In May 2015 planning permission was given for Llantarnam Comprehensive School to be demolished and 226 homes to be built on the site. In the same year Llantarnam leisure centre closed when Llantarnam and Fairwater schools merged to form Cwmbran High School (on the site of Fairwater Comprehensive School).

Nine retailers have reaffirmed their commitment to the Cwmbran Centre by renewing their leases, the owner has announced.

The 1st Pontnewydd Scouts group in Cwmbran started in 1910. Their Facebook page says this makes them the oldest group in Torfaen.

Ten families who have bought new homes on the Edlogan Wharf estate in between Cwmbran and Sebastopol are still waiting to move in because the developer has an “ongoing legal matter” on a “specific parcel of land” at the site.

A forum for people with disabilities in Torfaen has been running for two years.

The council has applied for planning permission to cut a branch from a tree in Ponthir that is ‘rubbing’ on the roof of a block of flats.

An election will be held on Thursday 1 September 2022 to choose the new Cwmbran community councillor for the Two Locks ward.

A series of new artist’s impressions of the food and drink venue opening in Cwmbran town centre have been published.

Deon, Sarah, Jessica and Riana run Play & Respite Sessions at The Cockerel, Victory Church, Glenside and Fairhill Church. They are supported by a team of volunteers who are running fun sessions for children throughout August.