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A tree planting campaign hopes it will bring a breath of fresh air to Port Talbot
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ABERAVON MP Hywel Francis is backing calls for an urgent meeting with Prime Minister David Cameron on Tata Steel’s decision to axe nearly 600 jobs in Wales, including around 500 in Port Talbot. He said: “I was pleased the meeting of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Steel has agreed unanimously to call for an urgent...
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ABERAVON MP Hywel Francis has warned the UK Government that it needs to do more to protect the Welsh steel industry, following today’s announcement that Tata Steel is axing 600 jobs in South Wales, including 500 in Port Talbot. He said: “The announcement of 500 redundancies at Tata Steel Port Talbot is grim news...
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IT’S party time for youngsters in Port Talbot – Christmas party time! And NSA Afan have a whole host of delights on offer at this year’s special Christmas Fayre, which will be held at the NSA Development Centre in Bevin Avenue, Sandfields, on Friday, December 7. They include a chance to meet Santa, bouncy...
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THE Welsh Government has launched a 12-week consultation on its draft Clean Air for Port Talbot short-term action plan. Historically, the town has a high level of pollution that is generally attributed to the industrial nature of the area. In addition, there are emissions from road transport. The Assembly Government has produced a short-term...
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A £9.7 MILLION plan to upgrade Port Talbot railway station has been announced by the Assembly Government. It was named last year in a report criticising stations in Wales not fully accessible to disabled people. Plans include a new enclosed footbridge with lifts providing step-free access to the island platform. Campaigners have criticised the...
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ONE of the candidates for the post of police and crime commissioner in South Wales has herself become a victim of crime. Caroline Jones, of the Welsh Conservatives, had her business premises – the Baker Boy café in Porthcawl – broken into in the early hours of Sunday, prompting her to renew a pledge...
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A FAMILY-RUN football club in Margam is a step nearer its goal of providing top quality soccer training for more kids, thanks to a donation from Tata Steel. Margam Minis will use the gift to buy new equipment for the teams, and to help towards the cost of hiring Afan College’s Astroturf facilities to...
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  PORT Talbot’s leading Labour politicians have urged the Westminster Government to back Tata’s strategy for steel making in the town. Aberavon MP Hywel Francis and AM David Rees toured the works with MEP Derek Vaughan. Tata has called on the Government to encourage further investment in the steel industry in Wales by looking at...
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AN historic bridge in Port Talbot has been demolished to make way for the new Harbour Way road project. Cefn Gwrgan bridge, which has been the main entrance to the Margam steelworks for more than 60 years, had to be removed to make way for a new, 150-metre long road-over-rail bridge that forms an...
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