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Exterior wide shot of the new Visitor Centre at Gnoll Country Park in Neath, showing modern facilities created during the £12m redevelopment.
Gnoll Estate Country Park

NEATH: 100 more parking spaces at Gnoll Country Park, and twelve weeks of work starting today

Work begins this morning on an extension adding 100 spaces, along with 14 electric vehicle charging points and 15 cycle…

Elderly man walking with a stick along a quiet path, shown from behind
knee surgery

BROKEN PROMISES: Swansea Bay health board fails to deliver waiting-list fixes

A man lost his chance of knee surgery after his waiting time was wrongly reset. Now Swansea Bay health board…

Sir Anthony Hopkins smiling in close-up, white-haired and bearded, in a still from Decca Classics' announcement video
Anthony Hopkins

ANTHONY HOPKINS: At 88, the Margam-born star is playing the villain again

The Margam-born actor will play Bryant, the man who built an authoritarian regime in a ruined future, in sci-fi thriller…

An aerial view of Aberavon promenade, beach and parkland, with an inset photo of a small dog on a lead.
Aberavon

ABERAVON: RSPCA urges ‘greater flexibility’ over beach dog rules, but Blue Flag hopes demand a full ban

The animal welfare charity has formally objected to Neath Port Talbot's plans for the beach and promenade, warning blanket rules…

Microscope image of IVF treatment, with a needle injecting an egg cell held by a pipette
IVF

IVF: A month after every new treatment stopped at Neath Port Talbot Hospital, couples are getting a restart date

The Wales Fertility Institute stopped taking new IVF treatments in August after staff absence left it unable to meet its…

Rob Brydon holding his ginger cat Crumble as he announces his children's book The Cat In The Cupboard
Baglan

BAGLAN: Rob Brydon’s cat Crumble becomes the star of the comedian’s first children’s book

The Gavin and Stacey star announced The Cat In The Cupboard with the ginger cat in his arms, telling him:…

Three-panel composite of Swansea West MP Torsten Bell, Gower MP Tonia Antoniazzi and Aberafan Maesteg MP Stephen Kinnock
Israel

RED LINES: Swansea Bay’s MPs back the settlement goods ban, days after the city carried its own through the streets

Torsten Bell, Tonia Antoniazzi and Stephen Kinnock have backed the Foreign Secretary's ban on goods from illegal West Bank settlements,…

The new leisure centre in Neath town centre, with dark curved cladding wrapping a fully glazed upper storey
Aberavon Leisure Centre

PADEL AND PILATES: £3.3m for Neath Port Talbot’s gyms, but Pontardawe’s pool is still £10.8m short

Aberavon opens its revamp this autumn, Neath gets the county's first padel courts, and Pontardawe is in line for a…

Custody image of Sally Harris, 31, from Neath, who was sentenced for travel insurance fraud
City of London Police

NEATH: Woman faked four family deaths to claim £22,000 in travel insurance, arrested as she flew home

Sally Harris backed her claims with forged death certificates, City of London Police say. She was arrested at Heathrow in…

Crowds walking between stalls and rides at the Neath Great Fair funfair on Milland Road, with hills behind
Cllr Cen Phillips

NEATH FAIR: Stalls from 9am, rides from 6pm as the Great Fair opens for its 746th year

The street fair takes over the town centre until Saturday night and the Milland Road funfair runs until Sunday, with…