THE Severn Crossings will revert to public ownership on 8 January allowing tolls to be scrapped by the end of 2018, the UK government has confirmed.

Welsh Affairs Committee chairman David Davies received the news in a letter from Transport Minister Jesse Norman.

Local horse riders have joined together to re-open a popular forestry route.

The track through Craig yr Allt Forest, near the Goose and Cuckoo pub in Upper Llanover, has been used by riders for decades.

An MP has reiterated calls for a change in legislation to make prisoners hand “ludicrous” compensation payments to their victims.

Drivers will see an end to tolls on the Severn Crossings in 2018, Secretary of State for Wales Alun Cairns said today.

The announcement comes as families prepare to take to the roads for the great summer getaway.

The tensions and stress associated with on farm bovine TB testing have been highlighted first-hand to Monmouth MP David Davies.

Thirteen years since proposals were first mooted, the start of construction work on Gwent’s delayed £350m hospital has been welcomed by Monmouth MP David Davies.

Mr Davies said the super-hospital, to be built in his constituency at Llanfrechfa Grange, Cwmbran, was “long overdue”.

Abergavenny pupils enjoyed a three-day visit to London, which included meeting local MP David Davies in Downing Street.

Monmouth MP David Davies has been re-elected unopposed as chairman of the Commons Welsh Affairs Committee.

The first Conservative ever to take the role in June 2010, Mr Davies was the only candidate nominated to stand again. Twenty cross-party MPs, including Labour, backed his bid.

Staff at leading trade supplier Screwfix have welcomed local MP David Davies to their new Monmouth store to discuss the importance of supporting apprenticeships.

In a £100m boost to the local economy, Theresa May has today pledged to abolish tolls on the Severn crossings between Wales and England. 

If elected on 8 June, a Conservative government will scrap tolls for ALL vehicles using the bridges.