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Cwmbran teen gains top bike repair qualifications as youth project nears closure
A Cwmbran teenager has earned professional bicycle repair qualifications while volunteering at a Torfaen project that will close at the end of the…
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Disability football: Llanyrafon FC start new under 12s team in Cwmbran
An under-12s disability football team has started training in Cwmbran. The side is part of Llanyrafon FC’s set-up- and is the fourth team…
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VIDEO: Llanyrafon Primary School pupils celebrate World Book Day 2026
Pupils and staff at Llanyrafon Primary School celebrated World Book Day on Thursday 5 March 2026. Visit the Cwmbran Life Facebook page for…
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Congress Youth Theatre to perform Pippin this month
Talented young performers of the Congress Youth Theatre bring the Tony Award‑winning musical Pippin to the Congress Theatre this month. The cast, made…
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Gwent Police recruiting volunteer special constables
Gwent Police is recruiting volunteer special constables for its upcoming July intake. The closing date is 1pm on 19 March 2026. Find out…
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Lynne Neagle MS interviewed at Welsh Labour Senedd campaign launch
A WELSH Government minister and leading Senedd candidate says it is too soon to worry its “partnership in power” with Labour in Westminster could end. Though Welsh Labour is…
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Legal wrangle over ownership of ‘Dai and Myfanwy’ in Cwmbran
FIGURINES of a shepherd and woman in traditional Welsh dress could be at the centre of a legal wrangle. The future of the…
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‘Switch Together’ solar scheme reopens for applications in Torfaen
A scheme offering Torfaen residents the chance to access green home energy upgrades has reopened for applications. Registration has opened for round two…
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Council tax in Torfaen to rise by 3.95%
Householders across one part of Gwent are likely to see their total council tax bills rise by nearly £100 from April. Final council…
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Eluned Morgan interviewed at Welsh Labour’s Senedd campaign launch
THERE is no prospect of the £14 billion announced for Welsh rail improvements being diverted to an M4 relief road, the first minister…
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South Wales East Region MS Delyth Jewell interviewed at Plaid Cymru spring conference
EVERY vote including those cast in Gwent where Labour has long dominated will count at May’s Senedd election, a senior Plaid Cymru politician has…
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Police and crime commissioner budget demand lowered by 0.04%
A police and crime commissioner who was told to rethink raising local taxpayers’ bills has lowered her demands by 0.04%. Gwent PCC Jane…
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Councillor says he is top target for social media abuse in Torfaen
A COUNCILLOR seen as a “figurehead” for Reform UK in Wales has said nobody receives as much social media abuse as him. Councillor…
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Pensioner says she’d ‘rather go to jail’ after breaching ban on contacting MP
A PENSIONER has said she would rather go to jail than pay a fine imposed after she broke a condition not to contact…
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Blenheim Road pupils create giant light‑up dragon
A giant glowing dragon now hangs above the main corridor at Blenheim Road Community Primary School after pupils in the Year 3/4 class…
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Cwmbran café reopens within hours after burglary thanks to community support
The co‑owner of a Cwmbran café has thanked customers and neighbouring businesses for rallying around him after a break‑in left his shop damaged…
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Reform UK win community council seat in Cwmbran
REFORM UK has topped the poll in a by-election to secure its first seat via the ballot box on Cwmbran Community Council. Though…
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Seven principles agreed as Torfaen shapes new partnership with residents
PRINCIPLES to guide a council’s new approach to delivering and supporting services drawn up by a panel of residents have been approved by senior councillors. …
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Cwmbran man in BBC documentary about George Best’s childhood home
A Cwmbran man has been featured in a new BBC documentary exploring the childhood home of football legend George Best. The three‑bedroom terraced…
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Cwmbran mum walking 90km for Headway brain injury charity
The mum of a Cwmbran teenager who fell through the roof of an abandoned building is raising money for a brain injury charity.…
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