PLANS for new housing on the edge of Blaenavon have been refused as planners have said the wasteland is part of the open countryside.
Author - Twm Owen
Local Democracy Reporter
CHILDREN on the child protection register in one part of Gwent aren’t being seen as frequently as required, inspectors have found.
A SAFETY summit bringing together education chiefs from across Gwent is to be held after the school stabbings in Ammanford.
A COUNCIL will review how it provides for pupils with additional learning needs after having to extend a school built just 12 years ago.wt
PROSTITUTION and other anti-social behaviours are troubling residents in inner city Newport – three of the four Gwent Police candidates have heard.
EMPTY shops across Torfaen could be turned into temporary ‘pop up’ museums as part of a drive to raise awareness of a local attraction.
THERE is no plan to close a residential street in Monmouth to all traffic, the councillor responsible for highways has said.
PLANS to divert a footpath so a bridge across the canal in Cwmbran can be built have been submitted to Torfaen Borough Council.
FREE parking would have only added to congestion in a town hit by disruption due to water works, a councillor has said.
A LABOUR councillor racially and religiously abused a Muslim doorman at a pub in a drunken outburst just days after being elected.