CRIME FILE: ‘Sexting’ can lead to threat of child abuse
IN the last five years 26 children under the age of 16 have been charged for sexual offences on other under 16s in Gwent.
IN the last five years 26 children under the age of 16 have been charged for sexual offences on other under 16s in Gwent.
TWO brave Gwent police officers who rescued residents from a burning building have been to 10 Downing Street today to honour nominees for the the 19th national Police Bravery Awards.
GWENT Police are joining forces with local licensees in a bid to stop the sale of single cans of super-strength alcohol in Newport city centre.
A ROW is brewing between the University of South Wales and campaigners from the Welsh Liberal Democrats hoping to keep the Caerleon Campus open.
A NEWPORT burglar who deliberately targeted a profoundly deaf man in an "evil" act knowing he would not hear him breaking in to his home has been jailed.
POLICE arrested 15 people in Newport yesterday morning on suspicion of a number of offences including possession with intent to supply Class A drugs and money laundering following a police raid.
THE police and crime commissioner for Gwent launched a public consultation yesterday asking residents how much they are willing to pay for their policing service and for their feedback on his policing priorities for Gwent.
PROJECTS throughout Gwent which aim to use cash seized from criminals to make a positive difference in their communities are celebrating their share of nearly £157,000 awarded by the Police and Crime Commissioner today.
THE Welsh Government has agreed to grant £20,000 a year to help fund homing of the Newport Ship - but a new storage site for it is yet to be confirmed.
NEWPORT fundraiser and I.T teacher Jackie Lewis, from St Julian's, has raised almost £30,000 in memory of her son Steven, who tragically died of stomach cancer in December 2011 aged just 31. After struggling with her grief for some time, she channelled it into something positive, and now hold events on an almost monthly basis, raising funds for Newport's St David's Hospice, which cared for her son when he was ill. She talks to KEILIGH BAKER.
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