The Severn Bridge is currently closed in both directions because of strong winds. Traffic diversions are in place.

"A combination of immaturity and arrogance led to his behaviour.”

THE number of council employees earning more than £100,000 during 2020/21 has risen across the UK according to a new report.

A POST-PANDEMIC healthcare reset is needed to combat NHS waiting times and improve patient treatment in Wales, according to a new report.

PLANS to build housing on a site in Undy which is thought to date back to the early medieval period have been lodged with Monmouthshire council.

The Government are looking for energy alternatives as they plan to move away from Russian oil.

Since the UK left the EU, new rules have come into effect relating to how many months you need left on your passport before it expires to travel.

A FOOTBALL coach with an autistic son reduced friends and family to tears after walking all day to raise money for charity.

The middle aisle is far too tempting and we can’t be blamed for bowing to the various temptations.

As a self-confessed chocaholic, Aldi's new Easter egg range for 2022 had a lot to live up to.

A DOMESTIC abuser admitted to officers that he “tried to strangle my wife to death” at their Caerphilly home, in footage released by Gwent Police.

A DECISION to cover up a stained glass artwork at Newport Market has been branded an “insult” by the artist behind it.

A FURTHER 16 deaths linked to Covid-19 have been reported in Wales, taking the total to more than 7,200, according to Public Health Wales.

Vaughan Gething has announced a £4.5m Welsh Government investment in funding to improve workers' skills.

Fly-tipped rubbish is understood to have been set ablaze

PLANS to build up to 155 homes on a greenfield site in Monmouthshire will be allowed to go ahead after a request for the application to be ‘called-in’ by Welsh ministers was rejected.

Dog owners have been urged to keep their dogs on leads following a spate of sheep attacks on the Gwent Levels.

The A4042 has re-opened after an earlier crash between Cwmbran and Pontypool.

PLANS have been approved for a new railway station on the edge of the Gwent Levels, along with a business park with buildings up to 15 stories high.

The full list of candidates who will be standing in May’s council elections in Newport has been confirmed.

A SERIES of fundraising events have been organised by a group set up to save a "crumbling" medieval church in Chepstow.

CANDIDATES who will be standing in next month’s council elections in Torfaen have been confirmed.

THE full list of candidates who will be standing in May’s council elections in Monmouthshire has been confirmed.

LLANTARNAM Abbey has a rich history, many parts of which remain mysterious, including exactly when it was founded.

THE race to rule Blaenau Gwent has started.

A LARGE number of candidates standing for town and community councils in Monmouthshire will be elected unopposed.

The incidents are alleged to have taken place over a number of months

Newport solicitor Zep Bellavia believes the new no-fault divorce law in Wales and England is overdue.

ALTHOUGH elections are also being held for community councillors in Newport next month, voters will only be asked to cast votes in two areas.

A MONMOUTHSHIRE woman has been fined after her dog injured another person at a railway station.

THE full list of candidates who will be standing in May’s council elections in Caerphilly County Borough has been confirmed.

Two cars and a tractor involved in crash which closed A472 near Usk, after earlier crash on M4 at Brynglas Tunnels was cleared.

It came after police raided a property in the city

PLANS have been lodged to convert a place of worship in Tredegar into a family home.

A MAN from Caerphilly borough has pleaded guilty to stealing cans of beer from a convenience store while wielding a machete.

THE drive to get young people in Monmouthshire to register to vote has been brought into the 21st Century

A NEWPORT man has been missing for more than a month, police have confirmed.

Don't get caught out by the four-day weekend and see the supermarkets opening hours.

Part of the M4 was closed in South Wales after a lorry overturned

A NEWPORT burglar has been jailed for racially abusing a police officer.

SIX Torfaen residents have had their court cases heard outside of the Gwent region recently.

The new Five Guys store will be open next week.

Double Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee Nish Kumar is bringing new show Your Power, Your Control to venues across Wales as part of his 2022 tour.

National insurance contributions are set to go up for millions of workers, but when do you actually start paying it?

The Conservative Party 2019 election manifesto pledged “not to raise the rates of income tax, national insurance or VAT”.

ANGLERS are mounting a legal battle over a massive chicken farm on the banks of the river Wye - over fears pollution will kill their fish.

The tech company has announced it will be making some major changes to the popular feature in an upcoming update.

Ed Sheeran has won a High Court battle over whether his 2017 hit Shape of You copied another artist’s song.

Marks and Spencer said the meal includes a main, a side, a drink and a piece of fruit

SOMETIMES, when I see cool new things I think about the board room of marketing execs that put that idea together.