Diolch to Matt and Rich for inviting me to record their next Hiraeth with them. A wide ranging conversation from social prescribing, alternatives to an M4 Relief Road, potential devolution of Welfare and the Wales and Africa programmes.

David Bolton is standing for Welsh Labour and here he writes why he thinks you should vote for him in the Llantarnam Ward election taking place this Thursday. cwmbranlife.co.uk/david-bolton-i…

An honour and a privilege to be able to cast my vote today in my home ward. I'm hoping to be your Torfaen Labour Party Councillor , working for everyone in OUR community

Any one of these is bad. More than one and you are in for seriously troubling times. If I were adding a sixth it would be ‘inconsistency’ - your perspective?

🏚 This week we introduced a 100% council tax premium on the 701 empty homes across the borough. 🏚 Rising to 200% after 2 years to help tackle the blight & waste. 🏡 We also signed up to the national empty homes grant, up to £25K per property creating desperately needed homes.

With Cllr Nick Simons meeting the Tongan Community in #Torfaen to discuss what more we can do to support the rebuilding work in Tonga after the devastating tsunami that hit last year.

Really enjoyable morning, so good to see so many people enjoying the event.

Always a pleasure to work with the wonderful staff and amazing children of the federation! 🎶

Looking forward to the next stage of development alongside Torfaen Council 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇺🇦 #placebased #wellbeing #assetbasedcommunitydevelopment

We're proud to be partnering with Welsh Water for an event on May 23rd across North and South #Torfaen. We'll be #supporting our #communities with help and advice on grants and funds available during the #costofliving challenges. Come along and talk to us 💬 👥 🙌 💷

Keep an eye out for the Windrush Cymru exhibition around Torfaen, telling the story of the huge contribution made to Wales by that generation and their children - inc some great positive local role-models! Race Council Cymru

❤️ 12 Categories, 12 opportunities to celebrate the amazing stories from across Torfaen. 🎉 Nominate today: tvawales.org.uk/volunteer-awar… #TorfaenSaysThanks

My article in Local Government Association (LGA) Local Government First magazine this month, on social partnership and the approach being taken in Wales by WLGA and Welsh Government Hannah Blythyn Jane Gebbie 💙🌈 UNISON Cymru/Wales UniteWales GMB Wales & South West

Hi all, I am Lizzie Neale, your new chair and Peter Friswell is our new secretary. The aim of FOHLNR is to support and work with our local ranger at Torfaen Council to maintain and improve Henllys Local Nature Reserve for the benefit of our entire community.

Great to start the day with the MPs’ Parkrun for the NHS - wonderful to run with Paul Sinton-Hewitt, who founded parkrun UK in 2004, and which has been such an amazing initiative. Thank you to Nick Smith MP for his work organising this morning’s event. #NHS75

This morning in Torfaen Council 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇺🇦 I announced that we are in the process of securing approval for a £50 per child cost of living payment, direct to families in Torfaen who qualify for free school meals - helping almost 4,300 young people and their families at a difficult time. 1/2

#TorfaenSaysThanks Bron Afon - Community Housing Association Coleg Gwent MelinHomes Safran @AbleDayCentre National Grid UK @IWNGwent GwentPCC Aneurin Bevan University Health Board The Dragonffli Pontypool Community Council Parkway Hotel & Spa The Hwb Torfaen Y Prentis

Ever thought of cycling into Newport but are worried about your bike getting stolen ? Newport now has Wales' first 24/7 remote access indoor secure bike storage. Monitored by cctv, keypad entry, verified users only and with toilets and storage lockers spokesafe.com/newport

Proud and humbled to have played a small part in the journey of Tasty Not Wasty in my day job and more recently as a Trustee of TVAWales #connectingtorfaen #openingdoors #assetbasedcommunitydevelopment

-Georgestreetprimary children in my constituency are benefiting from the @JoyofmovingUK programme by Ferrero UK & Ireland, delivered by County In The Community and @EFLTrust. Great to take part today! #joyofmovinguk