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• Crickhowell Walking Festival 2023 Saturday 4th – Sunday 12th March

  

  Less than six weeks to go to the Festival and it’s proving as popular as ever! Well over half the walk places are taken, and a quarter of the walks are fully booked – but there are still places available every day. CWF 2023 will feature 82 walks throughout the Brecon Beacons National Park and […]

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• Fairtrade Fortnight 27 February – 12 March 2023.

  

  Fairtrade Fortnight approaches … again. It’s held every year, at the end of February and beginning of March. For more than ten years now, Abergavenny has been an accredited Fairtrade Town – which means that our Council formally supports the sale of Fairtrade products in shops, cafes, hotels and businesses. Our programme of events is […]

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• How Blaenavon Changed the World

  

  Rich deposits of coal, iron and limestone under the Blorenge and nearby hills fuelled the burgeoning industrial revolution. Helen Morgan from Abergavenny Local History Society reports. Thomas Hill, with his industrialist partners Thomas Hopkins and Benjamin Pratt, recognised Blaenavon’s potential in 1782, and made the decision to open a coal mine and iron works in […]

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• Book Recommendations Febuary 2023

  

  With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, the Booksellers at Book-ish have put their heads together to come up with a list of book recommendations inspired by the theme of love in all its colourful, varying and sometimes unexpected forms. Spring Rain Marc Hamer £16.99 As a young boy in a violent home, Marc found […]

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• We Want Your Articles!

  

  Here at the Focus, we believe in Positive News! We understand that the world can be a tricky, daunting and scary place to navigate, often with depressing news splashed across our screens on a daily basis. The Focus aims to provide our readers with an upbeat and positive reading experience. We want to fill our […]

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• Abergavenny Writing Festival invites young people to express themselves

  

  The Abergavenny Writing Festival will return from the 21st to the 22nd April in 2023 at The Kings Arms, The Melville Centre for the Arts and other pop-up venues. The Abergavenny Writing Festival is about encouraging everyone to write and express themselves. Whether for mental health and wellbeing, as a way of making a living, […]

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• Broaden your Horizons – Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Scheme

  

  You have the chance to shine! We are currently enrolling for this years award scheme. Are you aged 14-24 years of age? Would you like to do your Duke of Edinburgh’s Bronze, Silver or Gold Award? Crickhowell Volunteer Bureau are a local Duke of Edinburgh’s licensed organisation offering the opportunity for young people aged 14- […]

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• Help KAT Keep Abergavenny Tidy

  

  Dumped rubbish – glass, cans, and bits of plastic – can injure people and animals, pollute water courses and cause unsightly blots around our historic town and scenic countryside. Now, a pioneering project by Keep Abergavenny Tidy (KAT) is looking at ways to deter litter droppers and encourage them to bin their rubbish or take […]

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• HB Foot Care

  

  HB Podiatry clinic now renamed as HB Footcare opened in September 2019 Abergavenny Market Street and has since been providing footcare services to the general public, care homes and individuals in their own homes. Now, 2023 sees them expanding their premises, location and services. In January 2023, Director Podiatrist Holly Bowen (BsC Hons), Mentor- Podiatrist […]

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• Abergavenny Focus February 2023

  

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• South Powys Focus February 2023

  

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• Have Your Say on Saving the Gavenny Valley

  

  Monmouthshire County Council are considering a planning proposal to allow developers to build over the Gavenny valley in Abergavenny. The proposal covers the land between the new development near Tredilion Road, all the way North to Nantgavenny Lane (where McColls is situated) and East across the valley to the Railway line and A465. A public […]

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• Abergavenny Focus January 2023

  

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• South Powys Focus January 2023

  

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• Crossword Solution: January 2023 issue

  

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• Longtown Mountain Rescue – December 2022

  

  So last month, it was highlighted to me by a rescue colleague that I might have made a bit of a rookie mistake…by using the ‘Q’ word. I am not going to repeat it but maybe check the last issue and look at the first sentence. No sooner had I typed and sent the article […]

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• Abergavenny Focus December 2022

  

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• South Powys Focus December 2022

  

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• Crossword Solution : December 2022

  

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• Abergavenny Focus November 2022

  

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