Residents can get free compost as part of a trial by Torfaen Council to reuse green waste collected from homes in the county.

Torfaen councillors heard there were 20 complaints made against taxi drivers in the county from April 2023 to the end of June 2023.

MORE events to explain plans for the overnight closure of the Minor Injuries Unit at a Gwent hospital have been announced by health bosses.

A senior doctor has warned the National Health Service “will not survive if we let our hospitals become nursing homes”.

THE permanent closure of birthing units at Newport’s Royal Gwent and Abergavenny’s Nevill Hall hospitals has been agreed by health chiefs.

GWENT could be left with just one 24-hour Minor Injuries Unit if plans to close the centre at Abergavenny’s Nevill Hall Hospital overnight are approved.

VENUES including pubs, sports grounds, theatres and town halls will have to prepare for potential terrorist attacks under new responsibilities termed ‘Martyn’s Law’.

A specialist breast unit at Ysbyty Ystrad Fawr (YYF) will open as planned in 2024 despite the local health board’s gloomy financial situation.

A GROUP bringing patients with diabetes together with health officials was disbanded on the advice of the Welsh Government.

A GREGGS bakery intends opening until nine o’clock at night, six days a week, when it moves into new premises in a former bank.