Port Talbot, United Kingdom News

Two directors of a company whose storage premises caught fire requiring a month-long, A 2.6m fire fighting effort have pleaded guilty today to environmental offences.

A VETERAN Labour councillor has resigned from the party after losing his place in Neath Port Talbot Council's cabinet.

Drivers who go on speed awareness courses are guaranteed that the fees they pay will be spent on road safety - but this may not necessarily be the case The Irish second-row has only ever known disappointment in a Lions jersey, having been part of the unsuccessful tours to New Zealand and South Africa in 2005 and 2009, but now fells there will be ... (more)

THE Mayor of Neath Port Talbot confessed to having a tear in her eye when she recently visited an exhibition.

After a winning 98 for the Glamorgan one-day side and a century for the seconds, Cooke's 70 guided Port Talbot to victory over South Wales reigning champion Ammanford GLAMORGAN batsman Chris Cooke rounded off a memorable week in steering Port Talbot Town to five-wicket victory over reigning champions Ammanford at The New Mansel, writes Tony Poole.

COMPETITORS tackle the fourth round of the 2013 Pirelli MSA Welsh Stage Rally Champion- ship, the Severn Valley Stages, today.

Neath Port Talbot Council refused permission for the detached house to go up on land at The Rectory in Cwmnantllwyd Road.

The derelict art-deco Plaza Cinema in the centre of Port Talbot may now be able to look forward to a brighter future It has long fallen into disrepair since film stars Richard Burton and Sir Anthony Hopkins graced its seats to watch their early movie heroes.

Wales' richest man, a comedy star and a choirboy turned TV presenter are among those celebrated in the Queen's Birthday Honours list.

A reported sighting of an adder which led to part of a primary school being closed was a case of "mistaken identity", a governor says.

The latest figures show that 467 Police Community Safety Officers have begun work across Wales with the remaining expected to be trained and deployed by September 2013.

Jason Evans admits sexually assaulting a teenager on a train as he returned home to Cardiff after watching his brother win an Olympic silver medal On this week's Focus on Rugby, Jon Doel and Andy Howell discuss how the Lions Test team is shaping up ahead of the clash against the Waratahs Bon Jovi rocked the Cardiff City Stadium with a blistering ... (more)

The Sea Cadets in Port Talbot have had their rundown base revamped. The group's grade two listed centre at the old docks in Port Talbot looked impressive from the outside but inside it was in desperate need of a makeover.

A NEW road bridge costing 6 million will help ease congestion at one of Port Talbot's most notorious traffic bottlenecks.

In recent years newspapers have cut jobs and some have closed leading to a reduction in the coverage of local issues and Welsh politics - described as the "democratic deficit".

Smokers will be urged not to light up around children's park playgrounds in Swansea, Neath Port Talbot and Bridgend as part of a campaign.

A reported sighting of an adder which led to part of a primary school being closed was a case of "mistaken identity", a governor says.

The culprits got into the Fit4Less gym in Acacia Avenue, Sandfields, sometime between 6pm on Sunday and 5.30am yesterday.

A COMMUNITY fuel club has saved residents of a Carmarthenshire village more than A 11,500 in just four months.

Surrey sends almost as many young people to the UK's elite universities as Wales and the north-east of England combined Just four students from a total of five Welsh councils were offered places in the UK's top universities last year, new figures have revealed.