland.

THE coronavirus lockdown in Wales will be extended today.

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

PARTS of Gwent could be hit with four days of snow within the next week, according to the latest Met Office weather forecasts.

THE 'best preserved' fossil of a dinosaur footprint ever found in South Wales has been discovered by a four-year-old girl.

Welcome to today's live South Wales Argus coverage of the coronavirus pandemic in Wales, as Mark Drakeford is expected to announce an extension to the lockdown.

A WOMAN was assaulted while on a jog in Monmouthshire.

MONMOUTHSHIRE has been a hive of activity today as hit Netflix show Sex Education resumes filming.

GWENT’S Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) has been asked to reconsider a proposed precept rise of 5.49 per cent.

AN EARLY pay rise for all NHS workers would improve morale among "exhausted" health staff who have been under "immense" pressure during the coronavirus pandemic, says a trade union.

PEOPLE who are classed as extremely clinically vulnerable will be asked to shield until the end of March, the first minister has confirmed.

THERE are currently no plans to make the vaccination of Wales' teachers against coronavirus a priority.

POLICE busted pubgoers drinking inside a Torfaen pub during lockdown, in breach of the coronavirus rules.

THREE takeaways in Blaenau Gwent could be closed after failing to abide by Welsh coronavirus regulations.

BOOTS in Newport Retail Park could be closed after failing to abide by coronavirus regulations.

PEOPLE in Wales will be allowed to exercise outdoors with someone from another household, Mark Drakeford has confirmed.

THE youngest pupils could begin returning to primary schools in Wales after the February half-term if rates of coronavirus continue to fall, first minister Mark Drakeford said today.

CONCERNS have been raised that some frontline ambulance staff in Wales are refusing to be vaccinated against the coronavirus.

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

A BID to extend the time allowed for Newport councillors to ask questions to the leader of the council has been rejected – and instead will be considered as part of a wider review.

FIRST minister Mark Drakeford praised the staff and volunteers involved in the vaccine rollout across Wales as more than 362,000 people have now received their first dose.

CONCERN is growing for the welfare of a Newport teenager who hasn't been seen for two days.

A CAR flipped onto its roof on the M4 in Wales on Thursday night on a wet road surface.

A NEW walk-through coronavirus testing facility has opened in Newport.

During the latest latest lockdown, you are not alone. The Argus' We’re in it Together campaign is here to help direct you to any services you may need and show what services are on hand that you may not know you needed. For our full list of serv...

SPORTS equipment and power tools were stolen from a shed in the Severnside area of Monmouthshire recently.

GWENT Police officers have appealed to the public to identify this man in connection with an incident in Caerphilly county borough.

A TRACTOR has been stolen from a farm in Cwm.

THE medal and the T-shirt are real - it's only the Admiral City of Newport Half Marathon that will be virtual in 2021.

WITH restaurants and cafes restricted to takeaway only, many food businesses have been replying on delivery apps to keep the lights on.

AN INVESTIGATION is ongoing into two incidents in a village near Newport.

Health Secretary Matt Hancock said the NHS stands ready to roll out the vaccine if it is approved.