A PLAN setting out Labour’s priorities for Monmouthshire has been defeated by the combined opposition at County Hall. Labour took power from the...
Author - Twm Owen
Local Democracy Reporter
A NON-BINARY councillor has spoken of agonising over their gender identity and pride at taking on a role championing the LGBTQ+ community. Cllr Ian...
COUNCILLORS were wrong to refuse a woman permission to build a new porch at the entrance to her home in the Monmouthshire countryside. Tegwen...
THREE projects in Gwent will share more than £36 million from the UK Government’s Levelling Up fund. A total of 11 projects across Wales have been...
AS MANY as 2,200 new houses could be built in Monmouthshire over the coming 10 years – but, while the county stretches from the banks of the Severn...
HOUSEHOLDERS should check those clearing any waste on their behalf are properly licensed or risk being hit with a £300 fine. That’s the warning from...
A CONSULTATION has opened on whether owners of long-term empty homes and second homes in Monmouthshire should have to pay additional council tax. ...
PLANS that could establish a new Welsh-medium primary school in Monmouth are to go ahead – even though just three children have registered to start...
A DISUSED public toilet block beside a busy trunk road has become an “eyesore” and should be removed, a councillor has said. The toilets alongside...
RESIDENTS of a Welsh town have been identified as benefitting from an “unusual” number of places where they can relieve themselves. With three...

