Irresponsible breeders are contributing to a surge in unwanted rabbits that have left RSPCA animal centres swamped – with a whopping 48% rise in rabbits being taken in last year.

Year 5 and 6 pupils and their parents can visit Cwmbran High School to find out more about what it offers.

Gwent Police are appealing for the driver or passengers of a car to contact them following a fatal road traffic collision on the A4042.

Shoppers arriving at Fairwater Shops this morning could be forgiven for thinking they were in a dream and had woken up in a new town.

Police officers in Torfaen seized two motorbikes over the last week.

A “town board” for Cwmbran will be set up to develop a plan on how to spend £20m from the UK Government and then local people will be asked for their views.

Officers in Torfaen Council’s licensing team investigated a complaint that pigs on a farm were living in unsuitable conditions.

Councillors from Torfaen’s licensing committee were told about investigations by the team into ‘animal establishments’.

Torfaen council officers prosecuted a street trader for not having a licence.

A Torfaen taxi driver has been fined £100 for smoking in his vehicle.