A THUG grabbed a 72-year-old woman by the throat before threatening to kill his ex-girlfriend and her daughter.

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

It comes after another crash happened on a stretch of the A40 in Raglan on Saturday, June 4, which saw three people taken to hospital for treatment.

FIREFIGHTERS spent more than an hour tackling the fire at Springvale Industrial Estate.

The TUC is calling for an increase in the number of bank holidays, saying UK workers have fewer than those in other countries.

A DRUG dealer who hid a mobile phone he had smuggled between two UK prisons “up his backside” as his cell was raided has been jailed.

The RAC called current petrol prices "frightening" and warned "worse is still to come.”

Mum fears she and son will miss out on dream holiday because an application for his passport has sat in Newport office for 12 weeks.

NEWPORT student Liam Llewellyn has been named as the favourite to win this year’s series of Love Island.

Police are appealing for witnesses to come forward after three people were hurt in a two-car crash on the A40 near Raglan.

If half of MPs vote that they do not hold confidence in Mr Johnson’s leadership, then he will be ousted.

Boris Johnson survives a confidence vote from Conservative MPs in the wake of Sue Gray’s report into breaches of Covid regulations.

This is everything you need to know about the vote of confidence in Boris Johnson tonight, including when it will take place, and how it will work

If half of MPs vote that they do not hold confidence in Mr Johnson’s leadership, then he will be ousted.

Firefighters used a hydraulic platform to rescue the seagull from a roof in the Maesglas area of Newport.

Missing teenager Blu McChrystal has been found after a public appeal.

Police have confirmed that a man's body was recovered from land adjacent to the entrance to Greenhill School Tenby yesterday morning, Sunday June 5.

With schools returning this week after half term, absence continues to be a major problem in Wales.

POLICE have closed a road to the west of Newport due to an ongoing incident.

A PONTYPOOL man threatened to kill his own mother, leaving her too scared to return to her home.

THE GROUP which owns the Rutherford Cancer Centre in Newport has announced it will be going into liquidation.

HERE is what people can expect at The Green Gathering this year.

FIVE Torfaen motorists have had their cases heard in Magistrates' Courts across Wales recently.

Welsh artist Nathan Wyburn made special artworks for the Platinum Jubilee and shared a special moment with Prince William and family in Cardiff.

NEWPORT's nightlife and a "developing European-style cafe culture" has been branded worth of special accreditation - with Purple Flag status.

Love Island fans do not have long to wait as the popular ITV show will be back on our screens tonight.

See the 2022 trends that everyone wants in the living room from smart speakers to an open plan space.

Passengers booked with easyJet, British Airways, Tui Airways and Wizz Air are among those affected.

A RECENT spell of sunshine and showers created a double rainbow over Gwent - and the spectacular show was captured by members of our camera club.

British chip shops are turning to Scandinavia for help to keep prices “as under control as possible” amid surging costs.

The fast-food giant has shared the news that exclusive items will be hitting restaurants this summer.

Are you heading for your first trip abroad since the pandemic? Or even heading for a weekend cabin staycation?

What happens when a PM faces a no confidence vote and who would be most likely to replace Boris Johnson?

Newport contestant liam Llewellyn has coupled up in the Love Island villa as the ITV show announces a major change.

Glass recycling company Recresco has secured four lucrative local Welsh council contracts for the reprocessing of council collected waste glass.

Workers at a Cwmbran business park will now have access to a potentially life-saving defibrillator, thanks to Green & Co Accountants and Tax Advisors and the Welsh Ambulance Service through the Save a Life Cymru Scheme.

It took nearly four hours for firefighters to get the incident under control at Avondale Industrial Estate in Cwmbran.

A MOTORCYCLIST in his fifties died at the scene of the crash, which also involved a blue Volkswagen motor caravan.

MAINDEE Baths on Newport's Victoria Avenue is a place where generations of the city's residents learned to swim.

THE Queen’s Baton Relay will visit Newport in the lead up to this year’s Commonwealth Games.

HERE is a round-up of everyone from Monmouthshire who has been fined for speeding during the past week.

CHECK out these fabulous photos taken at Abergavenny Steam Rally 2022.

A PONTYPOOL businessman, aged 22, is looking to expand his business after it has gone from strength to strength in the Indoor Market.

TEN years ago the country was celebrating the Queen's Diamond jubilee - and pupils from Cwmfelinfach Primary School were among them.

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

THE 13-YEAR-OLD has been reported missing from Monmouthshire.

NUMEROUS flights have been cancelled today - including from Bristol Airport.

A BBC TV star showed up at the site of an archaeological dig where dozens of human remains were found.

VOLUNTEERS are needed ahead of what is being billed as the UK's biggest food donation event this summer.

A £1.5m house has recently been added to the popular property website Rightmove, boastin 23 acres and two lakes on the grounds.