The 1st Fairwater Rainbows group in Blenheim/St Dials has ten spaces available for girls aged 5-6. Rainbows is the youngest age group in the Girlguiding movement. What are the Rainbows? This info is from the Girlguiding website: Rainbows learn by doing – they get their hands dirty, do sports, arts and crafts and play games. […]

  Gerald Sims took his daughters to swimming lessons with Cwmbran Otters in 1986. It wasn’t long before he was helping to set up the lane ropes before training sessions.  Thirty-two years later he is still at the heart of the club as head coach and honorary treasurer.

A desperate appeal has gone out from Cwmbran Celtic Ladies FC for new players. The club has been running since 2012 but last week they had to call off their match against Llangyfelach as they couldn’t field 11 players.

Rugby league legend Jim Mills is the guest speaker at a charity dinner at Greenmeadow Golf Club. All the money raised on the night will go the Welsh Charitables RFC Benevolent Fund who in the past have supported St Anne’s Hospice, WREX the Welsh Former International Players Benevolent Association, TY Hafan the family hospice for […]

A Cwmbran teenager is in America training for her first Mixed Martial Arts fight as a professional. Cory McKenna, aged 18, is at Team Alpha Male in California which is run by former UFC fighter Urijah Faber.

Club officials at Cwmbran Celtic FC are meeting to decide if vandalism to their junior pitches will affect the matches due to be played over the weekend. Tyre tracks have been dug into the turf across their pitches near Cwmbran Stadium. Photos Thanks to Cwmbran Celtic FC for the photos

Waste officers and organisations leading the crackdown on fly-tipping have revealed the top ten rubbish excuses provided by fly-tippers caught for this offence across Wales. Fly-tipping Action Wales has released a list of the most ridiculous reasons that have been provided by fly-tippers dealt with for this offence as a warning to others that ‘rubbish excuses’ […]

Samantha Williams has helped to raise thousands of pounds for the Peter Andre Fund (it supports Cancer Research UK). Her dedication led to several meetings with the Australian star all over the UK. Last October she heard he was less than a mile from her front door in Cwmbran filming a TV series.

  Macmillan Cancer Support’s Welsh information and support bus, Bronwen, will be in Cwmbran and Blaenavon next week. Bronwen comes with her friendly team of Macmillan information and support specialists, a team of frontline health and social care professionals with years of experience in caring and supporting people living with cancer.

A new website is helping dog owners easily find places they can go with their pet. Dog Furiendly lists attractions in Wales where dogs are welcome.