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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…

A pile of fly-tipped plasterboard sheets, plastic sheeting, white uPVC trim and metal beading on a grass verge beside brambles
Cllr Scott Jones

CWMGWRACH: Rhondda man taken on to clear building waste dumped it on the road to Unity Mine

Shane Richards was taken on to get rid of plasterboard and plaster from an address in Treherbert. It turned up…

Green Neath Port Talbot County Borough sign reading Vivian Park and Parc Vivian, with a yellow facilities panel listing bowls and changing facilities, against trees and sky.
antisocial behaviour

PORT TALBOT: Two of Vivian Park’s three gates to shut after 3pm as police target e-bike riders

From Monday, only one way into the park will be open each afternoon for three weeks, and it changes every…

Aerial view of Neath town centre with the railway station and car parks in the foreground and hills behind
knife crime

CHARGED: Neath Abbey man charged over Neath town centre stabbing

Connor McCarthy, 30, from Neath Abbey, is charged with Section 18 wounding with intent and possessing a knife in a…