Staff at the Wernick Buildings factory have given a demonstration of a new four-bed hospital ward constructed at the firm’s premises on the Kenfig Industrial Estate...
South Wales Police have imposed a Criminal Behaviour Order (CBO) on a man who repeatedly committed anti-social behaviour in Pontardawe. Adam Wilson, aged 29, is forbidden...
Neath Port Talbot Council staff have started work on installing a new CCTV system in Briton Ferry which will be used to protect people and property...
Neath Port Talbot Council is working in partnership with Brecon Beacons National Park Authority, Powys County Council and local transport operator South Wales Transport to operate...
Neath Port Talbot Council have issued a ‘warn and inform’ message after their Test, Trace and Protect (TTP) service found that seven people who had COVID-19,...
TV presenter Iolo Williams has named Margam Park as his favourite green space in Neath Port Talbot. The famous Welsh naturalist called it a place that...
Port Talbot’s busiest retail centre now has a six-strong team of Community First Responders providing all-day assistance for shoppers who have a medical emergency. The Aberafan...
Vaccination centres across many parts of Wales will be open for walk-in appointments from this weekend as the Health Minister makes a call to all adults...
A doctor’s handwriting has often been described as resembling that of a spider, but delays for patients in getting the right prescription due to illegible handwriting...
The popular Aqua Splash attraction for children and families will re-open at Aberavon Beach on Monday (5 July) with a range of more than 30 exciting...
Neath Port Talbot’s first ever Welsh-medium youth club has been launched for young people living in the Swansea and Amman Valleys. Clwb Ieuenctid Symudol has been...
Neath Port Talbot Council has published proposals to use up to £5 million of its reserves to kickstart the county borough’s recovery from the Covid pandemic....
Neath Port Talbot Council is using intelligent automation and robotic technology to improve outcomes for residents and businesses across the whole of the county borough. It...
A new world-class rail testing facility on a former opencast mining site at the head of the Dulais and Swansea valleys will transform the local area...
Public places in Neath Port Talbot are due to be monitored by a new generation of modern CCTV cameras focusing on keeping people safe the Council...
A £55 million programme that will help equip the Swansea Bay City Region with world class digital infrastructure has been approved by the UK Government and...
Plaid Cymru are backing calls from local community activist, Andrew Jenkins, for Neath Port Talbot Council to submit an expression of interest for the UK City...
Neath Port Talbot Council is to begin a pioneering air quality monitoring project aimed at providing accurate “real time” measurement of pollution so solutions for greener,...
The transformation of Port Talbot’s former Plaza Cinema – which inspired the town’s famous trio of Sir Anthony Hopkins, Richard Burton and Michael Sheen – is...
Timber frame construction specialist, SO Modular, welcomed Economy Minister and Senedd Member, Vaughan Gething, to its new state-of-the-art, off-site manufacturing facility, located at the ‘Old Metal Box’ factory in Neath. Mr Gething was given...
Neath Port Talbot Council cabinet members are being recommended to approve statutory publication of proposals to establish a new English-medium school for ages 3 to 11...
The iconic Neath September Fair, which has been running for more than 700 years, has been cancelled this year due to the coronavirus pandemic. Neath Port...
Schools in Neath Port Talbot have been given fruit trees to help offset carbon emissions and to be used as a learning resource for pupils. The...
Calls to a helpline run by a Swansea Bay service have fallen dramatically as patients can now find out what they need to know for themselves....
Multi-million pound plans for a new Piazza in Neath Town Centre, a major upgrading of Port Talbot’s Civic Square with improvements to the town’s Riverside area...
Supermarket workers who came to the aid of a customer in cardiac arrest have been praised for their quick-thinking actions. Staff at Tesco in Port Talbot...
Pupils are due to move into Neath’s newly built Cefn Saeson Comprehensive School on June 7th. When teaching begins at the latest of Neath Port Talbot...
Neath Port Talbot Council has published a consultation report for their proposals to establish an English-medium primary school for children aged 3 to 11, to replace...
Work to complete the new Splash Pad attraction for children and families at the Aberavon Seafront is progressing well and it is due to open in...
Welsh Government and European funding of nearly £4 million is helping two Swansea Bay businesses expand and future proof their operations, Economy Minister Vaughan Gething has...
Neath Port Talbot Council cabinet members are being asked to endorse proposals to establish a new working group to help draw up future plans for the...
A month on from Neath Port Talbot Council’s plea for facebook photographers and Instagrammers to stay away from picturesque Brombil Reservoir due to parking chaos and...
It’s big, it’s bold, it’s becoming a familiar sight in Swansea Bay and now the Immbulance, the vaccination clinic on wheels, has made the Port Talbot...
