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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?

The Guardian - UK

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.

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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.

Evening Standard

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.

The Independent UK

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 Guardian - 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.

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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.

Evening Standard

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 Guardian - UK

Fund will help steelworkers affected by job losses

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

The Independent UK

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’.

Evening Standard

Friday briefing: What the end of Port Talbot steelworks says about Britain’s green energy transition

In today’s newsletter: The end of coal, steel plants facing closure – how the UK is trying to build a post-fossil fuel economy

The Guardian - UK

Depression and closed shops: Port Talbot residents fear impact of blast furnace closure

Demise of steelworks in Welsh town taking heavy toll, with job losses and higher rates of mental illness

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‘It’s heartbreaking’: gloom in Port Talbot as steel town’s last blast furnace closes

As workers finish their final shift, local people lament the end of an era and fear devastating impact in south Wales

The Guardian - UK

Port Talbot: steel town braces for shutdown of its last blast furnace

Closure to make way for greener electric arc furnace deals heavy blow to local people and ends ability to make ‘virgin steel’

The Conversation

Why the UK government’s £500 million investment in Port Talbot is not enough to secure the British steel industry

At first glance, a £500 million government investment into a critical industry looks like a move designed to inspire confidence. But the large sum will provide little comfort to the 2,500 people expected to lose their jobs as Tata Steel close the UK’s last blast furnace at Port Talbot in…

The Independent UK

Port Talbot: Labour’s deal for steel workers explained as 2,500 job losses announced

Labour has revised a deal drawn up by Conservative government but failed to prevent the thousands of job losses

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Port Talbot job losses: what’s next for British steel production?

Privatisation, a lack of industrial strategy and cheap imports have all but buried domestic steel output but there is hope for the future

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People in Port Talbot: how will the steelworks job cuts affect the town?

We would like to hear about the impact of the job cuts on workers and their families, as well as the local community and businesses

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Blow for British steel industry as 2,500 jobs go at Port Talbot

Confirmation comes despite £500m government funding towards building new greener arc furnace at plant

The Guardian - UK

British steel industry braces for 2,500 job cuts at Port Talbot in government deal

Details of taxpayer-funded rescue plan for Tata-owned south Wales plant are expected on Wednesday

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‘I wanted to be seen as the greatest actor of all time. Then I realised that was nonsense’: Michael Sheen on pride, parenting and paying it forward

He’s the feted star who cracked Hollywood, but it was only when he swapped LA for his home town in Wales that he was able to do his most meaningful work yet

The Guardian - UK

Steelmakers fire up to swap centuries-old reliance on coal for electric arc furnaces

As Tata Steel and British Steel close their polluting blast furnaces, will Labour get behind the switch to more energy-efficient technology – and secure jobs?

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UK will press for job promises in return for Port Talbot investment

New business secretary Jonathan Reynolds confirms that negotiations with owner Tata Steel are continuing

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