RESIDENTS in Torfaen could face a 1.95 per cent increase in council tax bills from April under new draft budget proposals.

PLANS to fine people who refuse to recycle in Torfaen have been criticised as ‘draconian’ and should not be introduced at the moment, councillors have said.

COUNCILLORS have approved funding for a new recycling depot to be built in Torfaen as part of plans to improve services.

ANIMAL welfare campaigners have called for a local government pension scheme run by Torfaen council to drop £5.5 million of investments in livestock companies.

TORFAEN council has become the first local authority in Wales to make a fair tax declaration.

Cwmbran is now home to the sport of padel tennis.

Over 348,000 people in Gwent have been given their Covid-19 booster jab.

A remembrance service was held today in honour of John Fielding, the Cwmbran war hero who was awarded the Victoria Cross.

COUNCIL tax payers across Gwent could face a rise of five per cent in the amount they pay towards policing from April.

Five men who were arrested on suspicion of aggravated trespass at the Cwmbran vaccination centre have been released on bail pending further enquiries.