Northville Community Group is well known for running trips and organising events to bring neighbours together and make the estate a nice place to live. When I heard about their latest project I was intrigued and had to go and find our more. Watch this video on how 50p Friday is helping residents save money.

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The Wales Gurkha Community Mothers Group celebrated International Women’s Day in Cwmbran. They organised an event inside Llantarnam Primary School.

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A chance to spend an evening with a group of ghost hunters in Cwmbran was too irresistible to turn down. Llanyrafon Manor was built in the 15th century and I knew it had a fascinated history.

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A career as a professional musician in the armed forces took Cwmbran’s Alison Skipper around the world. The former Fairwater High School pupil performed for the public and royalty from 2007-2016 when she left the service and settled in Jordan with her husband.

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This is getting a bit crazy now. Liam Payne has retweeted a link to a collection of stories about the Cwmbran Dinosaur to his 32.5m Twitter follower. The family who brought the unusual ornament to the town have set up a JustGiving page to raise even money for JDRF, a charity for people with type one diabetes. Click here to donate.

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