Organisers of last night’s Motorsport Open Evening at Newtown Motors said it was attended by around 1,500 to 2,000 car fans.  The annual event has grown from around 15 cars on display about ten years ago to last night’s show of 80 cars.

Brave little Luka Bailey won a race at his last sports day- in the year he was been battling a debilitating illness. The 11-year-old was suddenly struck down by Sydenham’s Chorea – also known as St Vitus Dance – which results in rapid uncoordinated jerking movements affecting the face, hands and feet.

Health Secretary Vaughan Gething AM today cut the first ground on the £350 million building of a new hospital in Llanfrechfa, Cwmbran. He also announced that the new hospital, which has been known as the Specialist and Critical Care Centre (SCCC), would be named ‘The Grange University Hospital’.

The re-opening of the putting green in Old Cwmbran has brought back lovely memories for residents. Volunteers from the St Dial’s Ward Community Group knew local people missed the attraction which closed around 15 years ago.

A trainee teacher from Cwmbran has graduated with a 2.1 honours degree from the University of South Wales (USW) – a complete turnaround from her background in sport.

We knew we were in for a treat before the curtain went up on Cwmbran High School’s production of Disney’s Beauty and Beast. A staff member stood on stage and explained the hours of effort that pupils and staff had volunteered to put this show on for two nights

  Scott Harris was over the moon when his mum and dad told him they were tying the knot after being together for around 35 years. He was proud to take the role of best man had to say a few words at the reception in Cwmbran Sports and Social Club. But as he stood […]

Seventeen-year-old Molly Jones has left her home in Two Locks and moved to London to train at a top dance and musical theatre school. Since January she has been a student at The Urdang Academy. Many of its former students have performed in West End shows and become professional dancers.

The next time Richard Jones, a PE teacher from Croesyceiliog School, coaches his school cricket team on how to catch a high cricket ball he can just show them this video. He was in the crowd at last weekend’s Glamorgan v Hants T20 Blast match at Sophia Gardens when a batsman whacked a shot high into […]

A dog walker was terrified yesterday when she saw this boy edging along the bridge over the railway track in Llanyrafon.