Coed Eva Athletic under 14s girls football team had a double reason to celebrate during yesterday’s match v Fairwater Junior Girls. Summer Bowen-Quirk knocked in her 100th goal for her team who went on to win 6-3.

A camera crew from a TV station in Thailand visited Cwmbran for a story on giant vegetables. PPTV36 HD spent a day with two-time former Guinness world-record breaker Kevin Fortey and Ian Neale.

In January M&S announced it was proposing to close its Cwmbran store. The store’s boss has now emailed customers to tell them the date that the shop will shut its doors for the last time.

Staff at Cwmbran Motazone have turned a Ford Ka into a limousine. Five friends from the town are now driving 1,800 miles to Portgual to raise money for the British Heart Foundation.

This spoof story was published on Cwmbran Life on April Fools’ Day 2019. The Guardian included it in their round-up of funny stories from across the UK Cwmbran is set to get a Hollywood-style sign on the hill overlooking the town. Giant white letters will be built on Myndd Maen to promote Cwmbran as a place to visit.

A nice problem to have when you lose weight is not fitting into your clothes. Slimming Word members in South Gwent took part in the annual Clothes Throw so their unused clothes could benefit others.

Vaughan Gething AM, Minister for Health and Social Services led the topping out ceremony today at the new £350m-The Grange University Hospital being built in Cwmbran.

Northville Community Group is well known for running trips and organising events to bring neighbours together and make the estate a nice place to live. When I heard about their latest project I was intrigued and had to go and find our more. Watch this video on how 50p Friday is helping residents save money.

The Wales Gurkha Community Mothers Group celebrated International Women’s Day in Cwmbran. They organised an event inside Llantarnam Primary School.

A chance to spend an evening with a group of ghost hunters in Cwmbran was too irresistible to turn down. Llanyrafon Manor was built in the 15th century and I knew it had a fascinated history.