The third domestic abuse centre in Torfaen opened in Fairwater Shops in Cwmbran during July. Helen Swain, director of Torfaen Women's Aid recorded this audioboo where she talks about the centres and the support they offer. The service helped 917 women in Torfaen from April 2011 to March 2012. This included around 200 requests for […]
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Missing cat in Cwmbran
Have you seen this cat? This poster is in the bus stop outside Blenheim Primary School.
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Dane Bowers and Sophia Cahill meet Cwmbran Life
Last Saturday Cwmbran Life broke the news that Dane Bowers had signed for Cwmbran Celtic football club. It was an unusual post for a local blog and click here to read about the dilemma involved in clicking publish. That post explained how I was worried about Cwmbran Celtic being annoyed…I never really worried about Dane […]
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Ruthin Rugby Club playing Cwmbran RFC. A golden oldie clip.
I come across this on you tube tonight. It is a short clip of Ruthin RFC playing Chepstow, Kidwelly and Cwmbran. There is no noise and it is black and white. I think the Crows section is from around 45 seconds. Watch two tries get scored against them. Do you recognise anyone? Any guesses on […]
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Have you got Cwmbran’s X Factor? Show of your voice at the Three Blackbirds pub and you could win £500.
The Three Blackbirds pub in Cwmbran is holding an X Factor style singing competition. It costs £5 to enter. The first heat is on Monday 29 October. The overall winner will take home £500.
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Meet Milo. She is a talking dog who lives in Cwmbran
“I want one.” Meet Cwmbran's most talented dog. Milo, a 15 month old Husky, can talk and dance. Scroll down and watch two You Tube videos of Milo saying 'I want one'. Her proud owner Darren Stone, from Thornhill, said: “She also says hello and I'm teaching her some new words. Ideally I would like […]
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Join Llanyravon netball club in Cwmbran
Members of Llanyravon netball club have started training for the new season. New members are welcome to join the weekly training session on Wednesday at Cwmbran Stadium. Have a look at this poster for times.
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A joker has updated Dane Bowers’ Wikipedia entry following his debut for Cwmbran Celtic football club
Someone has been on Wikipedia and updated Dane Bowers’ entry. This is following his signing for Cwmbran Celtic football club. A new header ‘Sporting Career’ has been added with the following: Dane Bowers has recently signed a multi million dollar contract to play for Cwmbran Celtic 3rds. Questioned about this, Dane commented ‘I’ve had a lot of […]
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UPDATE- Cwmbran pub closes and is boarded up
UPDATE The advert on the agent’s website says it is under offer. Here is the link http://www.jamesabaker.co.uk/showproperty,717,1.htm This is the Fairwater House pub photographed at 8.40am this morning. My father in law used to drink there and he told me last week it was closing on Saturday. I spotted the pub open on Sunday so […]
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The problems with writing a celebrity story as a hyperlocal blogger
Cwmbran Life has featured all sorts of random stories but never one about a celebrity. On Saturday I published this story “Dane Bowers has signed to play for Cwmbran Celtic football club“. Now this isn't a Fleet Street scoop but it hit the quirky spot for Cwmbran Life. I thought it would be interesting to […]