The body of a man recovered from the River Usk has been named by police.
Emergency Services received a call at approximately 10.30am on Thursday 13th April 2017 regarding reports of a body found in the River Usk, close to the Caerleon Town Bridge.
Gwent Police have named the man as 36-year-old Zafar Abbas from Newport.
Officers are not treating his death as suspicious and his family are being supported by specialist trained officers.
Spending on lethal tree disease announced
Herefordshire is to spend £315,000 over the next four years dealing with an lethal and incurable disease damaging the county’s trees.
Noise concerns over resubmitted plan for 85 homes near roundabout
Councillors in Oswestry say affordable homes on a new development near Mile End roundabout can’t be used as “sound blocks” for more expensive properties.
Town council to restart negotiations to open Oswestry cinema venue
Two cinema chains are vying to bring the movies back to Oswestry as the town council backed plans to re-open a historic former cinema.
Concern grows for missing Herefordshire man
Police are searching for a missing man in Herefordshire.
Parents in Shropshire without permits could be fined £70
Parents who drop off their children at the school gates without a permit could be fined up to £70 as part of new road safety measures.
Man prosecuted for working unlicensed as a school security guard
Worcester Magistrates’ Court sentenced Steven Richardson to a 12-month community order, with a 120-hour unpaid work requirement, and ordered him to pay a victim surcharge of £144 plus court costs of £500, amounting to a total of £644.
Woman pleads guilty to online monkey cruelty offences after global investigation
A woman from Worcestershire has admitted posting 132 videos and 22 photos of monkeys being tortured to online chat groups.
New ‘old’ pub bid in Ledbury rejected
A bid to open a new, “old-style” pub in a Herefordshire town has been knocked back.
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