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Monmouthshire

The tiny remote church where the man who founded one of world's most prestigious companies is buried
Welsh history
You'll definitely know of his company but have probably never heard his story
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The cheapest places for petrol and diesel across Wales at the moment
Fuel Prices
The price can fluctuate depending on where you go to fill up your car with fuel
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Drug dealer missed birth of child after being found with cocaine and ketamine
Courts
Connor Harley-Powell, 27, was arrested by police who executed a warrant at his then home in Caldicot, Monmouthshire
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Drug gang who made £2m from shipping cocaine into Wales ordered to pay back tens of thousands
Courts
The drug dealers were found guilty of conspiracy to supply class A drugs, mainly cocaine, in November 2022
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Parents pull children out of Welsh school after boy ‘brought a knife onto the playground and threatened pupils’
Wales schools
It's alleged a girl was 'prodded' with the blade at St Mary’s RC Primary School in Chepstow
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The full list of Welsh restaurants with stars in the 2024 Michelin Guide
Machynlleth
Inspectors have confirmed which British and Irish restaurants have been awarded new Michelin stars - or retained their existing stars
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Dealers found with cocaine, cannabis and ketamine when police raided drug den
Courts
'There were drugs all over the place. In the kitchen, in the living room, in a cupboard on the landing, and some of the bedrooms'
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Members of organised crime gang found with £50,000 worth of drugs jailed
Courts
Matthew Nicholas, 35, Ashley Bollen, 33, Peter Wright, 32, Andrew Harris, 49, and Helga Boehm, 47, were members of the OCG which were investigated by Gwent Police.
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Body found during search for missing man
Monmouthshire
Gwent Police said that their thoughts were with the family during "this difficult time"
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Drink-driver smeared blood on officers and defecated in police van
Courts
James Durston, 35, of Monmouth, had taken his partner's Nissan Qashqai without permission while over the drink limit and disqualified from driving
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BBC Escape to the Country disastrous Welsh property hunt that left buyer feeling ‘very unseduced’
Escape to the Country
The mystery house strikes again with a viewing that left the one of the house hunters totally unimpressed
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Police closed road temporarily following crash
Traffic and Travel
Motorists were asked to avoid the area
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The gorgeously stylish cottage with its own 'Narnia' bedroom
Interior design
Probably not what you were expecting to find behind the grey façade of yummy Pineapple Cottage
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Person dies after being hit by train
Traffic and Travel
The person was pronounced dead at the scene, said a British Transport Police spokesman
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Tolls returning to the Prince of Wales bridge ruled out by government minister
Traffic and Travel
The suggestion was included in a transport consultation document
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Cash-strapped council spends £870,000 on car park with just 37 spaces
Transport
The cost, which works out at £23,500 per space, has been criticised as 'extraordinarily high' at a time when the council has already warned it could make its employees redundant due to financial difficulties
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Paedophile found with 'prolonged' video of young boy being waterboarded, stamped on and sexually abused in dirty outhouse
Courts
Sending Richard Hill to prison, the judge said it was because of people like him that there was a trade in making and distributing images of child abuse
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Country estate restaurant in liquidation with staff owed huge sums and customers demanding refunds for cancelled bookings and visit from Santa
Monmouthshire
Deri Llewellyn-Davies, who was leasing Raglan Country Estate, apologised to all those affected and said he intends to personally refund customers who have been left out of pocket
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'The happiest place in Wales' which traders say is fast being abandoned
Monmouthshire
'If you’ve recently visited you might have sensed a certain melancholy settling over the town due to the lack of shops and the lacklustre high street'
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Jobs in Wales: Vacancy available as treasurer with South Wales Fire and Rescue Service
South Wales Fire Service
The position of treasurer pays £79,788 pro rata
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Police issue urgent appeal as man seen walking on M4 Prince of Wales Bridge
Missing people
Sergiy Romanov is of medium build and has a brown/ginger beard, according to police
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Welsh council to consider calling for reintroduction of tolls on Severn bridges
Traffic and Travel
Details are included in the council's local transport plan but the council leader says the wording could be misinterpreted
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The grand country home in a posh village for sale for the first time in 25 years
Amazing Homes
In a leafy village in one of Wales' most beautiful areas this period mansion offers modern luxury too
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Homeowner can keep lights on extension after year-long battle with council which cost him a fortune
Monmouthshire
James said he believes the whole episode was a 'waste of time, a waste of my money and a waste of taxpayers’ money'
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