AN ADULT novelties store planned for Brecon Road in Abergavenny has an April target date after the council gave the green light following confusion over a need for a license.

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A BURGLAR broke into his neighbour’s home and tooted his car horn at him as he drove off while stealing it.

SOUTH Wales Police stopped a car in Mumbles, near Swansea, after four people travelled to the area to go ghost hunting.

COUNCIL tax bills in Torfaen will go up in April after councillors approved a budget which includes no major cuts to services.

Plans to build 54 homes on the site of the former Pirelli Cables factory in Newport have been given the green light.

A POPULAR outdoor education centre in Monmouthshire is up for sale following its closure last year.

THREE businesses in Caerphilly county borough have been hit with £1,000 fines for breaking coronavirus rules.

A YOUNG mother was warned all sentencing options – including prison – are open after she pleaded guilty to assaulting another woman.

A PAEDOPHILE who preyed on boys and subjected them to “horrific sexual abuse” has been jailed for more than 20 years.

THE number of patients with coronavirus in Gwent hospitals has fallen to its lowest number since September in the last week.

THE owner of a scandal-hit nursing home where seven residents died after suffering poor care was rude and confrontational with watchdog inspectors, an inquest has heard.

ONE new coronavirus death has been confirmed today in Gwent, among 10 across Wales.

A SECRET medieval tunnel has been discovered in the Wye Valley.

The Welsh Government said First Minister Mark Drakeford is self-isolating “as a precaution” after coming into contact with someone who had tested positive for coronavirus.

MULTIPLE police cars, fire engines and paramedics are at the scene of a three-car collision in Cwmbran this afternoon.

Thursday is World Book Day - the day children from across the region dress up as their favourite book character.

It's that day again, when schoolchildren across the country dress up as their favourite literary characters. Send us your pictures to show off who your children have dressed up as this year. You can send us your pictures here - https://www.southwa...

NEWPORT council will call on the Welsh Government to “carefully consider” any calls for a referendum or consultation on the M4 relief road, but will not demand one.

MORE than 200,000 vaccine doses have been administered in the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board region.

PEOPLE may be able to visit loved ones in care homes across Wales by March 13, the deputy health minister has said.

A BARBER who was caught cutting hair in a room above a takeaway and a pub that was found to be serving drinks to customers have been hit with £1,000 Covid fines.

VIDEO footage offers a glimpse into a tunnel beneath Tintern which was unearthed by contractors.

ONE person was taken to hospital after a crash on the A467 in Rogerstone on Wednesday night.

A FORMER Gwent Police officer is to face allegations of behaving “sexually inappropriately towards a female colleague and a female member of the public”.

A TRUCK fire has closed a lane of a main South Wales road this morning.

COUNCIL tax will rise by 3.7 per cent in Newport after the full council voted through the budget proposals for 2021/22.

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FAMILY and friends of a Chepstow man who helped mastermind the success of an internationally-renowned employer which started from a small attic have paid tribute to him following his death.

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

A CARE worker put nearly two dozen vulnerable people at risk by carrying out home visits while she was suspected to have Covid-19, a tribunal has heard.

CONTENTIOUS plans to build 164 homes on a greenfield site in Blackwood have been approved by councillors.

DOCTORS have said they are baffled over the death of a young black man just hours after being released from police custody, an inquest heard today.

A “HIGH risk” paedophile used images of female models as his profile picture to “make himself more attractive” when creating a false identity online, a court has heard.

CHEPSTOW town councillors threatened to boycott a private meeting to thrash out plans for what is being described as short-term changes to the town centre.

THE United Kingdom “is over” and a new union should be crafted to reflect a “voluntary association of four nations”, Wales’ First Minister has said.

PLANS to improve access from Rogerstone’s Fourteen Locks Canal Centre to the canal towpath have been approved, despite concerns over a static bridge.

THE amount households pay for policing through their council tax bills will rise by 5.49 per cent in Gwent, it has been decided.

A JOINT operation has been carried out targeting illegal off-roaders in the Brecon Beacons, with six men fined for travelling to the area.

A “SADISTIC” bully who threatened to disfigure his girlfriend by throwing acid in her face is starting a long prison sentence.

POLICE are investigating an incident in which a laser was shone at a Wales Air Ambulance helicopter, causing 'injuries' to a crew member.

A ROW has broken out after a councillor was accused of being ‘pessimistic’ about plans for a four-star hotel in Caerphilly town.

A HUGE asteroid is flying past Earth tomorrow and will closer approach in eight years.

Newsquest is committed to bringing an open and honest view of the climate crisis.

Climate change is one of the most pressing issues of modern times - and we want to hear what you've been doing to help fight it. Here's a message from Argus editor Gavin Thompson on a new campaign being run by the Argus, and our parent company New...

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

THESE students have been volunteering at Gwent hospitals throughout the pandemic to help patients combat loneliness and isolation.

During the latest lockdown, you are not alone.

SOUTH Wales Police issued more than 370 fines over the weekend.

DURING the ongoing trial over the death of a teenager in Barry, jurors heard closing speeches on behalf of the final two defendants.