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Bridge reopens after Storm Dennis damage

A tree trunk punched through the side of the bridge during the February flooding.

Dean Thomas, managing director of Caerphilly Funeral Services, said: “We have very little PPE despite promises and we have no masks left at all.”

Welsh health minister Vaughan Gething said social distancing measures meant it was not necessary to undertake 5,000 tests every day.

The council has confirmed parks, cemeteries and skate parks will remain closed until further notice.

The plans include 46 new homes, seven of which will be affordable.

Fines handed out to the public for allegedly breaching lockdown rules will be reviewed, Gwent Police has said.

RSPCA Cymru said the incident “acts as another reminder as to the dangers fishing litter pose to Wales’ animals.”

Neil Jones, 39, from Blackwood, was reported missing on February 1.

Carson Price, from Hengoed, died on April 12 last year after taking a form of ecstasy known as ‘Donkey Kong’ in Ystrad Mynach Park.

The scheme will allow employers to claim grants covering up to 80% of furloughed staff wages, capped at £2,500 a month.