Gwent Police had an unusual excuse from a speeding driver in Cwmbran. He was caught doing 50mph on a 30mph road and blamed a ‘good song’ on his radio.

  In 2012 Cwmbran Life interviewed Gavin Felvus about how he was the frontman of Guns 2 Roses- a tribute band that has been joined over the years by several members of Guns N’ Roses. When you have been joined on stage by Steven Adler, Gilby Clarke, Frank Ferrer and Ron ‘Bumblefoot’ Thal I think […]

Thanks to Don Larry for stitching together four photos he took from his maisonette in Monmouth House in Cwmbran town centre in 1971 🙂 He posted it with this lovley message on the Cwmbran Life Facebook page.

   A new venue has been found to host a popular football tournament for Torfaen school children after a fire saw the event cancelled. The tournament was due to be held at The Football Factory sports centre on 4 April, but a fire tore through the building last month.

The mum of a teenage girl who was assaulted yesterday morning (Friday 3 March 2017) in Coed Eva has appealed for witnesses.

A car overturned in the lane between Cwmbran and Fourteen Locks this morning.

This post had a great reaction on Cwmbran Life’s Facebook page. It told how year six pupils were close to missing out on the Cwmbran Shopping/ Gwent Police annual football tournament because it was due to be held at the Football Factory.

Helen Dobson is the latest entrepreneur to set up a business in Cwmbran. She has started to sell lovely scarves and handbags in the Market Village in the Cwmbran Shopping.