We are bringing you live coverage from the Senedd election counts across Newport, Monmouthshire, Caerphilly, Blaenau Gwent and Torfaen, with results as we get them.

THE leader of Newport City Council has said people have become “a little bit more relaxed” and some are “not following the simple and basic rules of social distancing”, after the city reported a spike in coronavirus cases.

VOTERS across Newport and Gwent have expressed frustration after reports of queues of more than two hours at polling stations.

A MAN is to be sentenced after he pleaded guilty to a firearms offence and assault.

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

A STUDENT who attacked a member of staff at a doctors’ surgery was spared an immediate custodial sentence.

A TEENAGE apprentice from Blaenau Gwent has finished as a runner up on Screwfix’s annual Trade Apprentice competition.

PLANS to build a new fence around a Newport school in a bid to deter vandalism have been approved by councillors.

A WELSH Ambulance Service manager has made the finals of the Control Room Awards after being nominated by his staff in the ‘Leader of the Year’ category.

A NEW COUNCILLOR has been co-opted onto Blaenavon Town Council.

HOPES of a Labour revival under Sir Keir Starmer have suffered a blow after the Conservative Party comfortably won the Hartlepool by-election.

VOTERS are heading to the polls today to elect a new Welsh government, and Newport was the scene of plenty of busy polling stations in the afternoon and evening.

A PAEDOPHILE who admitted he had trawled the dark web for the most horrific child abuse films and pictures imaginable is starting a lengthy prison sentence.

PEOPLE lined the streets in Newport today to pay their respects to a beloved club and pub stalwart.

AN ABERGAVENNY cafe is looking as good as new after a pair of "hero" glaziers stepped up to fix damage caused by vandals.

WALES' coronavirus rolling weekly case rate has slipped under 10 per 100,000 for the first time since last summer.

TODAY Wales goes to the polls to pick the next set of Senedd Members.

AS PEOPLE across Wales went to the polls, Gwent residents have been giving their views on what the most important issues were this year.

TODAY'S the day - the Senedd Election is here, and, with coronavirus uncertainty still lingering in everyday life, people may still have some questions about what will happen.

THE leader of Caerphilly council has said the authority will try to ensure that disruption is “kept to a minimum” when 23 homes on one of the UK’s most polluted streets are knocked down in the summer.

CONSTRUCTION work is currently under way at the Old Town Dock site in Newport - but what is being built?

A REVAMPED Cwmcarn Forest Drive will open its gates and welcome visitors by car for the first time in more than six years next month, it has been confirmed.

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A PUB near Monmouth could be closed for breaching coronavirus rules.

Keep up to date with all the latest news as polls open for the Senedd elections

GRATEFUL residents have started a fundraiser to say thank you to the firefighters and helicopter pilots who spent days battling a devastating mountain fire last month.

AN IMPORTANT part of Torfaen’s industrial history is going up for auction.

A POLICE operation in South Wales has taken more than 200 weapons and £4 million worth of drugs off the streets in the past year.

A NEW coffee shop is opening in the centre of Newport.

A FORMER Cardiff City and Swansea City footballer is facing jail for being caught in a £6 million cocaine crime gang after quitting the professional game.

A TEENAGER charged with heroin and crack cocaine trafficking offences has been refused bail.

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

IT'S not just Members of the Senedd voters will be electing today, with Police and Crime Commissioners also on the ballot paper.

DOMESTIC abuse victims are able to access specialist help and advice thanks to Welsh Water’s new portal.

THE three men in the running to be Wales' next first minister have cast their votes in today's Senedd Election.

Election days in the UK have become about one thing and one thing only. Dogs at polling stations.

POLICE have re-opened a road following a crash.

TODAY'S Welsh Parliament election will see its three largest political parties – Welsh Labour, the Welsh Conservatives and Plaid Cymru – compete to form the next Welsh Government.

POLICE are warning householders and businesses to be on their guard after a spate of heating oil thefts in Pembrokeshire.

A woman has been arrested for allegedly threatening to stab a person in a Powys town.

NEWPORT’s Riverfront Theatre will be hosting an outdoor performance from a popular theatre company later this month.

AN ARTIST took advantage of some good weather to complete a piece of art on a South Wales beach, which has grabbed plenty of attention.

FANCY an evening with a West End star while helping to raise vital funds for a local hospice?

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

THE 2021 Welsh Parliament election is the first to be held since Wales’ legislature changed its name from the National Assembly of Wales and the first to allow 16 and 17-year-olds to vote.

A SOUTH Wales woman who sat in the middle of a road in an act of peaceful civil disobedience says she wants the UK Government to take climate and ecological issues seriously.

PIER Pavilion Community representatives held an online meeting last week with the Vale Council Managing Director Rob Thomas, convened by the  Director of the Lottery board in Wales, Andrew White. 

ITEMS have been dumped at a large park in the Vale of Glamorgan.

To celebrate and help anyone looking to get back into fitness, PureGym is offering members 50% off their first month, with £0 joining fees.

South Wales Argus astronomy columnist Jon Powell has been interested in astronomy since the early 1980s and combining his passion for the topic with that of writing he is a contributor to the BBC Sky at Night magazine. He has written three books o...