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Schoolboy, 15, dies after jumping off pier in tradition to celebrate end of GCSEs

'Exemplary' student David Ejimofor, 15, died after jumping from a pier at Aberavon Beach in Port Talbot, Wales, as part of a coming of age tradition which has resulted in previous casualties

Daily Mirror

School shares sadness at death of teenager in incident at Aberavon beach

St Joseph's school in Port Talbot has shared news of the 'tragic and unexpected' death of one of their pupils

Wales Online

Tragedy as boy, 15, dies at popular beach after getting into difficulty in sea

Police received reports of boy in the sea at Aberavon beach in Port Talbot just before 7.10pm on Monday, June 19.

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Tragedy as boy, 15, dies after being pulled out of sea at UK beach

Police, coastguard and ambulance crews launched a huge rescue operation after being called to reports of a boy in the sea near Aberavon Beach, South Wales last night

Daily Mirror

The original home of Port Talbot's Banksy has been painted over with a new artwork mocking its removal

New street art has appeared on the garage in Port Talbot where Banksy painted Season's Greetings. It mocks the art dealer who bought the graffiti and moved it out of the town

Wales Online

Neath Port Talbot has highest amount of unpaid carers in Wales

The report was presented to the committee during National Carers Week

Wales Online

Welsh Government unable to deliver scale of investment needed to decarbonise Tata

Tata Steel has asked for £1.5bn in government financial aid for it to decarbonise its plant in Port Talbot

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Boy, 17, admits string of terror offences

He was arrested after a mural was daubed with racist graffiti

Wales Online

Plans submitted for controversial wind farm between Port Talbot and Maesteg

The proposal could be the highest onshore wind-farm in the UK

Wales Online

'It brings a tear to my eye' Captain Beany closes his famous Baked Beans museum for good

The famous Heinz Baked Beans museum has shut its doors after more than a decade

Wales Online

Hydrogen buses trialled in Neath Port Talbot and Swansea

South Wales Transport and Hyppo Hydrogen Solutions are providing the zero emission vehicles

Birmingham Post

Major changes planned for Gnoll Estate Country Park in Neath

The area has become a big attraction for both locals and visitors over the years

Wales Online

Work has started on the £250m new Wildfox adventure holiday resort in the Afan Valley

It will have zip lines, forest lodges and a spa

Wales Online

Boy, 16, dies on opening day of music festival as he's taken to hospital in ambulance

The 16-year-old had been attending the In It Together festival in Neath Port Talbot, Wales on Friday when he suffered a 'medical episode', say police

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Neath Port Talbot Council appoint leader and mayor at annual meeting

The council elects a new leader and mayor to lead and preside over council proceedings each year

Wales Online

Notorious dance group from Port Talbot to appear in Britain's Got Talent

The group of youngsters were invited to audition in Manchester in January and their performance will air in Saturday's programme

Wales Online

Company to be set up to deliver 'transformational' Celtic Freeport project promising 16,000 jobs for west Wales

The Celtic Freeport bid gained Government approval in March of 2023 and includes plans for delivering floating offshore wind turbines in the Celtic Sea

Wales Online

BBC Steeltown Murders star Scott Arthur quizzed the real-life cop he plays over dinner before filming

DCI Paul Bethell was part of the team that solved the 1973 Port Talbot murders

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How was the Steeltown Murders culprit caught? The incredible story behind catching Joseph Kappen 30 years after his crimes

How was the Steeltown Murders culprit caught? The BBC are dramatizing the case that went unsolved for so long - until chance DNA evidence emerged.

Wales Online

The real story behind Steeltown Murders and the Saturday Night Strangler behind them

The painstaking police investigation has been turned into a new BBC drama

Wales Online

BBC The Way: Full cast list for Michael Sheen's Welsh-filmed drama with Steffan Rhodri and Luke Evans

Mali Harries, Sophie Melville and Callum Scott Howells also star in the new drama which is being filmed in Port Talbot

WhatToWatch

Steeltown Murders: is it a true story? Who is the serial killer? And where are the detectives now?

Steeltown Murders is based on a series of killings in Wales in the 1970s. But who was the culprit and how did the police catch him? Here’s everything you need to know…

Wales Online

BBC Steeltown Murders: Airdate, cast, locations, real life plot and how many episodes

With a true crime story set in Port Talbot, a stellar cast and familiar locations, Steeltown Murders is one to watch

Wales Online

Tata Steel warns of 'uncertainty' over future of its operations in the UK as earnings nosedive

The steelworks in Port Talbot directly employs around 4,000 people comprising half of Tata Steel's UK workforce

Wales Online

Planning application for land at former Port Talbot school approved by council

It could now see the construction of 43 affordable properties built on the site

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