The use of Llantarnam Abbey as a home for nuns is coming to an end.
Life-saving defibrillator installed on Cwmbran business park
Workers at a Cwmbran business park now have access to a defibrillator after Green & Co Accountants and Tax Advisors and the Welsh Ambulance Service teamed up through the Save a Life Cymru Scheme.
£6,000 raised from football match in memory of Cwmbran man
Friends of a Cwmbran resident who died with cancer in May have raised £6,200 from a football match so his eight-year-old daughter can go to Disneyland. Dominic Halpin grew up in Newport but lived in Greenmeadow. He worked at B&Q stores in Newport, Cwmbran and Bristol. His lifelong friend Jamie Sinclair said: “He went to […]
Cwmbran teenager makes debut as wrestling referee
A Cwmbran teenager achieved a lifelong ambition today to referee a wrestling match.
Volunteers drag rusting chunk of metal from the Afon Lwyd in Cwmbran
This group of volunteers spotted a large chunk of metal in the Afon Lwyd on the stretch by Cwmbran Boating Lake.
My first month as a new Torfaen councillor: Catherine Bonera- St Dials Ward
Forty county councillors were elected in Torfaen at May’s elections. In a new series for Cwmbran Life we are talking to the 17 new councillors. Today we hear from Catherine Bonera, Independent councillor for St Dials Ward.
Parties, picnics and more: Plan ahead for pets this Jubilee Bank Holiday
Pet owners are being encouraged to plan ahead for their dogs if they are attending Platinum Jubilee events such as parties, picnics and fetes, as well as prepare for the possibility of fireworks, loud music and crowds.
WATCH: Llantarnam Community Primary School is the home of the area’s Tin on the Wall project. Residents support local families with food parcels
Tin on the Wall? I had no idea what it meant when I was first told that Llantarnam had a Tin on the Wall group.
Cwmbran teenager set for Commonwealth Games debut for Wales
A Cwmbran teenager has been picked to swim for Wales in the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
‘If my husband could do something to make someone smile he would.’ The woman behind many of Cwmbran’s knitted postbox toppers shares her story
Jackie Hawkins knitted her first postbox topper in June 2021 as it was coming up to her late husband’s birthday and he always loved her craft skills.