Neath Port Talbot

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Scorched and buckled metal cladding on a large steelworks building, seen in daylight under a cloudy sky.
Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service

STEELWORKS FIRE: Tata says blaze restricted to ‘confined area’ of Cold Mill but is unable to assess damage while crews remain on site

By
Kit Peters
7 Min Read
The gutted, glowing interior of a steelworks building at night with a hose directed across a walkway
Industry

PORT TALBOT: Steelworks fire burns into a second day as part of the building collapses — with union warning over jobs

A vital production line has been left with "substantial damage" and part…

By
Kit Peters
7 Min Read
A fire engine and firefighter outside a steelworks building at night with dark smoke overhead.
Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service

Over 100 firefighters from across Wales and the West of England tackle massive fire at Port Talbot steelworks

Crews from 16 fire stations across south and west Wales — some…

By
Kit Peters
8 Min Read
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
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