Corporal Michael Thacker was killed in Afghanistan in 2012. Two of his mates are organising a rugby match in his memory and to raise money for Scotty’s Little Soliders– a charity that helps children who have lost a parent while serving in the British Armed Forces.

My daughter is nine-years old and has never known a world without wifi. The first thing she asked after we booked a holiday to Portugal last year was “does the hotel have wifi?”

Readers of Cwmbran Life were asked to come up with questions for candidates standing for Torfaen. Around 40 questions were submitted on the Facebook page.

Readers of Cwmbran Life were asked to come up with questions for candidates standing for Torfaen. Around 40 questions were submitted on the Facebook page .

Readers of Cwmbran Life were asked to come up with questions for candidates standing for Torfaen. Around 40 questions were submitted on the Facebook page .

Cwmbran has a large Nepalese community and these three young residents are helping to organise a fundraiser and candlelit vigil for the Nepal Earthquake Appeal.

Cwmbran teenager, Kyla Graham, has just returned from representing Great Britain at the World Synchronised Skating Championships in Ontario, Canada.

120,000 loom bands were handed out last year in Cwmbran Shopping last year as it hosted the hobby’s first UK mini-festival. The work involved in marketing the event has been rewarded with a place on the shortlist at the BCSC Purple Apple Awards.