The popular weekly baby and toddler classes at Greenmeadow Community Farm are going online to help keep children active during the coronavirus lockdown.

Marion Purcell is the mixed pairs world indoor bowling champion. She started playing 18 years ago in Cwmbran where she ‘caught the bowling bug’. Now she is a double world champion after taking the mixed pairs crown in 2015 and 2020.

Thieves have stolen a defibrillator that was given to football club in Cwmbran after one of their players passed away during a training game.

A support worker for children is encouraging people to talk about their mental health by launching a new website and podcast. Matthew Creel is also raising money for Mind by climbing the equivalent of Mount Kilimanjaro in his own house.

James Fry proposed to Laura Louise on a beach in Tenby and the happy couple were married in the Pembrokeshire town six years ago today.  But they didn’t let self-isolation scupper their plans to celebrate with sun and sand today.

No-one should have to suffer from violence against women, domestic abuse and sexual violence (VAWDASV). 

A paramedic working on the frontline against coronavirus couldn’t enjoy her usual home-cooked meal at her mum’s- so her mum set up a table and chair in the front garden

*NOTE* This was our April Fool’s Day story for 2020  Cwmbran’s crazy number of roundabouts have been officially accepted as a Guinness World Record.

The statue has appeared next to one of the main roads through Cwmbran.