Monmouthshire County, Wales News

THE time for talking is over. Council chiefs are tonight set to approve a plan for a tree-top assault course that has sparked huge debate across Hampshire.

ONLINE retailers were last night counting their virtual tills after the busiest shopping day of the year so far - with Christmas gift hunters spending an unprecedented 175m.

ABERAMAN Athletic fought back from two goals down to earn a draw in their MacWhirter Welsh League match against Barry Town at Jenner Park.

Old Woking, Surrey 1st December 2009 Gazetteer specialists Aligned Assets are delighted to announce that 12 of their customers were recognised across 15 separate categories at the 2009 Exemplar Awards.

A LIFEBOAT group which is among the first to help in Gwent river emergencies is encouraging people to wear something orange this Februrary.

A CHARITY to help wounded servicemen set up in memory of an Abergavenny soldier was launched by his family and friends at a drinks reception.

THREE people in Torfaen were the inspiration for cartoon characters to help promote recycling.

SCORES of residents have had their say on the controversial Go Ape plan for a high wire adventure course near Southampton.

Monmouthshire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia : "'Wales and Monmouthshire' The 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica unambiguously described the county as part of England, but notes that 'whenever an act [...] is intended to apply to [Wales] alone, then Wales is always coupled with Monmouthshire'. However, most Acts of Parliament included Monmouthshire ...

The police officer who died in floods last week in northwest England was being laid to rest Friday, a week after the region suffered what was called the worst flooding in living memory.

A CHEPSTOW family who lost their home after an arson attack are appealing for someone to look after their dog.

Flood warnings issued as death toll from storms rises to five and planning begins on temporary Workington rail link Persistent downpours swept over the mountain catchments of Cumbria again today as planning began on a temporary railway stop in Workington to connect the divided town via its last surviving bridge.

Rescue teams searching for a 21-year-old woman who went missing in the River Usk in Brecon have recovered a body.

Torrential downpours claimed a second victim yesterday in Devon as emergency medical supplies and food parcels were sent to communities marooned by floods in Cumbria, and rescue teams searched the swollen river Usk in Wales for a missing woman.

AN urgent safety review of Cumbria's 1,800 bridges was under way today with emergency services warning one bridge could collapse at any time and 50mph winds forecast.

Rescue teams are searching for a woman who was swept along the River Usk in Brecon, Powys.

HUNDREDS of people across the county pulled out all the stops yesterday in a fundraising frenzy to make as much cash as possible for the Children In Need appeal.

An orange glow filled the sky above Lower Earley on Sunday as friends of tragic teen Stewart McEwan marked the first anniversary of his death.

A MAN is fighting for his life this morning after suffering serious burns from a fire which gutted his Undy home.

A CONVICTED criminal who turned his life around in Australia was shocked to be arrested at Heathrow Airport for a crime he committed in 2006.