The Senedd debated dozens of final changes to plans for a £1.30-a-night tourism levy, with the tax set to get the go-ahead in a key vote this week.
Food processing industry ‘in managed decline’ in Wales
The food processing industry in Wales is incredibly depressed about the future, with a fall in livestock numbers placing a question mark over its prospects, witnesses warned.
First minister ‘failed to declare interest’ as trade union member
Wales’ first minister Eluned Morgan failed to declare an interest as a member of a trade union from which she received £3,500, the Senedd’s standards commissioner found.
Senedd rejects calls to declare health emergency
The Senedd narrowly rejected calls to declare a health emergency as the Conservatives warned NHS Wales is in the worst state it has ever been.
Calls for ‘Owain’s law’ to aid brain tumour treatment
Senedd members called for Owain’s law, in memory of a young father, to ensure a gold-standard approach to preserving human tissue for other cancer patients in future.
Royal Mail staff find undelivered letters in a ‘storage locker’
Royal Mail has told Cwmbran Life that undelivered letters dated from up to 62 years ago that were posted through the letterboxes of dozens of bemused householders last week had been found in a “storage locker”.
REVIEW: Getdown Services at Le Pub in Newport
The band Getdown Services took to the stage at Newport’s Le Pub on Friday 6 June 2025 to kick off a European and UK tour to celebrate the release of their newest EP, Primordial Slot Machine.
Author releases second novel set in and around Cwmbran
Local author Dale Bradford has just released his latest novel, The Time-Travelling Estate Agent 2, and here he tells Cwmbran Life what readers can expect from the second instalment of the trilogy set in Cwmbran.
Llanyrafon FC celebrate first trophy win
Llanyrafon FC are celebrating winning their first trophy with the club captain saying they’re a “club going places”.
Volunteer litter pickers fill 3,500 bags in Torfaen
If you’ve noticed bright red bags next to public bins in Torfaen, it’s a sign that local volunteer litter pickers have been hard at work cleaning up the area.