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  • Two people involved in car crash near Tintern

    A CAR containing two people has come off the road between Tintern and Brockweir on the A466.The ambulance, fire fighters from Malpas and Monmouth, and Gwent Police have all been called to the incident which happened at 3.15pm.

  • Brave friends take plunge for hospice

    FOUR friends from Thornwell raised £800 for St David’s Hospice by tackling one of the longest and fastest zipwires in the UK on Saturday. Nik Everett, Karen Zimmerman and Toni Roberts dressed up as clowns while Keith Chapman wore a mankini

  • Usk woodland boosted by £297,700 grant

    AN Usk woodland which was once home to a maternity hospital will be brought to life as a Victorian-themed visitor attraction with the help of a £300,000 heritage grant.Coed Cadw-The Woodland Trust, which bought Cefn Ila in 2007, will spend the &

  • Car and van in Undy crash

    TWO people were helped from a car and a van by paramedics following a collision outside Undy Police Station, Magor, just before 10am today. The South Wales Fire and Rescue Service said crews from Caldicot, Maindee and a rescue tender from Malpas

  • Caldicot woman's bid to be crowned Miss Wales

    A CALDICOT woman will compete to be named Miss Wales at an event in Port Talbot this weekend. Hannah Bowen, 22, will also seek to be named Miss Monmouthshire at the Princess Theatre, along with the county’s other nominees, Louisa Fletcher and Paige

  • Canal section set to re-open after major repairs

    A STRETCH of the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal is set to reopen to boaters next week following major repairs to the embankment near Abergavenny.A two-kilometre-stretch of the canal between Llanfoist and Govilon was closed in January after the embankment

  • Funds pour in for ill Torfaen mum

    FUNDRAISING for a Talywain mum continues after £6,000 has already been raised in two weeks towards a life changing operation.A fundraising event was held on Sunday for Lindsay Clarke, 33, who has been completely bed-bound since December.This raised

  • Pair rammed police car in bid to escape

    TWO Pontypool men who rammed a police car while trying to escape in a car they took from a driveway were jailed.Justin Jones, 28, and Alex Clarke, 26, started up a Mazda MX5 they found on a driveway on Priory Street in Usk in the early hours of March