A DRUG dealer was caught with £19,000 in his bedroom and a large amount of cannabis when the police raided his home last month.

ITV weather presenter Ruth Dodsworth has spoken out about the coercive control she endured for almost a decade at the hands of her ex-husband.

It's local elections day, with voters in Newport, Caerphilly, Blaenau Gwent, Torfaen and Monmouthshire heading to the polls.

Reports of a serious incident near Usk, with one side of the A449 closed to traffic.

A KEY feature of a cherished garden shared by residents at a retirement housing scheme will be removed after falling into disrepair.

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

TODAY is your chance to decide who runs council services in your area for the next four years.

A GWENT solider who found himself homeless and depressed has rebuilt his life through the process of sculpting an impressive castle ruin on the mountainside in Caerphilly County.

A NEWPORT charity has warned that older people may not be able to pay bills or afford food because of the cost of living crisis.

HERE is a round up of the public notices which have appeared in the South Wales Argus over the last week:

Shop prices are up 2.7% on last year marking their highest rate of inflation since September 2011, new figures show.

The rule will affect tourists heading to the popular holiday spots of Magaluf, Majorca and some parts of Ibiza.

Many Tears Animal Rescue released a “heartbreaking” video on their Facebook page showing the condition of the new arrivals at the rescue.

Could you be the perfect fit to join Wales’s leading luxury wedding group?

Local elections are set to take place on Thursday, May 5 with polling stations being open across the UK, including in South Wales.

Here's a selection of the items you'll find in the middle aisles of Aldi and Lidl from Thursday, May 5.

A heavy police presence in Christchurch Cemetery, Newport, comes after officers received reports of "unauthorised use of the grounds".

A CRIMINAL was told he was lucky he hadn’t killed anybody after driving dangerously through residential areas twice within the space of just eight days.

A heavy police presence in Christchurch Cemetery, Newport, comes after officers received reports of "unauthorised use of the grounds".

"Persistent" low school attendance can be punished with £60 penalties but the education minister says fines should only be a last resort.

A FURTHER 11 deaths linked to Covid-19 have been recorded in Wales, including two in Gwent, according to the latest figures.

A LORRY driver was running his own drug dealing operation capable of making “significant” profits.

Gwent Police said the teenager is in a stable condition in hospital.

Newport City Council will pledge £2.9m to repair the Transporter Bridge after contractors went into administration.

NEWPORT Magistrates' Court have recently issued arrest warrants for these people for alleged crimes taking place in Gwent.

Litter picking equipment was taken as Newport community group Pride in Pill worked to clear up the city streets

It could be open as early as this coming summer time

DESPITE launching amid a global pandemic, the business has proven popular - with plans to expand.

ALCOHOL and politics are two things that seem to have gone hand-in-hand in recent times, but this polling day the two will join forces in a legal way.

PLANS to use a former recycling centre as a space for outdoor markets have been given the green light by Monmouthshire council planners.

THE reveller from south Wales tried to take drugs into Creamfields in Daresbury and was jailed at Chester Crown Court.

A NEWPORT man has been arrested after police officers carried out a drugs raid and seized a "large amount of cannabis".

TOMORROW - Thursday, May 5 - most voters in Blaenau Gwent will be heading to the polls.

A LOTTERY ticket worth £120,000 has not been claimed - could you be the winner?

AN INVESTIGATION has been launched into the accountancy firm responsible for signing off the accounts for a range of steel tycoon Sanjeev Gupta’s business empire.

Sarah's Law means that we are now able to check if any sex offenders live near us. Here's how:

The new sub-variant has seen a few hundred cases detected since the end of March.

The reports follow speculation that fibres from the Madeleine’s pyjamas were found in Christian B's van.

Warning to shoppers paying with cash at Asda, Morrisons, Tesco, Lidl, M&S. Read more:

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

Franklin Graham is due to appear at the ICC Wales on May 21.

THE co-founder of a neo-Nazi group who is accused of being a member after it was banned has told a court he set up the organisation with the aim of creating a “white Britain”.

BLAENAU Gwent’s Independent councillors who were part of the group that ran the council from 2017 to 2022 will be hoping that they can keep control of the county borough at this election.

THREE candidates are standing for the Liberal Democrats in the elections for Torfaen county borough council on Thursday.

AS VOTERS prepare to go to the polls across Gwent tomorrow, May 5, we spotlight the parties in Caerphilly which are running just one candidate.

THIS determined musician invented a guitar to enable people with limited hand use to play.

The TUC said that passenger safety must not be risked with reduced funding to Network Rail.

A Welsh hospital has shown its support for war-torn Ukraine by contributing to a delivery of more than 100 tonnes of urgent medical supplies.

Many phone network providers have charged their roaming charges.

The billionaire has said he also wants to eradicate spam bots from the site and “authenticate all humans”.