If you’re aged between 13-18 why not join Cwmbran Air Training Corps?
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Two new music nights for young people in Cwmbran start this week
The ideas of 300 young people in Cwmbran led to two new music nights being launched this week. The members of Cwmbran Centre for Young People (CCYP) felt the town needed some events to promote local talent and give entertainment for young people. A monthly band night is starting on Friday 9 November and a weekly club night is […]
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Over 100 runners competed in today’s Bog & Bryn challenge around the muddy fields of Cwmbran
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3F3I2D_5iA] Today’s Bog & Bryn challenge was a brilliant spectacle in Cwmbran. Around 115 runners set off from Cwmbran Stadium at 10.30am on a 20km race across muddy paths and fields. This quick video shows runners at a few points around the course and crossing the finish line at the Mill Tavern in Two Locks. The video shows […]
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Free fun at Fairwater leisure centre in Cwmbran this Saturday
Go to Fairwater leisure centre on Saturday between 12pm and 5pm and try out lots of free events to encourage families to exercise together. You can try out the new Gymstick Aqua class in the pool.
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Live wrestling in Cwmbran. Interview with The Big Dog
“I say Big Dog you say 'woof'” “Big Dog!” “Woof!” “Big Dog!” “Woof!” That was the conversation I had with my six-year-old daughter this morning after experiencing the Welsh Wrestling show last night in the Congress Theatre. The crowd cheered their way through a six bout card that included the main event with every […]
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Cwmbran triplet tots dressed up for Halloween
Cwmbran’s tiny tot triplets recently celebrated their first birthday. Today Sofia, Tilly and Poppy were dressed up for a Halloween party at the Celtic Club. This mobile phone photo was snapped by local photographer Adrian Reilly and he and Charlotte, the girls’ mum, said it could be used on the blog.
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Student loses her wallet in Cwmbran
Can you help Suzi, from Coed Eva, who lost her wallet in Cwmbran a few weeks ago? She emailed this message to Cwmbran Life. “I lost it on or thereabouts, the 6th October. I got a taxi from Cwmbran by the John Fielding Wetherspoons pub to Willins in Coed Eva after visiting Subway. I checked […]
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The lovely food on the ‘flyer’ menu at the Mount Pleasant pub in Old Cwmbran
This is some of the food on offer with the 'flyer' menu at the Mount Pleasant pub on Wesley Street. Order before 7pm and it's £5.95 for one course, £7.25 for two courses or £8.95 for three courses. Kids' meals are £3.95. We felt these were cracking prices for food that tastes like it should […]
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Missing toy bunny in Cwmbran town centre
Were you in Cwmbran town centre yesterday (Tuesday) ? Did you spot this white toy bunny? Alison Moss' daughter dropped it during a shopping trip. Alison said: “It has a small bunny head with a pink and white stripy squeezy body. It is her first bunny so missed terribly.” Posted with Blogsy
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Cwmbran soldier helps raise £6,500 since his close friend was killed in Afghanistan
Corporal Michael Thacker was killed in Afghanistan in June and left behind his wife Catherine and their two-year-old daughter Millie. Cpl Thacker was a pupil at Fairwater High School. Since then his close friend Dave Allison, a former pupil of St Alban's RC High School in Pontypool, who served with him in The Royal Welsh, […]