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Council housing hand-over is 'hollow win' for authority

Council leader Ali Thomas.

COUNCIL tenants have voted to hand over their homes to a new landlord after a controversial ballot.

Campaigners who fought the transfer have condemned the outcome as a hollow victory for Neath Port Talbot Council.

More than 9,300 houses and flats will no longer be the council's responsibility but will be run by not-for-profit...

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Campaign delight at biomass decision

CAMPAIGNERS are celebrating after plans for another biomass plant in Port Talbot were thrown out amid claims the town has become a dumping ground. Councillors defied the expert advice of...

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Seriously injured driver is 31-year-old from Neath Valley

Gavin Walsh

A NEATH driver in intensive care after he crashed into a wall has been named locally as 31-year-old Gavin Walsh. He suffered "extensive...

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Man in intensive care in hospital after car crashes into wall

TWO people are in hospital, one of them in intensive care, following a crash last night. South Wales Police are appealing for witnesses following the collision, which happened at around...

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School buses facing axe to reduce costs

A REVIEW of school buses is under way to help Neath Port Talbot Council save money. But education chiefs have pledged parents and pupils will be consulted if there are to be any changes that...

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Bank manager arrested for child pornography offences jumped in front of train

A MARRIED Port Talbot bank manager, arrested for alleged child pornography offences, jumped in front of a 125mph express train to kill himself, a coroner heard. Philip Rosser sprinted across...


Man found dead in house

A POLICE investigation has been launched after a man was found dead at a house in Port Talbot. They have made one arrest in connection with the death, which is being treated as unexplained....





 

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Will Gatland's pain games serve up a grand finale or a bitter end?

Will Gatland's pain games serve up a grand finale or a bitter end?

IT is unclear if Amnesty Intern- ational have been monitoring events at Wales's base in the Vale of Glamorgan after the unveiling of the players' schedule ahead of the game with Italy.

Pain would be meted out on a scale the recipients had not experienced before, Warren Gatland announced.

If players made mistakes, there would be...

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Our fate is in our hands, says Ryan

RYAN Jones returns for Wales against Italy tomorrow with a clear message for his side: ''We have to put our own house in order.'' The national skipper is one of three Lions coming back into...

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Shutting Mr Motormouth up would be real result for Swans

Shutting Mr Motormouth up would be real result for Swans

SWANSEA City thought they had heard the last of Neil Warnock's not-so- dulcet tones this season. And they weren't disappointed. A manag...

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We're still on course, says Darren

We're still on course, says Darren

DARREN Pratley has urged Swansea City to pick their chins up ahead of tomorrow's game at Queens Park Rangers, insisting: "People never...

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Whites wait on injuries

SWANSEA will wait on a couple of fitness tests ahead of tonight's crunch Welsh Premiership title clash with Neath (7.15) as they bid to cope with a growing injury list. The second-placed...

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Town council is slammed as 'negative' over festival

PEMBREY and Burry Port Town Council has been criticised for its negative stance towards the planned Beach Break Festival set to take place this summer.

And a leaflet drop attacking the student get-together has been labelled a waste of money.

Vanessa Naylor, who lives in Lakelands, Pembrey, attended a meeting at the Ashburnham...

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Ocean scene by Swansea painter is setting sail for London auction

The painting, A two masted schooner passing an anchored merchantman off the Mumbles Lighthouse, South Wales, by James Harris, which is to be auctioned in London.

THE 200th anniversary of the birth of one of Swansea's most famous painters will see one of his works coming to auction — with a...

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Tuck into plate of tasty Thai cuisine

WHEN the old Ice House building in Swansea's posh SA1 docklands area was snapped up by new owners, it was given a facelift of Joan Rivers proportions. By far the biggest part of it is...

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Classic comedy

Shaun Williamson imparts some worldly wisdom to Godber (Daniel West) in Porridge.

LIKE Martin Clunes taking on the role of Reggie Perrin, some might say to step into Norman Stanley Fletcher's shoes is to trespass on...

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Katherine Jenkins never misses a note

Katherine Jenkins at the Cardiff Indoor Arena SEX and music have enjoyed a long and intimate relationship, but it has rarely got hot and steamy in the world of classical music. But since...

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