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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…

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…

Nikki Mills, Phil Rowe and Jess Nesling laugh on the red carpet holding five framed VOX Awards certificates
Swansea Valley

YSTALYFERA: Swansea Valley voice actor scoops three awards in one night, including the judges’ own pick

Phil Rowe won three of the 14 awards at the VOX Awards. Jess Nesling, who has Swansea roots, won Female…

A family rides a four-wheeled pedal cart along the path in front of Margam Castle
Aberavon Beach

NEATH PORT TALBOT: Ghosts, waterfalls and dog walks: six ready-made weekend breaks on your doorstep

One takes in the ghost stories of Margam Castle and Neath Abbey. Another pedals from Aberavon seafront to Waterfall Country.

Cllr Scott Jones, the new leader of Neath Port Talbot Council, in a grey jacket and blue and green striped tie in front of a laurel hedge
Cllr Alun Llewelyn

NEATH PORT TALBOT: Scott Jones is the new council leader, three weeks after Steve Hunt quit

The Independent councillor for Gwynfi and Croeserw, until now the cabinet member for Streetscene, was confirmed at full council on…

additional learning needs

NEATH PORT TALBOT: “Nearly all” specialist places are full, so the council wants 32 more for autistic pupils at its two new schools

Sixteen places each inside the new Ysgol Gynradd Gymraeg Rhosafan in Sandfields and the rebuilt Llangatwg in Cadoxton, running costs…

The blast furnaces and stoves at Tata's Port Talbot steelworks at sunset, with steam rising from the pipework
blast furnace

PORT TALBOT: Tata found guilty after two steelworkers breathed in gas at 18 times the safe limit

The pair stayed behind until every contractor was out, and now the steel giant faces a fine.

Wind turbines on the skyline above clear-felled forestry and young conifers on the South Wales Valleys uplands
Afan Valley

PEATLANDS: Almost £2m from the Lottery to bring the bogs back above the Afan and Neath valleys

The partnership that turned a drained plantation above Glyncorrwg back into bog is returning with a bigger plan for the…

Artist's impression of the restored Newbridge Road Bridge in Port Talbot, a riveted iron girder bridge on stone piers over the River Afan with walkers and a cyclist crossing
Aberavon

PORT TALBOT: Artist’s impressions show the 1903 Newbridge Road Bridge rebuilt for walkers and cyclists after ten years fenced off

Two of its three spans keep ironwork that is older than the bridge itself, the middle one goes, and the…