Torfaen County, Wales News

POLICE in Cwmbran are appealing for information after another incident of indecent exposure in Cwmbran.

BLAENAVON will be host to a number of Christmas activities and markets this weekend.

MIKEY Carver is "lucky to be alive" after being hit by a car as he walked home. The 21-year-old, from Great Oak, near Raglan, suffered a broken leg, injuries to his head and neck, and bruised ribs when he was knocked over on the B4598 near Clytha on November 25.

A woman who stole 41,000 from her 95-year-old war hero great-uncle has been ordered to pay back just 5. Hayley Price, 42, of Blaenavon, Torfaen, cooked and cleaned for D-Day veteran Arthur Edwards, while writing herself 154 fraudulent cheques.

ONLINE retailers were last night counting their virtual tills after the busiest shopping day of the year so far - with Christmas gift hunters spending an unprecedented 175m.

GWENT has more than 15,000 surplus school places, new figures obtained by the Argus show today.

A rugby club is appealing to dog owners to clean up after their pets following continued problems with dog mess on the pitch.

A 74-year-old who is passionate about the environment is one of three people being transformed into "green" cartoon superheroes.

The 16-year-old had been visiting friends in Hereford and was close to the Axe and Clever pub in Much Birch on the A49 when he was hit by a vehicle as he made his way back to Pontypool.

WREXHAM has the third highest number of teenage mums in Wales. And the shock figures have led to the town's AM calling for an overhaul of sex education.

A GWENT woman is set to battle Mount Kilimanjaro after seeing both her parents lose their fight against cancer and her husband battle the disease.

A TORFAEN charity is using a grant to help towards its plans to restore an old barn and branch out further.

The jobs are a direct result of recent expansion, following Insure Your Motora s decision to add home and commercial insurance products to its existing portfolio.

CWMBRANa S Christmas lights were switched on by a Christmas fairy in front of around 1,700 people last night.

DR Roy Lurvey, from Cwmbran, received an MBE from the Prince of Wales for services to the community in Torfaen, at a special ceremony at Buckingham Palace yesterday.

FOUR men will appear in court on Thursday in connection with an alleged robbery in Tredegar which left a teenager needing facial surgery on a fractured cheekbone.

A PONTYPOOL man yesterday commemorated 60 years of playing the last post at the towna s Remembrance Day service.

A BLAENAVON man was jailed for three years after admitting causing the death of his 22-year-old friend through drink-driving. Grant Skuse, 45, of Cwmavon Road, pleaded guilty to causing the death of Gwillyn John Evans, by careless driving while under the influence of alcohol.

Lufthansa Resource Technical Training is moving its engineering training facility to Kemblea s Cotswold Airport creating jobs and providing an economic boost for the local community.

The Ancient Cwmbran and the Cistercians Partnership are commissioning an artist to create a wooden sculpture of the well loved and infamous 6th century Celtic Church Warrior Saint, Derfel.