Crime & Emergencies
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- Following the identification of persistent Coronavirus regulation breaches at Castell-y-Bwch, Henllys Lane, Cwmbran, the licence holder has had their licence revoked and has 21 days to appeal the decision.
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- Torfaen Council, Blaenau Gwent Council, Caerphilly Council and Gwent Police would like to remind the public that the area known as Blaencuffin Canyon is on private land and that it is not a tourist attraction.
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- A recent council report has approved improvements to CCTV.
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- On Wednesday 1 April, at approximately 11.38pm, two of our transit pickup trucks were broken into at our Ty Blaen depot. We believe the thieves were two males, and they stole one Stihl disc cutter.
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- Criminals are exploiting fears about COVID-19 to prey on members of the public, particularly older and vulnerable people who are isolated from family and friends.
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- Torfaen Council is now working as part of the Gwent Local Resilience Forum (GLRF) as part of a wider Government, Welsh Government and NHS strategy in response to Covid-19.
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- Last weekend we witnessed exceptional rainfall to Torfaen and the rest of Wales. Across the region rivers reached dangerously high levels and caused extensive damage. We had spent the week ahead of the storm checking and clearing culvert entrances and gulley's to ensure they were running clear and free.
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- Today marks International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.
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- The Police and Crime Commissioner for Gwent, Jeff Cuthbert, has launched a new e-newsletter.
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- A Torfaen pensioner has been fined more than £200 and had £2000 confiscated after pleading guilty to selling illegal cigarettes at pubs around Cwmbran
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- On Friday 11 January 2019 Rashid Iqbal, director of a company running Premier Stores from 15 Edlogan Square, Croesyceiliog, Cwmbran, has been successfully prosecuted by Torfaen Council
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- Torfaen Community Safety Team and Gwent Police, Neighbourhood Policing Team are hosting a community engagement evening in Blaenavon.
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- Two Torfaen Facebook traders have pleaded guilty to the sale and possession of counterfeit clothes and tobacco.
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- A Facebook trader from Pontypool has been ordered to carry out 60 hours of community service after he was caught selling counterfeit clothes on Facebook.
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- A Cwmbran trader has been caught selling fake hand bags and luggage from a town centre store.
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- A man from Cwmbran has been fined after he dumped six black bags of household waste into the clinical waste bins of a nearby dental surgery.
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- Torfaen council has revoked the premises license of a local shopkeeper after he was found to be employing an illegal worker.
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- Two employees at a Pontypool convenience store have been prosecuted for selling illegal cigarettes.
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- A scrap dealer from Trevethin has been made to pay £800 after he was found to be operating without a licence.
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- The directors of two Blaenau Gwent electrical companies that lied to their customers have been made to pay more than £12,000 by the courts.
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- A Cwmbran man has been made to pay £900 after he was caught selling illegal tobacco products on Facebook.
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- A Cwmbran man has been made to pay £1,379 and carry out 120 hours of unpaid work after he was caught selling counterfeit DVDs on Facebook.
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- A Pontypool man has been fined and made to carry out 60 hours of unpaid community work after he was caught selling counterfeit cigarettes.
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- Residents and business in Torfaen are being asked comment on the way the council enforces its environmental health, trading standards and licensing policies.
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- A former car dealer from Cwmbran, who is currently serving a prison sentence for selling cars that breached trading standards legislation, has been ordered to pay more than £150,000.
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- More than 300 items of counterfeit clothing seized in Torfaen will be sent to help aid projects in Africa.
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- The order has been introduced to tackle anti-social behaviour in Cwmbran town centre, carparks and nearby carparks following a collaboration between Torfaen's Community Safety Team, Gwent Police and Cwmbran Shopping.
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- A Facebook trader from Cwmbran has pleaded guilty to 24 separate trade mark charges relating to the sale and possession for sale of over 140 counterfeit items
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- A Facebook trader from Cwmbran has pleaded guilty to 17 separate trade mark charges for selling counterfeit goods online.
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- A market trader from Fairwater, Cardiff, has pleaded guilty to 14 separate charges relating to the possession for sale of nearly 70 counterfeit watches and bracelets including Armani, Rolex, Michael Kors and Pandora, following a trading standards investigation in Torfaen.
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- Racial abuse will not be tolerated in Gwent and any incidents of hate crime should be reported directly to the Police
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- Three Torfaen taxi drivers have appeared in court on separate occasions due to inappropriate behaviour, illegal taxi driving and a licensing hearing.
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- Subways in Greenmeadow have been revamped as part of a project to improve safer routes in the community.
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- A new legal order has been introduced to tackle antisocial behaviour in a Pontypool town car park
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- A Torfaen man has been sentenced following an investigation by Trading Standards.
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- Mr Michal Salacki of Henllys, Cwmbran pleaded guilty to twenty charges in relation to the sale of motor cars in breach of the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008.
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- Four Torfaen pupils were recently involved in playing lead roles in an educational film on the dangers of lethal highs, which will be rolled out in schools across Gwent.
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- Trading Standards are warning residents of a possible phone scam.
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- A Caerphilly man has been made to pay £370 for illegally collecting scrap metal without a licence in Pontypool.
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- A Blaenavon store owner has been fined for selling out of date food.
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- Torfaen Trading Standards are warning residents of a possible phone scam.
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- Support is available in Torfaen for people experiencing hate
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- Torfaen council is calling on residents in Torfaen to expose scams and help stop more people from falling prey to clever cons that fleece them of thousands of pounds.
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- A man from Cwmbran has been fined £250 by Gwent Police for illegally off-roading on common land in Pontypool.
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- New Inn bakery firm fined for using contaminated borehole water.
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