A 91-year-old woman has died following a road traffic collision in Cromwell Road, Risca, at around 10.30am on Saturday 11th November. From Gwent Police: Officers were called following a road traffic collision in Cromwell Road, Risca, at around 10.30am on Saturday 11th...
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NEWS | Police are appealing for help in finding a missing 15-year-old girl
Police are appealing for information to find Lily-Ann Bristow, who has been reported as missing. The 15-year-old from Abergavenny, was last seen on Thursday 16 November near Heol Y Groes, Cwmbran at around 1.40pm and officers are concerned for her welfare. She is...
UK NEWS | Four people have been injured following a dog attack with a number of dogs and cats seized from an address
Four people have been injured following a dog attack in the Pwllheli area, Wales. Police attended an address in the Rhoshirwaun area shortly before 11.30am on Friday, November 17th in response to reports of a dangerous dog incident. Emergency services attended...
NEWS | Police appeal for witnesses following a fatal collision where a teenager died
Investigating officers want to speak to any motorists who were travelling on Staunton Road, Monmouth, between 11.30am and 12.00pm on Sunday 12 November, or anyone with dashcam or CCTV footage. Gwent Police are appealing for witnesses after a road traffic collision on...
NEWS | Police make arrest and appeal for witnesses after a 19-year-old man died following a collision
Investigating officers want to speak to any motorists who were travelling on Staunton Road, Monmouth, between 11.30am and 12.00pm on Sunday 12 November, or anyone with dashcam or CCTV footage. Gwent Police are appealing for witnesses after a road traffic collision on...
NEWS | The M48 (Severn Bridge) is closed in both directions due to strong winds this morningÂ
The M48 (Severn Bridge) is closed in both directions this morning due to strong winds. The closure is in place between Chepstow (Wales) and Aust (England). The M4 (Prince of Wales) crossing remains open at present. Strong winds are affecting the area, with Storm Debi...
BREAKING NEWS | Herefordshire Council signs a ground breaking agreement to work with Shropshire Council, Monmouthshire Council and Powys County Council on several matters
Herefordshire Council has signed a ground breaking agreement with three other English and Welsh local authorities today (10 November). The Marches Forward Partnership became a reality at an official event held at Hay Castle on the Welsh and English border. The...
WANTED | Police would like to speak to a 38-year-old man in connection with an investigation into an assault
Officers investigating an assault would like to speak to Gareth Jenkins, who could assist their enquiries. Gwent Police appealing for information to find Gareth Jenkins from Chepstow. Police would like to speak to the 38-year-old in connection with an investigation...
NEWS | A police officer who demanded sexual images of children on Snapchat has been handed a life sentence
A South Wales man has been sentenced to life imprisonment, with a minimum of 12 years, after being convicted of 160 child sexual offences following an investigation by the South Wales Police Online Investigation Team. Enquiries first began in December 2022 when police...
JOBS | Morrisons is looking for 3,500 extra colleagues to work in its stores over the Christmas period
Morrisons is looking for 3,500 extra colleagues to work in its stores, food manufacturing sites and logistics operations nationwide to help meet increased demand over the busy Christmas period. The wide range of roles available offer plenty of flexibility and with no...
NEWS | Police issue ‘Do Not Approach’ warning after a prisoner convicted of threats to kill and possession of a bladed article failed to return to prison
Police are currently looking for Martin Grant, 33, who failed to return to from HMP Prescoed Monmouthshire on Tuesday 26 September. He was convicted of robbery, threats to kill, possession of a bladed article and assault at Bristol Crown Court in October 2017. He is...
NEWS | Welsh Water named as one of several water companies that will have to pay back money to customers for poor performance
Under-performance by the majority of water and wastewater companies in England and Wales, will mean companies have to return £114m to customers next year. The rebate, set out today by Ofwat following its assessment of performance against targets set for 2022/23, will...
NEWS | Motorists warned to be wary with a default 20mph speed limit on restricted roads across Wales being introduced from 17th SeptemberÂ
Motorists are being warned to remain wary of new speed limits, if travelling in Wales from 17th September. The 20mph speed limits have already been trialled in places such as Abergavenny in recent months, but will now be rolled out across Wales. Restricted roads are...
NEWS | A man who got behind the wheel with a lethal cocktail of alcohol and drugs in his system before killing a girl he had met on the same night has had his sentence increased
Keilan Roberts (22), from Rhymney, Caerphilly County, has had his three years and nine months prison sentence overturned by the Court of Appeal and increased to five years and three months after the Solicitor General referred the original sentence as being unduly...
NEWS | Police appeal for witnesses after a man died and more than twenty people were taken to hospital after a collision involving a car and a coachÂ
Police are investigating a fatal road traffic collision on the A477 near Cleddau Bridge, Pembroke Dock. A car and a coach were involved in the collision on Tuesday afternoon, 5th September 2023. Sadly, the male driver of the car passed away at the scene. ...
UK NEWS | The family of a 17-year-old boy who died on a railway line last week have paid tribute to him
The family of a 17-year-old boy who very sadly died on the railway last week are today paying tribute to him. Officers were called to the railway line close to Llanelli station at around 5pm last Friday (18 August) after reports of a casualty on the tracks. Officers...
NEWS | Police appeal for witnesses after a 27-year-old man died following a road traffic collision between a van and an agricultural vehicle
Officers want to speak to anyone who was travelling on the A449 between 1pm and 2pm on Sunday 20 August. Police received a report of a road traffic collision on the A449, northbound, between The Coldra and Usk at around 1.30pm on Sunday 20 August. Officers attended,...
SPORT | Two sisters from Herefordshire have been selected to ride for Wales at the International Mounted Games Association World Team Championships in Melbourne, Australia.
Two sisters from Herefordshire have been selected to ride for Wales at the International Mounted Games Association World Team Championships in Melbourne, Australia from 8th to 15th October. Erin (22) and Sophie (19) Beach were both born in Wales and lived there until...
NEWS | One person has been taken to hospital after a glider crashed on the Herefordshire borderÂ
One person has been taken to hospital after a glider crashed on the Herefordshire border. Dyfed-Powys Police and the Welsh Air Ambulance were called, alongside Longtown Mountain Rescue, to the incident in the Black Mountains on Tuesday afternoon. A spokesperson for...
NEWS | 53-year-old man sentenced to three-and-a-half-years in prison after sending indecent images to an undercover police officer who he thought was a young girl
A man has received a three-and-a-half-year sentence in prison after sending indecent images to an undercover police officer who he thought was a young girl. Mark Appleby, 53, of Monmouth, was found guilty after trial of engaging in sexual communication with a child,...