Teachers at Cwmbran High School were in class yesterday to finish off preparations ready for the new school to open its doors for the first time on Monday.

This is Cwmbran’s first parking meter. It has been installed in the car park of The Greenhouse pub to deter non-customers. SA Brain & Co Ltd  told Cwmbran Life that no pub customers will lose out as they will get a refund off their food or drinks bill.

A Cwmbran couple have thanked the Red Cross for supporting them at home after hospital treatment. It is part of a new service by the British Red Cross in Torfaen to help people live independently at home and cut the number of hospital admissions.

Cwmbran Shopping’s Summer Carnival is taking place every day throughout August and is packed full of activities that the whole family can enjoy, including circus workshops and activity days.

Hollie Ellis, aged 12, was hanging out with her mates on Tuesday evening at the park in Hollybush near the White Hut when she got in a bit of a pickle.

An incredible £2,260 has been raised in just one day to go towards a £5,000 wheelchair for a Cwmbran teenager who is having her leg amputated above the knee tomorrow.

Six pupils at Coed Eva Primary School are helping to make the school a better place by challenging teachers and suggesting ways it can improve. Most schools have a School Council who organise events and share the views of pupils with staff.

  My inbox receives occasional invites to events and if I’m free and have time around my day job I always try to say ‘yes’. The invite to the Fairwater High School awards evening at the Parkway Hotel caught my attention as I left as a pupil in 1995.

Think of all the electronic things in your home that are programmed by a computer. There are many gadgets and everyday things that you rely on. Its thanks to coding that they do the things you want.

The pit is where the orchestra perform during a musical. A pit? It doesn’t sound like the nicest place to be asked to sit. These talented musicians even get get tucked away on a lower part of the stage.