Neath Port Talbot Hospital has taken delivery of a new state-of-the-art scanner that will enhance the diagnostic facilities there. The MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) scanner uses...
A Port Talbot mum whose child imagined the Covid virus was “like a giant, scary T-Rex” has written a picture book designed to help youngsters overcome...
Neath Port Talbot Council is warning people who attended the evening session at Neath’s Castle Bingo on Monday 17 May to get tested for COVID if...
Children and young people living in Swansea, Neath and Port Talbot will be able to use an anonymous digital counselling and support service designed to safeguard...
People in Swansea and Neath Port Talbot are being urged to keep socially distancing and get their Covid-19 vaccination as soon as they’re called, because Coronavirus...
South Wales Police are highlighting the potential dangers of inhaling nitrous oxide, known as laughing gas. They say they are “concerned for young people’s safety” and...
Connectus Electrical, a specialist electrical contractor based in Alltwen, near Pontardawe in the Swansea Valley, is enjoying a surge in demand thanks to its specific expertise around renewables –...
Port Talbot’s Aberavon Beach has won a prestigious Seaside Award in the 2021 Wales Coastal Awards run by Keep Wales Tidy. The award’s flag is a...
Improvements to the Active Travel route alongside the towpath between Neath and Tonna have been completed. The latest in Neath Port Talbot Council’s growing network of...
Corey Evans, aged 23, from Aberavon was sentenced on Tuesday (11 May) to a total of 4 years in person following an attempted robbery. Evans entered...
Neath Port Talbot Council is aiming to begin work on a £700,000 drainage project in Ystalyfera in July 2021 which will reduce the flood risk to...
Port Talbot-based Deer Technology has secured equity investment totalling £1.32 million and announced a £2.5 million contract win with Wave, a leading retailer in the non-household...
Two men from Neath Port Talbot were sentenced to a total of 5 years and 4 months on Thursday 29 April for supplying class A drugs....
Neath Port Talbot Council is reminding people that putting too much food down for wild pigeons and other birds can attract rats. Due to many town...
Young people from Neath Port Talbot are starring in a new video of their inspirational cover version of Times Like These by American rock band Foo...
Neath Port Talbot Council has said that a Fun Day event planned by the organiser for Neath’s Gnoll Estate Country Park this Bank Holiday weekend cannot...
So many people have been visiting Brombil Reservoir in Margam, Neath Port Talbot to take photos for social media that they’re causing a parking nightmare for...
Neath Port Talbot Council are reminding dog owners the annual Public Space Protection Order (PSPO) covering Aberavon Beach and its promenade comes into effect on 1...
People who have phoned a free advice line run by the councils and partner organisations in Swansea and Neath Port Talbot to check whether they are...
South Wales Police are appealing for information after three mobility scooters were stolen from Gnoll Country Park overnight on Sunday 25 April into Monday 26 April....
Neath Port Talbot Council has added to the many congratulations heaped on Sir Anthony Hopkins who won The Best Actor award at the 2021 Oscars ceremony....
Neath Port Talbot Council is making changes to the recycling service for businesses and larger complexes of flats. The Council says the service is part of...
A man was due in court this morning, charged with wounding with intent following an assault in Neath on Monday afternoon (April 19). Police were called...
Work is set to begin on an ambitious £13m regeneration project that will see the creation of 55 new homes and the transformation of 72 existing...
Police are appealing for information after a 24 year-old man was assaulted outside Hikary’s Fishbar in Neath just before 4pm yesterday (19 April). Chief Inspector James...
Three people are currently in police custody following a disturbance in Neath which left eight people – including three officers – injured. Police were called to...
Neath Port Talbot Council has issued a statement regarding the use of The Ambassador Hotel in Neath as temporary homeless accommodation. They say that recent spates...
Swansea Bay University Health Board has said that so many people had asked to join their reserve list for COVID-19 vaccinations that they’ve set up an...
Swansea Bay University Health Board has announced that they are currently two weeks ahead of their original COVID-19 vaccination plan in Swansea and Neath Port Talbot,...
59 dogs have been retrieved during police operations across Swansea Neath Port Talbot, in conjunction with the RSPCA, Animal Welfare and the NCA, on Wednesday, 31st...
Neath Port Talbot Council’s Countryside and Wildlife Team has begun a project to re-introduce grazing animals to the Bryn Tip Local Nature Reserve in the Afan...
Neath Port Talbot Council and Swansea Bay Health Board are urging people to continue social distancing in the light of a surge in COVID cases in...
Neath Port Talbot Council’s IDVA (Independent Domestic Violence Advisors) team has been recognised for its potentially life-saving work at the 2021 High Sheriff of West Glamorgan...
