Man charged following assault at St Joseph’s RC Comprehensive, Port Talbot
Following an assault which took place at St Joseph’s RC Comprehensive in Port Talbot, a 54-year-old man has been charged. Anthony Felton from Swansea has been charged with Section 18 – attempt wounding with intent. The victim of the assault…
Fire engulfs property in Talley
At 3.05pm on Wednesday, December 4th, Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service crews from Lampeter, Ammanford, Amman Valley, Morriston and Port Talbot were called to an incident in Talley. Crews responded to a fire within a two-storey, semi-detached…
Tories and Labour share blame for lack of industrial strategy – Plaid Cymru
Ahead of the shutdown of the second blast furnace at Port Talbot steelworks yesterday (Monday 30 September), Plaid Cymru economy spokesperson, Luke Fletcher MS, has blamed successive governments in Westminster and Cardiff Bay for “failing to develop an industrial strategy”….
Neath Port Talbot Council’s Joey Pickard named UK Young Local Government Ecologist of the Year
A Neath Port Talbot Council ecologist has won a UK-wide award for his important work on the Lost Peatlands of South Wales project. Joey Pickard has won the Young Ecologist of the Year prize in the Local Government Ecology Awards…
Shopping Centre in Port Talbot unveils D-Day beach scene commemorating the Normandy Landings
Port Talbot’s Aberafan Shopping Centre has unveiled a spectacular “beach scene” display commemorating the World War Two Normandy Landings. The D-Day Landings of June 6th, 1944 when around 156,000 men converged on the shores of Normandy became the largest seaborne…
Labour calls for job support and training guarantee for steelworkers
Labour has called for a job support and training guarantee to cover workers who could be made redundant from Port Talbot steelworks in a matter of weeks. With the first blast furnace planned to shut at the end of June,…
Youths who damaged Windrush Mural and rolled smoke bomb into The Queer Emporium sentenced following terrorism investigation in South Wales
Two youths from South Wales have been sentenced following an investigation carried out by Counter Terrorism Policing Wales. The two came to the attention of CTPW officers in 2022, after both subjects carried our several offences of racially and…
Westminster ne’er-do-wells must take the blame
Today Sunday (Sep 17) the new default 20mph comes into force. It means that on many roads previously set at 30mph the limit will now be 20mph unless otherwise indicated. I travelled from Cynwyl Elfed to Llanelli today and was…
Huge explosion at Tata rocks Port Talbot
A huge explosion at Tata’s Port Talbot works is said to have ‘rocked’ the town in the early hours of this morning, Friday (Apr 26). In a statement issued earlier South Wales Police said: “South Wales Police is currently in…