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Wales set to cement title for highest imprisonment rate in western Europe
Wales’ unwanted title as the nation with the highest “in-country” imprisonment rate in western Europe is set to be solidified due to the…
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Cwmbran High School’s young carers give presentation to councillors
SECONDARY school pupils who care for family members have given a presentation to councillors. The pupils from Cwmbran High School were invited to…
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Dad thanks boxing club for giving autistic son a ‘feeling of belonging’
“As a parent of a severely autistic child, it’s hard to put into words what it means to find somewhere that doesn’t just…
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Bois y Bryn dedicate new song to Severn Area Rescue Association
A Cwmbran-based sea shanty band has dedicated a song to a local charity whose volunteers rescue people from rivers and estuaries across the…
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Extra £20,000 for ‘warm spaces’ in Torfaen this winter
AN additional £20,000 is being made available to support “safe and warm spaces” across Torfaen this winter. The concept of opening up buildings such as church halls…
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Cwmbran woman running half-marathon for Mind In Gwent
A Cwmbran woman is taking part in her first half-marathon to raise money for a local mental health charity. Dem Jones, 27, from…
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Llanyrafon Netball Club looking for new players
Llanyrafon Netball Club, a long-standing fixture in the Cwmbran sporting community, is currently recruiting new players. The club’s history spans five decades. It…
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Wales’ oldest man surprises Cwmbran boy with autograph
A nine-year-old Cwmbran boy has put an autograph from Wales’ oldest man on his bedroom wall. This is lush! “To Max- Lovely to…
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‘You see a difference in people’: Stroke support group meets in New Inn
A group of stroke survivors meets every week in a church hall just outside Cwmbran. During a recent session in the hall next…
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New dementia care service launches in Cwmbran
A new dementia care service has launched in Cwmbran. The Rainbow Care Group Monmouthshire run a session every Monday from 10am to 4pm…
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REVIEW: The Carpenters Arms in Coed Y Paen
“Are you driving? Do you want a drink?” I’m kicking myself for not accepting the kind offer of a beer from Wales’ oldest…
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Sign up to Torfaen’s free ‘For Dads By Dads’ parenting programme
Are you a dad? Are you about to become a dad? Torfaen Council’s next For Dads, By Dads programme is open for registration.…
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Croesyceiliog and Llanyrafon Community Council gives £35,000 of grants to local groups
Seventy groups, organisations, clubs and charities were given grants last week at Croesyceiliog and Llanyrafon Community Council’s awards evening. An event was held…
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Trystan Hughes from Cwmbran releases first album
A Cwmbran singer/ songwriter has released his first album after getting back into music following a break in his teenage years. Trystan Hughes,…
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Cwmbran schools celebrate success in walking and wheeling campaign
Pupils at two Cwmbran schools have been congratulated for the increase in the number of them walking or wheeling to school. Most schools…
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Welsh minister ‘concerned’ by proposed jury trial restrictions
Wales’ top lawyer has vowed to challenge Ministry of Justice proposals to limit appeal rights and scrap jury trials for crimes with a…
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Education budget uplift ‘much lower’ than £326m windfall, minister warns
Wales’ education secretary has defended her “constrained” spending plans, suggesting the Welsh Government has diverted about £280m away from education towards other priorities.…
Keep readingPatients treated in store cupboards as corridor care ‘normalised’
Patients are being treated in store cupboards, break rooms and toilets as so-called corridor care becomes the norm in Welsh hospitals, the Senedd…
Keep readingPrivate equity firms accused of ‘feeding frenzy’ taking over independent vets
Private equity firms have been accused of collaring the market in a corporate “feeding frenzy” that has seen local, independent vets gobbled up…
Keep reading‘Living in darkness’: Senedd shines light on Wales’ ‘invisible’ ME crisis
Thousands of people in Wales are “invisible” to society and living behind blackout blinds – unable to bear light, sound or touch –…
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