Crackdown on illegal Torfaen off-road biking

FARMERS in and around the Blaenavon World Heritage Site have voiced concerns over rapidly escalating damage to common land caused by illegal off-road bikers. The damage to Coity, Mynydd James and Mulfran is mirrored on the other side of the valley,

Huge crowds flock to see steam engines in Blaenavon

Trains ran from Garn-yr-Erw to the Whistle Inn and Big Pit, with a successful marketing campaign and the presence of significant engines drawing huge crowds. Mr Hinshelwood added: “ Bringing two of the last surviving LNWR engines back to South

111 year old Blaenavon woman dies

A GREAT GREAT grandmother, whose life spanned three centuries, two world wars and six monarchs, died last week at the age of 111. Louisa Shephard, thought to be Wales