BLAENAVON Town Council and Gwent Police have condemned a series of incidents of anti-social behaviour in the town last week. It comes after Gwent Police received multiple reports of youngsters throwing eggs at passing cars between Sunday, April 18 and Tuesday, April 20. The first report occurred at around 8.35pm on Sunday after two youths threw eggs at a car in Broad Street. Gwent Police received a second report after a group of “between six and eight youths” threw eggs at car in Market Street at around 9.20pm on Sunday night, according to the victim. A third report was received at around 9.25pm on Tuesday, April 20 in Middle Coedcae Road after eggs were thrown by a group of young people at a motorist driving near Blaenavon Heritage VC School.
THOMAS BRIAN WESTCOTT, 86, of Elim Way, Pontllanfraith, was conditionally discharged for 12 months after he pleaded guilty to driving without due care and attention. He was ordered to pay £107 in costs and a surcharge and his driving record was endorsed with six points.
ANTHONY LAST, 55, of Henllys Way, St Dials, Cwmbran, was sentenced to a 12-month community order after he pleaded guilty to making a call to Bron Afon housing association that was grossly offensive or of an indecent, obscene or menacing character. He was made the subject of a four-week electronically monitored curfew and ordered to pay £180 in costs and a surcharge.
ANGER has been voiced after developers cut down trees and removed hedgerows on a site in Cwmbran in breach of a planning condition. Developers Bron Afon cut down a number of trees on land off Newport Road, Llantarnam, next to the former Three Blackbirds Inn pub, ahead of building 22 homes on the site. Planning permission for the development has already been granted, but one of the conditions of it sought to protect trees and hedgerows on the site, by requiring a landscaping scheme to be approved before any works started. Llantarnam councillor Alan Slade said residents are “heartbroken” by the works carried out, which affected two hedgerows and has seen around 60 trees cut down.
The housing association is now consulting with residents to see what changes can be made to reduce emissions. Dusi Thomas, Bron Afon’s sustainability and environmental manager, said: “As part of the housing sector, Bron Afon has to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from all our homes by improving energy efficiency by 2030. “This ‘optimised retrofit project’ means we will be working collaboratively with other project partners to be innovative in how we make these homes at Glanwern House more energy efficient. “This will be done while supporting local economy and ensuring the technology that is chosen reflects the need of our customers and the style of their homes.