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.

A career as a professional musician in the armed forces took Cwmbran’s Alison Skipper around the world. The former Fairwater High School pupil performed for the public and royalty from 2007-2016 when she left the service and settled in Jordan with her husband.

This is getting a bit crazy now. Liam Payne has retweeted a link to a collection of stories about the Cwmbran Dinosaur to his 32.5m Twitter follower. The family who brought the unusual ornament to the town have set up a JustGiving page to raise even money for JDRF, a charity for people with type […]

As soon as Jerry Adams spotted a giant plastic dinosaur on eBay he knew he had to buy to help create a sensory garden for his three autistic grandchildren.