The RSPCA is highlighting the neglect faced by rabbits Across England and Wales. The charity is facing an ‘overwhelming’ influx of rabbits and a reduction in people coming forward to offer them new homes.

Around 100 4×4 vehicles have been bought in the UK and driven out to Ukraine thanks to a Cwmbran business.

This story was updated on 25 April 2022. The figure incorrectly used was ‘over £260,000’. This was changed to ‘over £250,000. The lowest quote to bring an unadopted “diabolical” Cwmbran road up to a standard where Torfaen Council will take on responsibility for its future repairs is over £250,000.

A Cwmbran oak tree estimated to be around 150-years-old has been set on fire and large gaps now appear in its base.

A huge rugby festival and family fun day are being held in Cwmbran on Saturday 28 May.

A new children’s soft play centre is opening in Cwmbran town centre.

PLANS to expand a Cwmbran special school and provide a further 50 spaces for pupils have been outlined in a public consultation.

CANDIDATES who will be standing in next month’s council elections in Torfaen have been confirmed. The election on May 5 will see 40 county borough councillors elected from 18 electoral wards across the borough.

At 5am on Sunday 10 April 2022 three Gwent men set off on a drive across Europe to Wrocław in Poland. The trio’s job was to deliver 1000s of items donated by local communities for refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine.

Torfaen Council has shared photos of the two geese that were removed from the canal in Cwmbran following complaints about their “aggressive” behaviour. The pics show the pair at their new home on someone’s smallholding in Torfaen.