Volunteers in Cwmbran made sure that when supermarkets closed on Christmas Eve any unused food went to a good home.

Watching the Sheriff of Nottingham (Sir Boris Trumpington) pop on a giant pair of glasses and start doing a Jim Bowen impression and watching people in the audience aged from eight to 80 howl with laughter is what panto is all about.

A Cwmbran man who has worked across the ambulance service for 27 years has spoken out on why he and his colleagues took part in a 24-hour strike earlier this week.

Volunteers in Cwmbran have created a memorial tree where you can have a candle lit and hung from its branches to remember loved ones on Christmas Day.

A Christmas party was held in Croesyceiliog School earlier this week with guests ranging from toddlers to people who have been enjoying their retirement for many years.

Eighteen months ago former Pontypool, Wales and British Lion player Graham Price started doing a weekly walk with his friend John ‘The Dentist’ Evans. It was during lockdown and started as just a way for the pair to exercise and catch up in the fresh air.

The Friends of Pontnewydd Park are encouraging residents to remember loved ones who have passed away by having an LED candle lit for them on Christmas Day.

Residents in Monnow Court in Thornhill organised their own Santa’s Grotto for local children.

Ambulance service staff in Cwmbran have been on strike today- the first national strike by the service since an ongoing dispute in 1989/90.

TOWN and community councillors should be better involved in a plan to support communities across Torfaen, borough councillors have said.