Articles...
Jan 3 2008
AN ANTI-BULLYING drive was boosted by pupils from Neath Port Talbot schools....
Jan 3 2008
Dulais Valley housewife Linda Ware completed her 12-week campaign of living on nothing but locally-sourced food on December 22. Here’s how she got on in her final week....
Jan 3 2008
A SKEWEN resident has spoken out in support of youngsters who have sprayed graffiti over a canal wall....
Jan 3 2008
NEATH lives and property could be at risk if Pontardawe Fire Station is downgraded, an Assembly Member has said....
Jan 3 2008
POLICE want to trace a Briton Ferry man who has been missing for seven years....
Jan 3 2008
ORGANISERS of Glynneath’s Boxing Day Run have renamed a trophy in memory of the 44-year-old runner who died at this year’s event....
Jan 3 2008
COUCH potatoes’ pipe dreams of riding the waves at Aberavon Beach this winter have become a reality, thanks to a Port Talbot-based venture....
Jan 3 2008
IT’S official – some of the brightest students in Wales live in Neath Port Talbot....
Jan 3 2008
COUNCIL flats will be safe as houses – literally – thanks to a £41,000 security improvement scheme....
Jan 3 2008
CLAIMS of rowdy revellers, sexual comments made to a 10-year-old and after-hours drinking have prompted calls for a Neath nightspot to be closed down....
Jan 3 2008
A FAMILY resource centre in Resolven has celebrated its official opening with a £5,231 donation from HSBC....
Jan 3 2008
A NEATH Port Talbot midwife who turned up for work smelling of alcohol has been struck off the UK register after being found guilty of misconduct....
Jan 3 2008
Now 2007 has come to an end, we would like to give a big ‘thank you’ to everyone who has supported the work of Marie Curie Cancer Care in West Wales....
Jan 3 2008
A NEW Year’s Eve party in Cilfrew was cancelled after councillors turned down a request to use the village community centre because of health and safety concerns....
Jan 3 2008
INCREASES in the Severn Bridge Tolls are crippling the Welsh economy, according to a Cimla councillor....
Jan 3 2008
NEATH AM Gwenda Thomas has criticised the way a £32,000 windfall from an energy giant has been distributed....
Jan 3 2008
A CIMLA mother got an extra present that she was not expecting this Christmas....
Jan 3 2008
A KNIFE-WELDING robber threatened a Briton Ferry shop assistant before making off with cash and cigarettes....
Jan 3 2008
A NEATH Hair Salon held a charity horse race with a difference in memory of a colleague....
Jan 3 2008
A TREE is to be planted for every new baby and adopted child in Neath Port Talbot....
Jan 3 2008
A NEATH volunteer group has swept its way to success at an award ceremony held at Margam Orangery....
Jan 3 2008
RICHARD Burton’s widow has called on runners from all over the world to take part in the race dedicated to the Pontrhydyfen-born star....
Jan 3 2008
PROMISED to get fit in 2008?...
Jan 3 2008
I WENT along to Pyle Life Centre to listen to a meeting about the proposed extension of the opencast site at Parc Slip/Margam....
Jan 3 2008
SO the government has given the green light to Prenergy’s so-called green power station....
Jan 3 2008
HAVING read Mr Currie’s latest attack on our Member of Parliament, I feel I must say that he is being a little harsh in this season of goodwill....
Jan 3 2008
THE hypocrisy of plaid Cymru County Councillors Alun Llewellyn (Guardian, December 13) and Martyn Peters (December 20) is astounding....
Jan 3 2008
MARIE Curie are looking for adventurers for their latest challenge - a trek up the world’s most active volcano....
Jan 3 2008
IT was surprising to see council leader Derek Vaughan come out from behind the ruins of the Gwyn Hall and respond to my letter on the planning situation that has resulted in the approval of the Prenergy power station in Port Talbot....
Jan 3 2008
PEOPLE wanting to get back in trim after all the Christmas excess are being urged to take part in a charity slimathon....
Jan 3 2008
MAGICIAN and all-round family entertainer Chunkie Russell is coming to Briton Ferry on Friday....
Jan 3 2008
AN annual carol concert hosted by Tonna Male Voice Choir hit all the right notes, organisers have said....
Jan 3 2008
During my time as a county councillor, I was the first female chair of the social services committee at West Glamorgan Council and then at Neath Port Talbot Council, until my election as AM for Neath in 1999. I had a lot to do with carers in these roles....
Jan 3 2008
DO you know someone who has made an outstanding contribution to the community?...
Jan 3 2008
NEATH’S own weather girl Sian Lloyd has said her big day will be a discreet affair....
Jan 3 2008
KATE Moss could now never be forgiven for asking: ‘Who is Bethan Jenkins?’...
Jan 3 2008
MALTREATED horses and ponies in Neath are being helped by a team of people dedicated to saving their lives.The work of the Society for the Welfare of Horses and Ponies, at their horse hospital in Monmouth, often goes unseen by the general public but, after paying a visit, there is no doubt it is invaluable.Reporter Louise Dicks and photographer Graham Burton took a look at just what it takes to save a life – and heard some of the society’s real success stories....
Jan 3 2008
NEATH Port Talbot residents are being urged to do their bit to combat climate change and get recycling in 2008....
Jan 3 2008
NEATH and Port Talbot voters will get a “fresh, new vision” if they elect Plaid at May’s elections, the party had promised....
Jan 3 2008
CHRISTMAS day has been and gone, you’ve polished off the last of the leftovers and just about beaten the twin festive demons of hangover and indigestion....
Jan 3 2008
TWO venues at the heart of the Neath Port Talbot communities have received lottery grants....
Jan 3 2008
WELSH Water is working on a solution to prevent further flooding problems in Briton Ferry....
Jan 3 2008
FEARS over the future of Neath Port Talbot’s residential homes has prompted the council to speak out....
Jan 3 2008
FUNDRAISERS at a Glynneath church raised money for children in Africa by holding an African-themed event....