Holly Morgan

A PETITION has been launched in attempts to stop Monmouthshire County Council from building 770 new homes on the Gwent Levels, in north Portskewett, to the east of Caldicot. The Gwent Levels are a scenic lowland area on the banks of the Severn Estuary in Southern Monmouthshire.

PLANS to transform the Dayhouse Quarry in Tidenham, Chepstow, NP16 7LH, into a marine engineering facility have been approved by the Forest of Dean District Council. The development is led by the ocean technology company called DEEP, and will take place at the National Diving and Activity Centre, which was formerly Dayhouse Quarry, a source of limestone, which flooded in 1996.

Newport High School Old Boys (NHSOB) rugby club in Caerleon has been destroyed after Storm Bert flooded their clubhouse up to the roof.

Families living in the Hawthorns area of Caerleon, Newport, have been forced out of their homes after flash flooding has left their properties, cars and furniture laced in sewage water.

A HOUSE has gone up for sale in the valleys that has a bespoke, fully decked out pub in the back garden.

OPENED in 1901 by Lord Tredegar on land gifted by the viscount on Cardiff Road, the Royal Gwent Hospital is Newport's principal hospital site. The South Wales Argus archive photos show the changes to this building and the many staff who have worked there.

Some of our readers told me that 'the best pizza in Newport' can be found at Farina, a pizzeria and pantry in the heart of Caerleon and I agree.

Residents of Malpas, Newport are furious after a man was spotted driving a 4x4 vehicle on local sports fields, lifting up the grass ultimately destroying the terrain, overnight Thursday, November 22.

"We're continuing to crack down on serious and organised crime and targeting those in the area we suspect to be supplying drugs.

We've charged a 26-year-old man with drug offences following a warrant at an address in Pontrhydyrun.