ON March 23, 2020, the United Kingdom went into full lockdown in an attempt to slow the spread of coronavirus.

A MOURNER caught drug driving in a “powerful” SUV just months after getting a suspended prison sentence for breaking a student’s jaw has been jailed.

WORK to allow a sports club to have full access to pitches has moved a step forward – after Western Power Distribution were able to bring their work forward.

THE mother of a five-year-old boy found dumped in a river with catastrophic injuries sat around watching reality TV on the night she was charged with murder, a fellow prison inmate claims.

A COMMEMORATIVE woodland to remember those who have died throughout the pandemic will be planted in Caerphilly.

A PONTYPOOL barber has opened his own shop in the town centre on his 25th birthday.

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

The road at the Cross Hands Industrial Estate was closed this morning to protect members of the public from an aggressive and agitated cow.

More than 57,000 unpaid carers in Wales will be eligible for a £500 payment for what the Welsh Government says is a recognition of their services during the pandemic.

A minutes' silence will be held across the UK at midday and people are being encouraged to display flowers to remember those who died.

The Chancellor will link strengthening the UK economy to opposing Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.

Kaiser Chiefs will play Swansea Arena on November 2 and Cardiff’s Motorpoint Arena on November 3.

The minister is set to address the nation on the two year anniversary of the first nationwide covid lockdown

A YOUNG girl from Newport died as a result of a viral infection, a coroner has concluded.

CCTV footage captured a thug headbutting an innocent grandfather at a supermarket petrol station before running him over because he wasn’t wearing a coronavirus mask.

A THUG who headbutted, punched and kicked his girlfriend after she had just come home from an 11-hour shift at work has been jailed.

It means Newport's new Welsh-medium primary school will only be able to admit half the normal number of pupils in September.

A NEWPORT teenager is aiming to fund research into a cure for a blood cancer – as his grandfather battles the disease.

A fire has started on a Gwent countryside this morning. Brynawel, close to Wattsville, was seen to have smoke billowing from charred grass.

MORE than 1,000 Covid-19 cases and three new deaths have been reported in Gwent over the latest three-day period, according to Public Health Wales.

THE Metropolitan Police has failed to learn lessons from the unsolved murder of Cwmbran private detective Daniel Morgan, and its approach to tackling corruption within its ranks is “not fit for purpose”, a watchdog has found.

A LARGE mountain fire broke out in Caerphilly last night.

A FIRE near an industrial estate in Rhymney is being treated as arson, police have confirmed.

A GRADE II-listed building in Pontypool town centre could be brought back into “legal use” for the first time in more than a decade under plans lodged with Torfaen council.

TWELVE hectares of grassland was damaged by last night’s fire in Caerphilly.

The arguments in favour and against restrictions easing

SHOCKING footage shows someone breaking in - only to discover the till empty.

There is set to be significant disruption for a number of hours

AN appeal for information has been launched after a dog was found dead near to a ditch in Newport.

ONE person in Gwent is an unknowing millionaire.

Mark Drakeford will meet ministers this week to decide on scrapping Wales' remaining Covid restrictions.

All the traffic and travel news this morning as there is early congestion on the M4 around Newport.

A WOMAN waved an imitation gun around and pointed it at a shopkeeper after she was banned from his store for trying to steal a bottle of rosé wine.

CLAIMS have been made that the former leader of Blaenau Gwent council left the Labour Party months before it was announced he had done so.

The latest open warrants issued by the courts for people living in Gwent.

CHEPSTOW Town Council has been criticised after rejecting the findings of an independent investigation which accused the authority of “waging war” in a dispute with a chamber of commerce.

A CAERPHILLY borough school has returned some pupils to home learning due to ‘high levels of staff sickness.’

THE family of Daniel Morgan have claimed that concerns over corruption in the Metropolitan Police will not be addressed until there are “root-and-branch changes” in its top team.

A TREDEGAR man has been arrested after an incident in the town.

A TEENAGER has been charged over an alleged robbery of a £1,000 mobile phone.

SEVENTY cannabis plants were confiscated in a Gwent town after a public tip-off.

Caerleon AFC's proposal for a new stand rests on a deal between Newport City Council and the Charles Williams Trust.

A PAIR of Caldicot men have spent the best part of a week driving a van load of supplies to the Ukrainian border in Poland to help those fleeing the Russian invasion.

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

PEOPLE in part of Monmouthshire donated £3,000 towards helping those affected by the war in Ukraine.

A NEWPORT cat who was unable to get through a cat flap is now ready for a new home after losing four pounds.

MORE than 10 trees will be cut down in a Newport street due to disease.

A LABOUR MP has called for an inquiry into the case of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who was detained in Iran for nearly six years.

The first week of spring will see seven days of sunshine for the UK, the forecasters predict.

In celebration of the Queen's platinum jubilee, pubs are set to stay open until 1am, the government has announced.