ADULT social care services have reached “a point of saturation” in Torfaen, with demand for care increasing amid recruitment difficulties, a council boss has said.

MEASURES to improve road safety near schools in Torfaen are being considered following calls for action and an incident which a boy was hit by a car. Fifteen-year-old Deacon Rostron was taken to hospital following a crash on Blenheim Road, near Blenheim Road Community School in Cwmbran, last month.

You can now download a free ebook packed with information about how Cwmbran New Town led the way in an “important phase in UK post-war town planning.”

AN UPGRADE of sites managed by Torfaen Leisure Trust will cut electricity consumption by around 40 per cent.

Enjoy a look at the photos of Bois y Bryn in the Mount Pleasant. Cwmbran’s sea shanty choir had a Christmas buffet in the Old Cwmbran pub.

Newport athlete and Olympian Mica Moore has done it once, and she’s hoping to do it again, with the help of new sponsor Pro Steel Engineering.

Cwmbran Community Council wants to spend £8,550 on three new speed indicator devices in the town. The devices flash up the speed of an oncoming car to show if the driver is speeding (red figure) or not (green figure).

Scaffolding has covered House of Fraser in Cwmbran since July 2020. The store is open as normal to shoppers.

AN ELECTRIC taxi will be trialled in Torfaen after the council agreed to make an exception to its licensing policy.

A one-day Christmas event is taking place in Pontypool town centre on Saturday 11 December 2021.