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Often, many of the people who live in this sort of postcode will be skilled workers living in semis and terraces.

Neighbourhoods fitting this profile are found throughout the UK including Blackpool, Stevenage, Crawley, Neath Port Talbot, Harlow and the Wear Valley.

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Schools

Find out the performance data, locations and contact details of your local schools. All the vital information you need to help make educational decisions for your children.
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Crime

The Gwent Police force is responsible for policing the Torfaen Council local authority area.
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Council tax

The average council tax per household in Torfaen council is £871.00, compared to an average in Wales of £980.15.
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Local news

Ceremony honours plant's war dead

25/11/2009 06:57:30

A service is held to honour six men from a cement firm killed in World War II after two memorial plaques are found.
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'Don't scrap M4 relief road' call

24/11/2009 12:14:27

Congestion on the M4 in Wales is costing £40m a year, and an academic warns that a relief road must eventually be built.
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Patient abuse nurse sentenced

23/11/2009 18:22:46

A nurse who ill-treated two 87-year-old patients, including force feeding medication to one, is given a suspended jail sentence.
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Heart defect killed rugby player

23/11/2009 17:10:31

An undetected heart defect led to a 20-year-old rugby league player collapsing and dying during a match, an inquest hears.
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Missing prisoner found by police

24/11/2009 18:20:09

A 25-year-old man serving a sentence for burglary and other offences who absconded from an open prison is located by police.
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Valleywood hope after film

23/11/2009 07:02:27

Administrators hope the shooting of a £12m medieval war film will give new hope for the troubled Valleywood studios.
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'No home smoking rise' after ban

23/11/2009 19:15:36

The smoking ban did not lead to children being exposed to more smoking at home, a study has concluded.
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Player's drink-drive fine and ban

23/11/2009 13:21:34

A footballer who crashed his car on a night out is fined £2,500 and banned from the roads for 17 months for drink-driving.
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Motorway reopens after collision

23/11/2009 08:11:57

The eastbound section of the M4 reopens near Bridgend following a collision involving two vehicles, when one ended up on its roof.
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Tribute to caretaker fire victim

22/11/2009 09:07:19

The family of a school caretaker who died in hospital after a house fire pay tribute to him.
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Gabby's 'draining' family journey

23/11/2009 07:16:51

TV presenter Gabby Logan takes an emotional journey to discover her family roots in Cardiff Bay.
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Newyddion

22/01/2009 09:40:23

BBC Wales' Welsh-language online news service
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Contact us

14/07/2003 12:19:25

Do you have a story? Here's how to tell us about it
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Local news

20/10/2004 12:05:07

News sources for south east Wales on the internet
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Is it you?

23/11/2009 12:34:02

Mystery winner has a week to claim £189,610 prize
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Railway Stations

Cwmbran (1.07 miles away), Arriva Trains Wales

Pontypool & New Inn (3.65 miles away), Arriva Trains Wales

Newport (4.07 miles away), Arriva Trains Wales

Hengoed (8.33 miles away), Arriva Trains Wales

Pengam (8.76 miles away), Arriva Trains Wales

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