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Paul Potts in a bow tie beside a vintage microphone, inset over the Yr Aelwyd lettering on Port Talbot's rebuilt theatre
Britain's Got Talent

PORT TALBOT: Paul Potts comes home to open the rebuilt theatre, 20 years after Britain’s Got Talent

The tenor who won over the Britain’s Got Talent judges with Nessun Dorma will sing at Yr Aelwyd, the old…

Police custody photograph of Damien Samuel, a man with short dark hair and a goatee beard in a grey top
Damien Samuel

PORT TALBOT: Man who raped a teenager after handing out vodka jailed for eight years

Damien Samuel, 44, denied it and took it to trial. The judge called the two-year wait for the case to…

Fourteen black bin bags and loose rubbish including a bucket and cardboard dumped in long grass under trees beside a wooden fence
Baglan

PORT TALBOT: Waste man took £490 to clear a house, then 14 bags were dumped under the M4

Nathan Pearce drove the load to Briton Ferry recycling centre, spoke to staff and left, the council says. It turned…

A National Grid engineer in a hi-vis jacket and helmet stands on a lane at night in driving rain beneath a fallen tree brought down across an overhead power line
Amber Weather Warning

STORM AUSTEN: ‘Take extra care on the Friday morning commute’ as the warning stretches to 5pm

Trees are in leaf and likely to come down across roads and railways, the Met Office says. Every council area…

Met Office map showing a yellow wind warning over south Wales and southern England and an amber wind warning over Cornwall and Devon
Amber Weather Warning

STORM AUSTEN: Yellow warning for south Wales extended to 2pm on Friday as Met Office raises the risk, with Cornwall and Devon on amber

Gusts of 50 to 60mph are still forecast for Swansea Bay, with 70mph or more on exposed coasts, but forecasters…

A disused coal tip in South West Wales, highlighting the ongoing safety risks from Wales’ mining legacy.
Aberfan

COAL TIPS: Neath Port Talbot has 42 rated a potential danger, 60 years after Aberfan

Campaigners say homes near the riskiest tips pay 40% more to insure. Their own figures show the gap comes from…

Met Office map showing the yellow wind warning area for Storm Austen covering south Wales, including Swansea, and southern England on Friday 23 October
heavy rain

STORM AUSTEN: 70mph gusts possible as the first named storm of the season hits south Wales on Friday

A yellow wind warning covers Swansea, Neath Port Talbot and Carmarthenshire from the early hours, and forecasters say it could…

The Gothic stone building of Swansea Mosque and Islamic Community Centre with its tall pinnacled tower and a modern grey extension
Adam Price MS

SWANSEA MOSQUE: Energy savings to fund winter warm packs for food bank users

The centre on St Helen’s Road is getting battery storage and a new heating system. It also runs a baby…

Two pupils and guests beside the blue plaque for David 'Papa' Thomas in a school hall, with his portrait on a screen
Blue Plaque

ALLTWEN: Blue plaque for the Swansea Valley ironmaster America called ‘Papa’

He went to school in Alltwen, made his name at the Ynyscedwyn Ironworks, then took his iron-making breakthrough to Pennsylvania.…

Aerial view of the Port Talbot waterfront at Harbourside, with industrial yards and scrubland beside the water and the town and hills behind.
Adam Price MS

PORT TALBOT: £9.2m to turn waterfront land into six business units and room for floating wind

Two of the four Celtic Freeport projects sharing £18.4m are in Port Talbot. Neither has a start date or a…

Margam Castle at night, lit in red, blue and pink, with red light across the stone steps in front
bats

SCREAM TIME: Margam’s Halloween horror trail is open, and Hell’s Hallway is waiting

The 15+ trail runs through Margam Castle, the graveyard and the woods until 1 November, with an evil clown as…