The trustees of the Newent United Charity group will meet on Thursday, January 27, to consider applications for a grant from any person in need. Letters of application should be submitted to 29, West View, Newent, no later than January 20. Town councillor Tony Parsons, who has served five years as a trustee, has been re-elected as Newent Town Council's representative on the panel, for the next four years. The decision was taken at Monday's full town council meeting in the Market Hall.