Pontypool
Americannoun
noun
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Anthony "Tony" Jones, 56, from Brecon suffered life-threatening injuries in an incident to which Gwent Police firearms officers were called in Pontnewynydd, near Pontypool, on Thursday.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
Residents said the smoke had caused a "fogginess" and "acrid smell" stretching for several miles between Torfaen and Pontypool.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
Labour ministers and Torfaen politicians Lynne Neagle and Nick Thomas-Symonds said they were still hearing complaints about Pontypool Medical Centre, one of the company's three remaining surgeries in the health board area.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2025
Underneath a mound of earth and nestled away for decades on a property in Pontypool, Torfaen, were more than 1,000 vintage bottles.
From BBC ● May 14, 2025
The wild disorder of the establishment gave rise to a popular ballad of which the following are two of the first lines:— "A curious hardware shop in general full Of wares from Birmingham and Pontypool."
From Chats on Household Curios by Fred. W. (Frederick William) Burgess
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