Neath Port Talbot

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A large pile of black planters, growing medium and sheeting fly-tipped on a forestry track surrounded by trees
Natural Resources Wales

RESOLVEN: Five fined more than £6,800 after cannabis farm waste dumped in Neath Valley forest

A document left among the rubbish helped convict five fly-tippers who dumped…

By
Kit Peters
4 Min Read
Athletics

NEATH: Wales’ fastest woman Brier breaks 44-year record

Swansea Harrier Hannah Brier underlined her status as the fastest Welsh woman…

By
Kit Peters
1 Min Read
Cllr Josh Tuck with local residents Carol Clement-Williams and Suzanne Paddison at the closed section of the Wales coastal path
Baglan

BRITON FERRY: Two years on, the Wales Coastal Path closure on the estuary has become a political football — as 20 Labour councillors demand action over sinkholes that nobody will pay to fix

By
Kit Peters
12 Min Read
Floating offshore wind turbine developed by Blue Gem Wind for the Erebus project.
Energy

NET ZERO ECONOMY: Pembrokeshire and Port Talbot named among Wales’s top hotspots — but warning Wales is falling behind on £13bn renewables pipeline

By
Kit Peters
8 Min Read
Police custody photograph of David Smith of Blaengwynfi, sentenced to four years and four months at Swansea Crown Court for stalking, dangerous driving, arson and possession of a bladed article.
Abergwynfi

BLAENGWYNFI: Man jailed for four years after knife-wielding pursuit, garage arson and armed police standoff in Afan Valley

A 43-year-old man from Blaengwynfi has been jailed for four years and…

By
Kit Peters
6 Min Read
Wharf Road at Britton Ferry Docks (Image: Google Maps)
Briton Ferry

BRITON FERRY: Police throw a security ring around the docks all weekend as fears grow of bank holiday rave

South Wales Police have given officers powers to clear out anyone they…

By
Kit Peters
4 Min Read
Aerial view of stone-walled drainage channelling and access path forming part of coal tip safety mitigation works at the Duffryn site near Cwmgwrach.
Environment and Farming

COAL TIP SAFETY: Welsh Government to revise tip boundary above demolished Godre’rgraig school this autumn — as council launches new public information hub

By
Kit Peters
7 Min Read
Morrisons Daily convenience store in Trimsaran, Carmarthenshire
Food and Drink

MORRISONS DAILY: Supermarket giant announces 100 convenience store closures blaming government costs — we’ve identified the south-west Wales stores that could be affected

By
Kit Peters
5 Min Read
Boxing

NEATH: Unbeaten Swansea heavyweight Moses Jolly fights for Commonwealth title Saturday

Moses Jolly is 11 fights unbeaten, feared in the gym and avoided…

By
Kit Peters
5 Min Read
Cllr Alun Lockyer at the Mayor Making Ceremony The Orangery, Margam Park on Friday
Margam

NEATH PORT TALBOT: From French horn to civic honours — meet the music teacher who has become the new Mayor

Cllr Alan Lockyer, a music teacher and composer who has spent his…

By
Kit Peters
6 Min Read