SCORES of care homes in South and West Wales could go bust and be forced to close unless there is a significant increase in funding from local councils.

Follow today's latest coronavirus updates for Wales and for the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board area, covering Gwent:

MEET the four dogs hoping to join Gwent Police's dog section in Pontypool.

A CRASH on the A4232 has closed one lane and is causing traffic delays.

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

AN AMBITIOUS programme of investments totalling £231 million intended to ‘transform’ communities in Caerphilly county borough have been approved by senior councillors.

TORFAEN residents have been urged not to throw household waste bags away in public litter bins.

"So after 6 and a half years it's finally time to put down the remote, and to say goodbye to Gogglebox."

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) and Action Fraud have been informed of the incident.

Healthcare waiting lists in the UK are now longer than they have been for about 20 years.

THE number of patients with Covid-19 in Gwent hospitals has fallen to its lowest number since October in the last week.

A DRUG dealing duo who ran a “booming” cocaine business during the coronavirus outbreak have been jailed for a total of 12 years.

THERE have now been more than 40,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus in Gwent since the pandemic began - a little under 20 per cent of all cases in Wales.

A FIRE broke out at a Newport school last night.

AN INVESTIGATION into whether the former leader of Caerphilly council breached the members’ code of conduct by allegedly not properly disclosing personal interests in relation to a major investment has concluded.

A MAN has appeared in court charged with being responsible for a fatal crash which happened on the M4 motorway 17 years ago.

DO YOU recognise the van in this image?

A WOMAN put her neighbours’ lives in jeopardy after she torched her own flat in an apartment block.

ANTI-vaccine misinformation is "a real threat" to efforts to overcome the coronavirus pandemic, says health minister Vaughan Gething, amid claims some key workers had been taken in by such false claims.

CAR parking will be hit significantly at Newport’s Royal Gwent Hospital from next month as work begins on a huge housing development in Pill.

THREE more people have been arrested in connection with a serious assault in Caldicot on Monday which left a man in hospital.

FOUR Gwent residents have been shortlisted among the inspirational people contending for a St David Award.

LEADING doctors across the UK have agreed that all four nations should move from coronavirus alert level five to four, due to generally falling case rates.

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PLANS to upgrade facilities at Pontypool and New Inn railway station are on course to cost more than double the original estimate of £3.5 million.

A SECTION of a road has been closed near Pontllanfraith due to a road collision.

GWENT Police are appealing for information to locate a 49-year-old man from Blackwood, who has been reported missing.

OFFICERS found a quantity of class B drugs and cash when they executed a drugs warrant in Gwent.

A ROLLING road block will be in place on the M4 shortly.

COUNCIL tax will rise by 3.9 per cent in Caerphilly from April after the county borough council agreed its budget for the upcoming financial year.

TWO men have been fined after travelling from Manchester to Gwent to view a caravan.

POLICE dogs across Gwent have helped rescue people from rivers over the last few days.

A SEVEN-year-old from Risca who began telling stories to help himself through lockdown has had his first book published.

POLICE fined four people after they broke up a house party in Gwent.

CONTENTIOUS plans to build 164 houses on a greenfield site in Blackwood have been recommended for approval, despite a petition signed by more than 200 people.

GWENT Police are appealing for information in relation to a missing Ebbw Vale man.

PLAID Cymru has named its candidate for Newport East in the upcoming Senedd elections.

Asda said the major restructuring has been driven by the “structural shift” towards online grocery shopping during the pandemic.

A CORONAVIRUS vaccine produced to work specifically against the South African variant is due to start trials.

COUNCILLORS in Blaenau Gwent have called for a proposed council tax increase of four per cent to be lowered.

TORFAEN MP Nick Thomas-Symonds met with Ben Jeffreys and Greg Thomas from Torfaen and Blaenau Gwent Mind last week to thank them for the work they do supporting people who are experiencing mental health problems.

Facebook users should be on the lookout for any suspicious pages claiming to be affiliated to the former Take That star.

The South Wales Argus Camera Club has more than 4,200 members and we regularly feature their pictures both in paper and online.

A DECISION on whether to have two Monmouthshire primary schools under the same leadership will be made next week by the county council.

The case relates to technology which can be found in a number of leading brands, including Apple and Samsung.

The Welsh Government is to ban all traffic on the A4042 between Caerleon Roundabout and Cwmbran Roundabout so that work on or near the trunk road can be carried out.

The government has announced child benefit payments will increase from the start of the new tax year, benefiting millions of children.

The £9bn high street recovery plan has been sent to Rishi Sunak for consideration.

The new vaccine has not been approved for use in the UK yet, but the Government has ordered 30 million doses of the vaccine.

A COUPLE were caught red-handed after driving from Newport to Liverpool and trying to smuggle in 1kg of cocaine destined for the streets of Gwent.