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Welsh-speaker Rachel has worked as a journalist since 2000, primarily in magazines. She was editor of The Big Issue Cymru, and has also written and edited numerous staff magazines, books, websites and a university newspaper. She has won awards for her feature writing, and was part of a team that gained the Crystal Mark for the Transport for London website. She is researching a PhD in journalism studies at Cardiff University, looking at what happens to democracy in a town that loses its local newspaper; Port Talbot is her case study. Rachel's first job was in the Council Tax department of NPT Council. She was born in Neath and lives in Swansea.

Morfa Beach campaign launches petition

AN ONLINE petition started by a local campaign group has reached 200 signatures in just three days. The petition was started by members of the Save Morfa Beach group, which is lobbying the Welsh Assembly Government to help keep public rights of way to the beach open to the public. Last year, Monty Python...
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Council election is a Labour landslide

LABOUR won a resounding victory in Neath Port Talbot last night, winning 52 of the council’s 64 seats and ousting Plaid Cymru, Neath Port Talbot Independent Party and Social Democrat Party incumbents. In the 2008 election, Labour won 37 of the seats, meaning a gain of 15 seats for the majority party. Social Democrat...
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Port Talbot elections 2012

We are providing up-to-the-minute coverage of the council elections from the press room at the Port Talbot civic centre. You can follow the action on Twitter (@LNPTMagnet) or on Facebook (www.facebook.com/porttalbotmagnet). We will also post results here as we get them. We’ll post results and headline news for Aberavon, Baglan, Bryn and Cwmavon, Cymmer,...
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Morfa Beach campaign’s election hopes

CAMPAIGNERS fighting to protect access to Morfa Beach have said they are confident local councillors will support their campaign after this week’s local elections. Charles Smith, who chairs the group Save Morfa Beach, wrote to all the candidates standing for election in the 42 Neath and Port Talbot wards, and asked whether they supported...
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Choir heads to Spain, mainly on plane

A THREE-year-old Port Talbot choir is venturing off to Spain for its first international concert tour tomorrow. More than half of the 56-member Cor Serenata will jet to Alicante tomorrow in readiness for two concerts over the weekend. “We are rehearsing at Blanco’s and then the coach is picking us up at 1am to...
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‘Save our buildings’ – demo planned

CAMPAIGNERS hoping to save two historic Port Talbot buildings are staging a demonstration this weekend with just days to go before demolition is due to begin. The group Hands Off Our Heritage has been campaigning to save Customs House and Royal Buildings from demolition for more than two years, and has exhausted many of...
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Premiere a magical night for Port Talbot

PORT TALBOT was transformed last night into a place of magic and myths when Hollywood stars turned out for the gala world premiere of the film The Gospel Of Us, the feature film of last year’s live production The Passion which starred award-winning local actor Michael Sheen. Not only was the unlikely setting of...
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Sheen’s charity Passion appeal

Hollywood and Passion star Michael Sheen has made an appeal to fans of The Passion to support Port Talbot charities by buying official Passion merchandise this weekend. The Baglan-raised actor has released a range of t-shirts, hoodies, mugs and bags which feature iconic images from The Passion, and all the profits will go to...
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Passion programme: now taking orders

From today, Port Talbot MagNet is offering you the chance to pre-order your own copy of the Passion: Memory souvenir programme. The programme is an official National Theatre Wales publication, and will be an essential companion to The Passion: Memory exhibition, the world premiere screenings of the film, The Gospel Of Us and the...
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Passion film – age certificate confirmed

The certification of the Passion film The Gospel Of Us has been confirmed as 12A for its Port Talbot premiere, the film production company has said. Soda Pictures, which is promoting the film, confirmed late last night that they had received the certification from Neath Port Talbot Council’s licensing committee. The decision means that...
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