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Nigel Farage calls for ‘re-industrialisation’ of Wales

Nigel Farage has called for the blast furnaces in Port Talbot to be reopened and for Wales to start producing coal again.

Evening Standard

Farage to call for Port Talbot blast furnaces to reopen

Mr Farage will pitch Reform UK as Labour’s main challenger in the Welsh elections next year.

Evening Standard

‘Welsh is a living, breathing language’: joy as Port Talbot hosts Eisteddfod yr Urdd

Youth festival celebrating Welsh culture has brought delight at a rough time after closure of steelworks last year

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Port Talbot Gotta Banksy review – street art Santa’s awkward gift to small town

Play edited from 150 hours of interviews shows how working-class communities are always subject to the whims of global market forces – be those of steel or the art world

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Play to tell tale of surprise Banksy that appeared on garage in Port Talbot

Season’s Greetings, which was removed from the town much to residents’ sadness, is focus of touring show

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Plaid Cymru says Labour ‘abandoned’ Port Talbot steelworkers after Tata closure

Liz Saville Roberts says the Government does not know how many people have used a fund for retraining redundant workers.

Evening Standard

Britain must steel itself for the future

Brief letters: Saving Scunthorpe and Port Talbot | Supply security question | Anthemic way to stop the noise | Coffee and newspaper prices | Hay fever remedy

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‘To hell with RP’ … how surprise Olivier nominee Rosie Sheehy is following in Richard Burton’s footsteps

To survive in acting, she thought she had to nail received pronunciation. Then she remembered Port Talbot’s extraordinary lineage, reverted to her native accent – and everything changed

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Comparing Port Talbot with Scunthorpe ‘not entirely fair’, says union official

Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds has new powers to control steelworks in England.

Evening Standard

'Scotland is watching': Stephen Flynn presses Labour on Grangemouth nationalisation

SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn has questioned the UK Business Secretary on whether the UK Government would back the nationalisation of…

The National (Scotland)

Stop Brexit Man made Braverman’s then-chief of staff ‘feel a victim’, court told

Steve Bray, from Port Talbot, is known as Stop Brexit Man.

Evening Standard

‘His genius is elusive’: Harry Lawtey and Toby Jones on bringing Richard Burton back to the screen

In new film Mr Burton, the Industry star plays a young Richard Burton, with Jones as the mentor who helped him find his acting chops. The duo discuss trying to understand a cultural icon – and how to nail that voice

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Michael Sheen recounts UFOs sighting over Port Talbot: 'There's something going on'

Sheen first recalled an incident from his youth before sharing more recent experiences with the paranormal

Evening Standard

Michael Sheen may be a real-life Robin Hood in Port Talbot, but campaigning TV doesn’t get results

COMMENT: Phil Harrison admires the actor’s commitment to ending personal debts in ‘Michael Sheen’s Secret Million Pound Giveaway’, but says it won’t force politicians to act

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‘It’s not because I want people to think I’m great’: Michael Sheen on paying off £1m of his neighbours’ debts

The actor grew up poor, got rich, then lost everything backing the 2019 Homeless World Cup. Now he’s giving away more of his money to help 900 total strangers. Doesn’t he think he’s done enough?

Evening Standard

Steel giant Tata hails planning approval for Port Talbot plans

Tata is switching to an electric arc furnace-based steelmaking process which is greener, but needs fewer workers.

Evening Standard

Tragedy ‘must never be repeated’ say families of track workers struck by train

Network Rail was fined almost £4 million after the deaths of Gareth Delbridge and Michael ‘Spike’ Lewis on the tracks near Port Talbot in 2019.

The Independent UK

Network Rail fined £3.75m after deaths of two track workers

Gareth Delbridge, 64, and Michael Lewis, 58, were hit by a train while working for Network Rail near Margam, Port Talbot, in July 2019.

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Network Rail fined £3.75m for health and safety breaches that led to death of track workers

Gareth Delbridge and Michael ‘Spike’ Lewis died after being hit by a train near Port Talbot in July 2019

The Independent UK

Aberavon seek to ‘provide hope’ in Port Talbot as they make Challenge Cup return

The club are back in the competition for the first time in over two decades.

Evening Standard

Tributes paid to former councillor who died in road accident

Noel Crowley, 86, died in hospital three days after a road traffic collision in Port Talbot, South Wales.

The Guardian - UK

Tata Steel’s UK losses hit £1.1bn on cost of closing Port Talbot blast furnaces

Losses quadruple from a year earlier after decision to end primary steelmaking in south Wales with loss of 2,500 jobs

The Guardian - UK

Workers affected by Port Talbot closures to get up to £10,000 to start businesses

Exclusive: Welsh secretary to announce £80m funding to help 2,800 Tata steelworkers and local economy

The Independent UK

Fund will help steelworkers affected by job losses

It follows recent cuts at the Tata site in Port Talbot, Wales.

Evening Standard

New shadow Welsh secretary says Labour’s Port Talbot deal ‘identical’ to Tories’

Welsh Secretary Jo Stevens said the Tories owe the people of Port Talbot an apology for ‘failing to deliver a single penny’.

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