If your child is aged five to eight and wants to have fun trying out a new sport take a look at All Stars Cricket. Cwmbran Life visited Croesyceiliog Cricket Club to watch a session in action.
GlobalWelsh launches new City Hub in Tokyo
GlobalWelsh has launched a new City Hub in Tokyo to help Welsh people in and around the city to connect with like-minded people. GlobalWelsh Tokyo’s host, Sarah Louisa Birchley, was born and raised in Cwmbran and has been living and working in Tokyo for the past 18 years. She is a professor of entrepreneurship at […]
VIDEO: A teenager had his hair shaved off to support his classmate who is having treatment for leukemia
Last August Jess Adkins was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. The Cwmbran High School pupil returned to class earlier this year and is still undergoing treatment.
READ Cwmbran’s first newspaper from 1953
Take a look at the first newspaper to cover Cwmbran. In 1953- four years after Cwmbran was designated a New Town- and the Cwmbran New Town Advertiser & Gazette this newspaper was launched with a cover price of ‘one penny’. But this first edition was given away for free. The edition features some wonderful statements […]
VIDEO: A bench in Llanyrafon has been crushed by branches off a tree
A walker in Llanyrafon came across this unusual sight earlier today. He was walking along the Afon Lwyd just near the social club when he spotted a wrecked bench and a pile of tree branches.
Meet the seven-year-old motocross racer from Cwmbran
A seven-year-old boy from Cwmbran is in his second season of motocross racing. Harley Hughes, a pupil at Pontnewydd Primary School, has picked up support from some businesses.
Cwmbran ice skater gets sponsorship deals
A seven-year-old ice skater from Cwmbran has gained sponsorship deals in her second year of competing. Lily Grace Walding, a pupil at Croesyceiliog Primary School, took part in her first competition last year in London.
VIDEO: Henllys Pipes and Drums band in Cwmbran is looking for new members
Henllys Pipes and Drums band are looking for new members to join them at their weekly session in Henllys Village Hall.
A Cwmbran boy is having his first hair cut in four years and donating it to the Little Princess Trust.
When Finley Jameson-Crook was five-years-old he saw children with hair loss on Children in Need. He asked his mum if the children wore wigs. They did some research and found Little Princess Trust.
VIDEO: How the British Red Cross in Torfaen is tackling loneliness
The British Red Cross run a service in Torfaen and Newport to tackle loneliness. In this video watch Suzanne Parry-Price talk about how the community connectors help people who are lonely and isolated to get back out into the community.
