Ukrainian refugees living across Gwent got the chance to meet each other at a special picnic at Pontypool Park on the weekend.

Councillors today approved a retrospective planning application for a rubber canopy at a car wash in Cwmbran that has been investigated for breaching previous planning conditions.

Cwmbran Community Council held two meetings on Monday evening to discuss topics including the Cwmbran Big Event and grants to local groups.

Councillors on the general licensing committee discussed a proposal yesterday from hackney taxi drivers in Torfaen who want to raise fares. The debate was around the impact an increase would have on customers against how drivers have had to ‘shoulder’ the cost of fuel rises and cost of living pressures.

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board has appointed a new Chief Executive Officer (CEO).

Hackney taxi drivers in Torfaen have asked the council to look at their proposal to raise fares due to ‘cost of living’ and an ‘increase in fuel prices’.

A new gallery has opened in Cwmbran as a venue for professional and amateur artists to sell their work

Cwmbran Life has been contacted by another one of the ten families who are unable to move into their new homes on the Edlogan Wharf estate because of an ‘ongoing legal matter’ related to a ‘specific parcel of land.’