Marie Curie’s ‘Great Big Daffodil’ is visiting Cwmbran to encourage shoppers to take a moment to reflect and remember their loved ones.

Volunteers are needed to work with children and young people across Torfaen and Monmouthshire.

This week’s half term playschemes across Torfaen have been running successfully despite the awful weather. These photos show that young people are enjoying themselves during their week off school.

A pedestrian crossing is being built across one of the roads around Cwmbran town centre to replace a subway which is being filled in. Torfaen Council will use £171,000 of Welsh Government Local Transport Grant to fill in the subway linking Northville to town and make the road safe for pedestrians to cross.

Players from Gwent Hockey Club are aiming to break a world record.

The owner of a hand-crafted chocolate company in Cwmbran had a nice surprise when a TV production team contacted her to do some filming.

A personal trainer is planning to push a Ford KA for 10km to raise money for charity . Shane O’Neill, 32, also wants to use the event to encourage people to spend more time walking and less time driving.

A Cwmbran man with cancer who has moved into St David’s Hospice has been a sent a video message from the lead singer of his favourite band. Lee Carter, 43, cried when he watched Kelly Jones from the Stereophonics send his best wishes and told him, ‘our thoughts our with you man’.

The Post Office is asking for views on proposals to move the branch in Fairwater Shops to a new location.