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• 'We'll keep on fighting'

  TREVETHIN school campaigners are set to fight on despite news from the Assembly that the council's closure proposal had been rubber-stamped. read more

• King makes comeback for special charity gig

  TORFAEN'S very own King of rock 'n' roll is headlining a gig at the Newport Centre on October 14. Elvis Presley is performing a charity gig to raise money for the charity British Institute for Brain Injured Children (BIBIC). read more

• Be the pontypool mascot!

  Pontypool RFC - in conjunction with McDonald's - are offering youngsters the opportunity to be a mascot at each of Pooler's Welsh Premiership home matches this season. read more

• Future of TRW plans looks to be brighter

  The future of a Torfaen factory that makes car braking systems looks more secure after politicians, union leaders and company bosses met last week. read more

• Learn the history of local Pits

  A BOOK telling the history of the Glyn Pits is being published next month. Historian Gwyn Tilley has researched and written the book on the disused mine at Hafodrynys, near Pontypool. read more

• Panteg's first win at Undy

  Panteg won away at Undy on Saturday for the first time since Undy's arrival to the top tier of the Gwent County League two years ago, with one goal from Lee Gwilliam and another from his brother Nick. read more

• Town makes name for itself with blues festival

  FORGET London, Cardiff and New York - there's a new venue on the international blues scene - Blaenavon. read more

• Studio provides for future stars

  A new recording studio in Pontypool aims to create a generation of recording stars. read more

• Villagers unite to fight mast plan

  Residents of Pentwyn are preparing to fight a planned mobile telephone mast in their village with the help of neighbouring residents who were left in the dark over the construction of a mast in their area. read more

• Goytre crash to defeat, but remain top

  Knauf Insulation Gwent Central League read more

• Knife man sprayed

  A YOUNG man from Pontypool was given a three-year community rehabilitation order after he was restrained by police using CS spray during a knife incident. read more

• Lay reader in court over child images

  A FORMER Church in Wales lay reader had more than 250 indecent images of children stored on his computer, a court heard yesterday. read more

• Police endure 'fiery' meeting

  HIGH-visibility policing has been promised to cut anti-social behaviour in Blaenavon. read more

• Panteg overcome injuries to win

  Injuries and other commitments meant a depleted New Panteg u15's entertained Ystrad Mynach, looking to reverse last year's one-sided affair. New Panteg applied pressure for 10 to 15 minutes only to watch Ystrad's full back kick long, chase, gather and score under the posts. New Panteg carried on in the same vein and number 9 Keiron Clarke sniped over from the base of a ruck. Ystrad stole a New Panteg lineout and good opportunism led to a second try, duly converted. read more

• Goytre crash out at Ponterdawe - again

  Goytre failed to progress to the third round of the Shamrock Cup on Saturday after being knocked out by Ponterdawe - the same team who eliminated them in the semi-finals of last year's competition. read more

• Garn overcome an early setback

  Garn opened up their home league fixture with an impressive win against their opponents Crumlin. read more

• Pooler frustrated

  Pontypool slumped to their third defeat in four Welsh Premiership matches on Saturday but were unlucky to return from Llanelli pointless after outscoring their west Wallian opponents by three tries to one. read more

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