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Road to close during the weekday for three weeks
A BUSY Monmouthshire road will be closed for three weeks whilst resurfacing work takes place. A stretch of the Blaenavon Road which runs between Govilon and Blaenavon Monmouthshire council will carry out work to resurface Blaenavon Road (B4246) in Govilon, from…
Read MoreThe last supermoon of the year
Watch out, on Thursday 11th August for the last supermoon of 2022. Supermoons are full moons that appear much bigger and brighter than normal. August’s full Moon is traditionally called the Sturgeon Moon because the giant sturgeon of the Great Lakes…
Read MorePetrol Prices Slowly Fall
Motorists are beginning to finally see the cost of fuel starts to drop. Back in June, the average price of petrol and diesel was around £2 a litre and it seemed that there was no way back for to fill up…
Read MoreAnnual race day raises record high of £72,000 for children’s charity.
AN ANNUAL charity day at Chepstow Racecourse raised a record £72,000 for the Noah’s Ark charity. This year’s Royal Ascot Charity Day, held earlier this month after a three-year absence due to the Covid-19 pandemic, set a new fundraising record for…
Read MoreEntrepreneur and TV Apprentice winner to headline networking event
A FORMER winner of the BBC TV series The Apprentice will share his success story at The Awaken Twelve Year Anniversary Networking Lunch.
Read MoreNew café to launch in Usk
Newly opened Usk boutique hotel, The Lodge by Cefn Tilla, is to relaunch it’s Cafe and restuaurant thanks to a collaboration with a local catering business. The Lodge, which is owned by nearby Cefn Tilla Court, has teamed up with Portskewett…
Read MoreDid you know about this extra parking?
A little known parking website that enables the public to rent out their own driveways to make cash also has some more intersting spots around Monmouthshire that may be of interest. Yourparkingspace.co.uk, allows individuals to find parking space on driveways, in…
Read MoreWhen are the 2022 Bank Holidays?
Normally we can just about guess when the UK Bank Holidays, all except the Easter Holidays but this year it’s a little different thanks to The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations. So this year, the last Monday in May will not be…
Read MoreCommunity Scarecrow Trail Returns
A MONMOUTHSHIRE community who last year decorated dozens of gardens with colourful and creative characters, in its first-ever scarecrow trail, has returned in a bid to raise even more money for local schools After the success of last year’s scarecrow trail,…
Read MoreNew Phones and Driving Rules
New rules are being introduced on 25th March to outlaw the use of mobile phones whilst driving. New laws will make it illegal for drivers to handle a phone for any reason whilst driving. This will include touching the screen to…
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