Neath Port Talbot Council will be carrying out more than £2m worth of work to help reduce the risk of flooding to local communities across the...
Families are being urged to stick to important social distancing rules after a cluster of Covid-19 cases have been linked to potentially illegal household gatherings in...
A new unit has been set up to help women in Wales who experience serious mental health problems during pregnancy and following the birth of their...
Housing and Local Government Minister Julie James has announced an extra £12m of funding for local authorities to fix potholes and improve roads, pavements and active...
Margam Country Park’s iconic Orangery was lit up as was the Impressive Pontardawe Arts Centre building and from many Neath Port Talbot doorsteps, the lights of...
Plans for the construction of a world class rail testing facility on a former opencast mining site at the head of the Dulais and Tawe Valleys...
Swansea is leading the way in adapting to new ways of accessing the NHS since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. Nearly 10 percent of patients...
The last of 13 defendants has appeared in court following an illegal rave in Banwen on August Bank Holiday weekend, breaching Coronavirus rules.. Nigel Harris, aged...
Neath Port Talbot Council say they’re working hard to tackle fly tipping issues affecting an area of privately owned land in Neath Abbey. The council has...
Cllr John Warman has been sworn in as the Mayor of Neath Port Talbot for 2021/22. Cllr Warman took up his new role at Neath Port...
The Duke of Cambridge made a special phone call to Swansea Bay University Health Board this week, to thank all our NHS staff for their efforts...
The Leader of Neath Port Talbot Council, Cllr Ted Latham, has welcomed the announcement of just over a million pounds of Welsh Government funding for road...
Work on regenerating the Harbourside Strategic Employment Site in Port Talbot’s former docks area is to begin on 22 March. Improvement work at the site will...
Welsh Government, along with 5 local council’s are consulting on new plans to improve rail services in South West Wales. These include increased frequency of long-distance...
Richard John Evans, of Brook Street, Port Talbot, a director of Crystal Style Home Improvements Ltd, was sentenced to 34 months in prison at Swansea Crown...
A new ID card has been launched in Neath Port Talbot to ensure young carers are recognised for their role in looking after family members. The...
ID cards for young carers to help easily identify themselves as having a caring role are launching across 11 local authorities – including Swansea and Neath...
A partnership between Tai Tarian and Neath Port Talbot Council’s Cabinet Member for Community Safety and Public Protection, Cllr Leanne Jones, has paved the way for...
Neath-based construction company, J.G. Hale Construction, and housing developer, Coastal Housing – partners on an exciting and innovative new development in the heart of Neath town centre – have combined forces to provide much-needed funds for one local charity. J.G....
Drug users across Swansea and Neath Port Talbot are being urged to be extra cautious as there are concerns a particularly bad batch of steroids is...
Neath Port Talbot Council has entered into an agreement with Persimmon Homes West Wales to build almost 140 houses on the site of the former Afan...
A report to be considered by Neath Port Talbot Council’s Cabinet next week is now recommending an initial 3.75% proposed Council Tax rise for 2021/22 be...
The announcement of a £30m UK Government contribution to a planned rail testing complex between Neath Port Talbot and Powys has been welcomed by the councils...
Work by Neath Port Talbot Council to transform the iconic former Metal Box factory in Neath into a business zone for job creation is progressing, with...
Three people from Neath Port Talbot, including a 12-year-old boy recovering from cancer who saved a man from drowning, have been shortlisted for the Welsh Government’s...
First Minister Mark Drakeford convened a mines safety summit today to address the safety and the environmental impacts of Wales’ disused coal mines, after a mine...
Neath Port Talbot Council is set to begin making its second round of phone calls this week to check on the welfare of those residents who...
Ministry of Furniture, the company which emerged from Remploy Furniture, has returned to its roots, in part, by making a significant investment in skills and technology...
Welsh Government Ministers have announced over £21.5m to help councils across the country fix flood damage to roads, bridges and boardwalks. The funding includes £718,000 for...
Arrests in Sketty, Brynhyfryd and Clydach follow an intensive operation targeting drug dealers across Swansea, Neath and Port Talbot. The operation consisted of increased patrols by...
South Wales Police are urging walkers living in rural areas who are using the countryside on their doorstep to take their daily exercise to stick to...
Work has started on a new Splash Pad attraction for children and families to replace the popular former Aquasplash facility at the Aberavon Seafront. The new...
Ministry of Furniture, the company which emerged from Wales’ Remploy Furniture in 2014, has made a significant investment in its workforce creating eight new positions at...
A mobile hairdresser from Port Talbot has been served with a fixed penalty notice for allegedly flouting Coronavirus regulations by carrying on her business at a...