Anthony Manson, 67, has been imprisoned for 18 weeks and banned from keeping most animals for life after his Skewbald pony died from severe neglect.

Kallum Hopkins, 21, from Newport was caught driving at 115mph in a 50mph zone on the M48 in Chepstow and has been banned from driving for 100 days.

Bonnie Thomas sentenced to community order and five-year ban after admitting nine animal welfare charges at magistrates’ court.

Newport woman caught selling £3,200 worth of fireworks illegally from unlicensed home storage before Guy Fawkes Night.

A 66-year-old man from Abergavenny has been fined by Cwmbran Magistrates’ Court for watching television without a valid licence, as the annual fee prepares to rise in April.