Stagecoach bus drivers in Cwmbran started industrial action today (Tuesday 19 October 2021). A group of around 50 drivers protested outside their depot in the town.
Torfaen Community and Volunteer Awards winners revealed
More than 170 people came together on Saturday 2 October to celebrate the first-ever Torfaen Community & Volunteer Awards.
£4 a week increase for discretionary housing payment claimants in Torfaen
Seven hundred Torfaen residents in Torfaen will get an extra £4 a week in their discretionary housing payment until March 2023.
VIDEO: Meet Alyson. She is the person behind the ‘poppy benches’ appearing in Cwmbran
Have you spotted some benches in your community suddenly being brightened up with a lick of paint and covered in bright red flowers? Cwmbran Life tracked down the person who has been behind these ‘poppy benches’. Last Saturday we caught Alyson Davies on Springvale with a tin of blue paint and a paintbrush and had […]
Stagecoach bus driver strike to go ahead after pay talks fail
The planned strike by Stagecoach bus drivers at the Cwmbran, Brynmawr and Blackwood depots looks set to start next week after talks over pay failed.
Cwmbran Boating Lake is one of four Torfaen green spaces to achieve Green Flag status
Keep Wales Tidy has unveiled this year’s Green Flag Award winners. The scheme recognises and rewards well-managed parks and green spaces.
WATCH: Squid Game helps pupils learn Korean in a Cwmbran school
Cwmbran High School is the first state school in Wales to set up a Korean language class.
Exhibition of arts graduates’ work opens at Llantarnam Grange in Cwmbran
Work from 19 arts graduates from universities across Wales and England has been included in Portal 2021, the annual exhibition of emerging arts practices at Llangarnam Grange.
Work to repair a ‘diabolical’ Cwmbran road will be finished by ‘end of March 2022’
Residents living on a road covered in potholes are still waiting for it to be adopted and repaired three months after Torfaen Council announced they had been given £194,000 to do the work.
Cwmbran’s F.Hinds jewellers celebrates its golden anniversary
F.Hinds, the Cwmbran jewellery store, is celebrating its 50th year in Cwmbran town centre.