There are still 14 places across Gwent with more than 200 cases per 100,000 residents in the last seven days.

FAMED Abergavenny restaurant the Walnut Tree has had to temporarily close because of a shortage of staff available.

A YOUNG dealer caught trafficking class A drugs for the third time tried to laugh it off by telling the police: “Happy days – I’m going to see the boys in prison.”

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

A COUNCIL finance chief is “confident” that putting money given to Blaenau Gwent County Borough to deal with Covid-19 costs into reserve budgets is “appropriate.”

THE coronavirus pandemic has halted Chepstow School’s financial recovery plan, despite receiving grants to compensate against losses.

A HISTORIC Ebbw Valley Post Office has been put on the market by its longstanding proprietor, who wishes to retire.

WE ARE delighted to be officially launching the third South Wales Argus Business Awards.

The South Wales Argus Camera Club has more than 4,500 members and we regularly feature their pictures both in paper and online.

NEW trains that will operate along the Cardiff and Ebbw Vale line are going through testing.

Are you one of the 15 million who have suffered issues?

A FORMER school caretaker jailed for sex offences against a child is back behind bars for assaulting a young teenage girl.

THERE have been 183 new cases of Covid-19 in Gwent, new figures from Public Health Wales have revealed.

The M4 is rather unpopular among Argus readers, but it is not alone

NEWPORT County’s Kevin Ellison has signed a new one-year deal with the club.

NEWPORT City Council is working on the next steps for the Transporter Bridge restoration works – after the appointed contractor entered administration.

A NEWPORT pub has reopened three days after it was ordered to close for breaching coronavirus regulations last week.

THE INQUEST into the death of a forestry worker was crushed by a falling tree in Cwmfelinfach four years ago has resumed.

The M4 will be closed around Newport at various points this week

Welsh taekwondo star Lauren Williams had to settle for a silver on her Olympic debut after losing 25-22 to Croatia’s Matea Jelic in the -67kg final at Tokyo 2020.

The Met Office are expecting thunderstorms and heavy rain to hit parts of the country this week

NICK Townsend is back from injury to resume his battle with Joe Day for the starting spot as Newport County AFC's goalkeeper.

NEWPORT County have secured the services of Aston Villa midfielder Finn Azaz on a season-long loan.

His 17-year career saw him play for clubs such as Bristol Rovers, Swindon Town and Newport County, among others

All the latest and breaking news from around Gwent, including from court.

Here are more babies recently born in Gwent.

AN EXPANSION of the on-demand fflecsi bus service will see nine new buses cover Newport.

A COVID-19 rule-breaker has just been fined more than £1,200 for breaching coronavirus regulations at a tourist spot in Gwent.

A CALDICOT house has been boarded up after anti-social behaviour.

BLACKWOOD athlete Lauren Williams has made the final of the Olympics taekwondo.

A lorry driver from Caerphilly won a Volkswagen Golf R as well as £115,000 in cash after taking part in a competition run by company BOTB.

A THIEF described in court as a “prolific shoplifter” has been jailed after he went on a crime spree in Newport.

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

Albert Stuivenberg is leaving his coaching role with the Cymru Men’s National Team.

THINK you’ve got what it takes to be the next Will Eisner? Or just creative and curious?

The Met Office issued a mid to long term forecast predicting the weather we can expect in August.

NEWPORT City Council have been accused of lacking transparency over the Pedal Power scheme in Tredegar Park.

MONEY is being set aside by Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council as they prepare for more years of financial austerity in the near future.

POLICE have put out an appeal to help find a man missing.

Almost half the complaints about Senedd members last year were down to one member.

Famed London-born rapper, songwriter and music producer Dizzee Rascal was spotted in Milford Haven recently, taking home some food from the restaurant Foam on the marina.

With students from more than 100 countries, the University of South Wales has campuses in three of the region’s major population centres, Cardiff, Pontypridd and Newport.

PLANS for two sets of semi-detached houses have been granted planning permission – despite being located in an area prone to flooding.

FOLLOWING his sad death earlier this month, and after consulting with the family of Maqsood Anwar, both Sully Centurions Cricket Club’s sides took to the field and dedicated their matches to 'Max'.

FAMILIES will be able to enjoy a PAW Patrol meal deal in a number of Gwent pubs in August to celebrate the release of the hit children’s series being made into a film.

WITH restrictions around live events being eased, a nine-day festival to be held at Cardiff Castle next week is the perfect way to start the summer.

We had an 'L' of a response when we asked our camera club members to submit images for the letter L as we move through the alphabet. This is just a small selection of the pictures shared by members of the South Wales Argus Camera Club and you can see...

Ministers have said that it is never too late to take up the offer of vaccination in Wales.

Deputy minister for social services, Julie Morgan, announced the funding today.

Richard Burnett, chief executive of the Road Haulage Association, said the country is “facing a collapse” of the food chain.