HERE is your essential guide to Easter services.

Good Friday services:

Blaenavon

St Peter’s Anglican Church, Church Road. An Hour At The Foot Of The Cross at 2pm.

St Pauls Anglican Church, Middle Coed Cae. Service at 10am.

Bethel Baptist Church, King Street. Service at 6pm.

Newport

Newport Trinity Presbyterian Church, Edison Way. Service at 10am.

St Mary’s Church. Service at 10am.

St Woolos Newport Cathedral. Service at 9am.

St Julians Parish Church, 41 St Julian’s Avenue. Stations of the Cross for Young People followed by the Good Friday Club and Easter Egg Hunt at 10.30am. Also The Liturgy of the Passion of Christ at 3pm.

Bethel Community Church, 40 Stow Hill. Good Friday Service at 10.30am. Tel: 01633 212327.

Easter Sunday services:

Blaenavon

St Peter’s Anglican Church, Church Road. Sung Eucharist. 9.30am.

St Pauls Anglican Church. Sung Solemn Mass at 11am.

Bethel Baptist Church, King Street. Service at 11am.

Zion Baptist Church, Forge Side. Easter Sunday Service. 6pm.

Newport

Newport Cathedral, Stow Hill. Holy Eucharist at 8am, Blessing of Easter Garden and Solemn Eucharist at 10.30am and Solemn Evensong at 6.30pm. Go to newportcathedral.org.uk

Newport

Bethel Community Church, Easter Sunday Service. 10.30am.

St Julians Parish Church, 41 St Julian’s Avenue. The Easter Vigil at 8pm. Tel: 01633 258046.

Emergency dentists:

If you live in Newport, Monmouthshire, Torfaen, Blaenau Gwent or Caerphilly, call 01633 744387.

Chemists:

Newport

Easter Sunday:

Lloyds Pharmacy, Mendalgief Road

Mayberry Pharmacy, Durham Road

LT Chemists Ltd, Corporation Road

Monmouthshire

Good Friday:

Chappells Pharmacy, Newport Road

Easter Sunday:

H Shackleton Ltd, Nevill Street

Torfaen

Good Friday:

Mayberry Pharmacy, Crane Street

Blaenavon Pharmacy, Middle Coed Cae Road

Easter Sunday:

Lloyds Pharmacy, Fairwater Square, Fairwater

Mayberry Pharmacy, Crane Street

Blaenau Gwent

Good Friday:

Boots UK Ltd, Church Street

Easter Sunday:

Boots UK Ltd, Church Street

Well, Beaufort Street

Caerphilly

Good Friday:

Pearns Pharmacy, Victoria Terrace, Newbridge

Easter Sunday:

Mayberry Pharmacy, 175 High Street, Blackwood

Bin collections:

Newport

Collections will take place on Good Friday but there will be no collections on Easter Monday so that bins and recycling will be collected one day later than usual that week.

Torfaen

Collections will take place on Good Friday but there will be no collections on Easter Monday so that bins and recycling will be collected one day later than usual that week.

The collection on Friday, April 14 will not be affected however by this schedule.

Normal collection patterns resume on Monday, April 24.

Monmouthshire

Waste collections on Good Friday will take place as usual. There will be no collections on Easter Monday, all collections will take place one day later.

Caerphilly

Bin collections will continue as normal.

Blaenau Gwent

Bin collections will continue as normal