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BANK HOLIDAY - There are NO changes to waste and recycling collections over the bank holiday period.
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Proof of address will be needed at the Household Recycling Centre from 1st September 2025
Crime & Emergencies
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- A youth centre has increased its opening times over the summer as part of an initiative to reduce anti-social behaviour.
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- A women has been fined for failing to help the council with its enquiries into a fly-tipping incident.
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- The owner of a landscape gardening company has been sentenced after being found guilty of defrauding customers.
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- A joint operation has been carried out between Trading Standards officers and Gwent Police targeting the sale of illegal cigarettes.
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- Ten schools have signed up to the council's new dog poo prevention campaign.
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- A serial fly-tipper has been sentenced following action taken by three Gwent councils.
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- A Facebook trader from Pontypool has pleaded guilty to the sale and possession of counterfeit clothing including North Face, Chanel, Nike and Dior.
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- A shop in Pontypool town centre has been ordered to close for three weeks...
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- A Cwmbran business owner has pleaded guilty to selling counterfeit mobile phone covers...
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- A Torfaen resident has pleaded guilty to driving a hackney carriage vehicle without the required council issued taxi driver's licence...
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- A shop in Old Cwmbran has been served with a Court Order, requiring it to close for three months, following action by the Council's Trading Standards Team...
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- Funding has been given to a project to fund two police officers and state-of the-art technology to help tackle illegal off-roading.
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- Eight community projects across Torfaen, Caerphilly and Blaenau Gwent have been successful in acquiring funding to help reduce inequality and bring communities together.
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- A Cwmbran man has pleaded guilty to trading without a street trading consent
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- A Cardiff man has been charged for selling counterfeit cigarettes and tobacco in Pontypool...
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- A Pontypool woman has been prosecuted by Torfaen Council after being caught selling counterfeit goods using Facebook Messenger and Whatsapp...
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- Torfaen Council has joined a national campaign to tackle anti-social behaviour (ASB) and keep people in Torfaen safe.
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- A new youth outreach scheme is helping to tackle antisocial behaviour in Cwmbran.
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- Two women have admitted to trading in counterfeit designer goods, using selling groups on Facebook.
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