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.

PLANS to rebuild and expand a Cwmbran school as part of an £11.5 million project have been unanimously approved by councillors.

Five men were arrested yesterday afternoon (19 Jan 2022) at the vaccination centre in Cwmbran Stadium.

An investigation by the BBC Shared Data Unit reveals the number of NHS dentists in Gwent dropped by eight per cent from 2019/20 to 2020/21.