MONMOUTHSHIRE County Council is still in emergency mode following Storm Dennis and could be for some days yet. Deputy leader councillor Bob Greenland told cabinet members today that the next 48 hours will be crucial in determining whether the council
AN ENTREPRENEUR and hairdresser has avoided a driving ban for speeding after a court heard it would prevent him carrying out work for his company, which provides wigs for NHS cancer patients. Phillip Mungeam, 67, of Warrage Road, Raglan, narrowly
RESIDENTS have said their concerns have been ignored by Monmouthshire County Council after a proposal for over 260 homes and a care home in Portskewett were approved last week. A community group has been set up to object to the proposals, despite
FORTY water tankers are busy in Monmouth today trying to maintain supplies to the flood-stricken town. Dwr Cymru Welsh Water's water treatment works in Monmouth's Mayhill area is still out of action and cut off by flood water, and residents and
RIVER levels in Monmouth have receded slightly, but the town's residents continue to feel the effects of severe flooding caused by Storm Dennis. The River Wye is at 5.81 metres this morning, after Tuesday's record high of 7.15 metres, and the arches
A PERSONAL trainer from Cwmbran is aiming to push a car 10km to raise money for Ty Hafan. Shane O’Neill, 32, set himself the challenge after speaking to one of his clients who was training for a marathon. “It’s been on my mind for a long time
BEFORE its dereliction and demolition, Snatchwood House was an elderly care home and earlier in the twentieth century, an orthopaedic recovery unit linked to Chepstow Hospital that dealt with injured soldiers following World War II. During the nineteenth
