Drivers driving carefully along Maendy Way in West Pontnewydd had to dodge two giant snowballs that had been pushed into the middle of the road this evening. A resident said that before the snowballs were moved cars were swerving into a bus stop to avoid them.

  It’s 6pm on a Saturday evening. This is the time when millions of people are slumped in front of the telly getting ready for Strictly Come Dancing. But over in Northville a large group of residents are wrapped up in hats and gloves and chatting to each other in the dark.

Residents queued to get in the St Dials Ward Community Group’s Christmas Party. Yesterday’s event was held in the Salvation Army Hall in Old Cwmbran and saw residents of all ages from the area come together for a fun event.

The volunteers who run the White Hut Community Hall were contacted this morning by the parents of a five-year-old girl who had booked a birthday party to take place today. They were checking everything was ok. The volunteers opened up the hall early and cleared all the paths leading to the entrance so the young partygoers could […]

The driver and passenger of this car had a lucky escape this morning when their car slid off the road and through the barriers into a roundabout. It happened on the roundabout where Henllys Way, Penylan Way, Fairwater Way and Ty Gwyn Way meet.

A love of getting people into jobs has led to a Cwmbran man setting up his own recruitment agency. David Rowlands, aged 38, grew up in Greenmeadow and was a pupil at Fairwater Comprehensive School.

Ex-Wales footballer Danny Gabbidon is wrapping Christmas presents for shoppers in Cwmbran town centre to raise money for Cancer Research Wales. He will be alongside volunteers from the charity on Friday 22 December.

Are you up for the challenge of taking part in the Pontypool Relay for Life- taking turns to walk around a track at Pontypool Park? It’s a fundraising challenge for Cancer Research UK.

A fundraising day for a three-year-old boy from Cwmbran who is having chemotherapy raised over £2,000 today. Court Farm and Oakfield Community Centre was packed with supporters of the Charlie Bear Fund- named after Charlie Daniels who has Burkitt Lymphoma.