Torfaen Council received 13 complaints about illegal dog breeding in the last six months of 2021/22.

A Grade II listed church in Torfaen is replacing a portaloo with a compost toilet inside a new outbuilding.

The cost of turning street lights back on along Cwmbran Drive and the A472 Hafodyrynys Road has been revealed at a Torfaen Council meeting. A council decision in 2008 saw the lights on these two roads, along with others across the borough, switched off at night to help the environment and save money. 

Rougemont School has applied for planning permission to change a large area of agricultural land into playing fields for pupils.

A community hall in Cwmbran has been transformed thanks to the hard work of volunteers.

A Torfaen powerlifter is appealing for support from the community and businesses so she can represent Wales at a tournament in New Zealand.

Torfaen Council’s councillor in charge of education has said there “should be no shocks” when the council gives its post-inspection action plan to Estyn in September. In June a critical report found the council is “a local authority causing significant concern” due to shortcomings in secondary school performance.

A new club has been set up to give parents a chance to socialise and support each other.