M&S has today announced that it is consulting with 74 colleagues on the proposed closure of its Cwmbran store. The proposed closure is part of M&S’s programme to reshape its UK store estate. John Turner, M&S Head of Region for South Wales, said: “The proposal to close our store in Cwmbran has been a difficult decision. Over the […]

Cwmbran Tennis Club is encouraging more people of all ages to join. The club was set up in 1987 and its home is in the grounds of Greenmeadow Golf Club.

Richard Cooke has taken the plunge and set up his first business in Cwmbran’s Market Village. Logi-Fin’s Street Food sells ‘food on the go from hot pulled meat sandwiches to delicious and unique daily specials.’ WATCH him talk about how he’s brought something different to the town in this video.

Crewe Alexander RC under 23s were 2-0 down in their match against Sheffield Wednesday under 23s last Monday as the clock headed into injury time. Three minutes later Lewis Reilly took the score to 2-1. As the clock ticked down the Crewe keeper Dave Richards, a former pupil at Croesyceiliog School, was sent up for […]

Volunteers and members of a pony carriage driving group for people with disabilities were stunned after a member left them £42,850.16p in his will.

Ness Morley, a stroke survivor from Sebastapol, Pontypool, is supporting the Stroke Association’s ‘I Am More Than My Stroke’ Christmas appeal after her life was turned upside down by a stroke two days before Christmas 11 years ago.

Cwmbran Celtic FC entertain the current Welsh Premier League champions The New Saints on Saturday 8 December 2018 in the third round of the JD Welsh Cup.  A club official said it was the “biggest game in the club’s history.” The New Saints have won the league every year since the 2011/12 season. Celtic play in […]

Twenty-two men and women crammed into the back room at the Queen Inn in Upper Cwmbran for the November meeting of the Gwent Branch of the Campaign for Real Ale. I’ve been a member of CAMRA for at least six years but this was the first time I plucked up the courage to attend a […]

Wayne Kennedy has a new show coming to Cwmbran at the Congress Theatre on Friday 30 November. Wayne’s last show, The Rat Pack, sold over a million tickets internationally and now his new show is starting on a UK tour. The Love Machine is described as a “fun up-tempo show featuring the greatest love related songs of […]

Cwmbran has its first tap room– a bar where you can buy a pint of beer a few metres away from where it was brewed. The award-winning Brew Monster is on Avondale Business Park.