The flood alert, for the Llynfi and Ogmore catchments, follows a weather warning from the agency.

BBC: Wales weather: Flood alert as heavy rain forecast

Top of the list of those winter discoveries is the burial site near Ogmore, Dr Driver explained.

BBC: Snow survey uncovers prehistoric sites in Wales

Huw Irranca-Davies, the Labour MP for Ogmore, told BBC Radio Wales the proposed changes would reduce Wales' influence at Westminster.

BBC: Wales

Ogmore AM Janice Gregory keeps her place as the government's chief whip.

BBC: Wales politics

In Bridgend county, a new community school will replace Ogmore and Ynysawdre comprehensives, which are due to amalgamate in September next year.

BBC: Three new schools for south Wales in ?144.8m package

Earlier on Friday, Ogmore MP Huw Irranca-Davies, the shadow minister for food and farming, said food needs to be completely traceable across all countries.

BBC: Wales

Labour faces the loss of strongholds in the south Wales valleys with Cynon Valley combining with Merthyr Tydfil, while Aberavon and Ogmore would merge.

BBC: Wales

The award for drawing went to former curator of the British Art Show Jacqueline Poncelet for her painting Bryn Ogwyr, which was inspired by her home in Ogmore Vale.

BBC: fleece painting

And the ceremony at which 2nd Battalion The Royal Welsh received the freedom of the borough saw a poem read in tribute to Pte Craig Barber, 20, from Ogmore Vale, Bridgend.

BBC: 2nd Battalion The Royal Welsh: Soldiers in Bridgend march

What about the new seat of Aberavon and Ogmore?

BBC: Breaking down the boundaries

The only AM to employ two members of her family was Janice Gregory, the Labour member for Ogmore: her daughter Kirsty as a caseworker and communications officer, and husband Michael as an administrator and researcher.

BBC: Relatives employed by 17 Welsh assembly members