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The Latest Breaking News from Port Talbot

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

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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

Daily Mirror

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

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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

Wales Online

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.

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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

Wales Online

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…

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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

Wales Online

Neath Port Talbot Council to join national empty homes scheme

The £50 million Scheme is backed by Welsh Government

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The Regan Grace interview: My new target and long-term Wales hope after World Cup dream was wrecked

If ever someone deserved better fortune, it's the 26-year-old from Port Talbot

Wales Online

The ghost school and the crumbling swimming pool - the massive problems that now need solving in the Swansea Valley

Council bosses decided not to go ahead with plans for a new super school in Pontardawe - but it's left them with two very tricky issues that may cost tens of millions to solve

Birmingham Post

'Level playing field' with European competitors needed to decarbonise says Tata Steel

Tata said it wanted the same level of government support to decarbonise already being delivered to steelmakers in Europe

Daily Mirror

'We live under a busy motorway - it's not for everyone but we LOVE it'

Mums Joanna Care and Gabrielle Gillings from Port Talbot in Wales explain why they enjoy living under a 45ft high flyover

Wales Online

Residents oppose plans for solar farm and seven large wind turbines in a Welsh valley

The site would be named Hirfynydd Renewable Energy Park and would consist of up to seven turbines, a solar farm and battery storage facility

Wales Online

Controversial plans for new Swansea Valleys super school scrapped

The long-standing plans would have seen primary schools at Alltwen, Llangiwg and Godre'rgraig closed and replaced by a new school in Pontardawe

Wales Online

Consultations launched ahead of upgrades at historic Margam Castle in Port Talbot

The move comes after the local authority secured a grant from The National Lottery Heritage Fund in 2021

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