PORT TALBOT: Town shortlisted for UK Town of Culture — with £3m and a Welsh rival standing in the way
Port Talbot and the Afan Valley are one of 15 towns picked from 398 bids for the first ever UK…
BONNIE TYLER: Neath Port Talbot mourns ‘Gaynor’ — 15 years after making her a Freewoman of the borough
Neath Port Talbot Council led local tributes to Bonnie Tyler, noting that this year marked 15 years since the Skewen-born…
BONNIE TYLER: Total Eclipse of the Heart superstar from Skewen dies aged 75
The Skewen-born singer died in hospital in Portugal on Wednesday night, two months after undergoing emergency surgery — with her…
HEALTH BOARD: First Minister ‘very, very aware’ of concern over Swansea Bay’s 800 job cuts — as MSs from three parties press him in the Senedd
Rhun ap Iorwerth urged the health board to ensure its workforce plans do not have a "detrimental impact" on patients…
CODE CHALLENGE: Swansea and Neath Port Talbot schools sweep top prizes at DVLA’s annual coding contest
Parkland Primary and Ysgol Gymraeg Ystalyfera Bro Dur were crowned winners at the Swansea awards ceremony — with Blaenbaglan Primary…
COUNCIL DEBT: Swansea owes £629m — second highest in Wales — but council brands record borrowing figures ‘misleading’
New figures show councils across the UK owe a record £154.6 billion — and Swansea carries more debt than any…
CWMAVON: Man who sent girl’s Facebook photos to paedophile in America jailed
Chris Williams took the teenager's pictures from her mother's Facebook page without her knowledge — and a judge told him…
GREEN STEEL: Llanelli firm lands key contract on Port Talbot’s £1.25bn transformation — with work starting on site today
Morganstone — founded in Llanelli and now based in Swansea — will build the structural heart of the steelworks’ new…
WATERFALL COUNTRY: £6-a-day car park opens early at Pontneddfechan — as MP questions plan to lease it to a private operator
A new 136-space car park has opened ahead of schedule at the gateway to Waterfall Country — but an MP…
WALES NATURE WEEK: Bug hunts, dune safaris and a green gathering — nine days of nature on your doorstep from tomorrow
Wales Nature Week returns from 4–12 July with a packed programme across Swansea, Neath Port Talbot and Carmarthenshire — kicking…