ABERAVON AM David Rees has stepped in to the row over the closure of acute medical services at Neath Port Talbot Hospital by calling for closer scrutiny of services at Morriston Hospital to ensure they do not become overloaded. Mr Rees attended a public meeting on the issue last week at the Dalton Road...
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STUDENTS across Port Talbot have been celebrating today after their A Level results were announced. For the seventh year in succession, the overall pass rate at Neath Port Talbot College exceeded 99 per cent and in 41 subjects out of the 46 offered, students achieved a remarkable 100 per cent pass rate. The results...
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ABERAVON AM David Rees has written to the Council to demand more details about the Afan Lido task and finish group. The Assembly Member wants to know what the Council’s task and finish group will be asked to do, and when it will release its findings. The move comes just weeks after the Council’s...
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AFAN LIDO campaigners have made their final case in front of a crowded public meeting at the Four Winds. This is the last public meeting they will hold before they hand in a petition containing thousands of signatures to Neath Port Talbot Council’s consultation on the rebuild of the leisure centre. Local councillors Ted...
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The skies may have been grey but that didn’t stop all the fun of the fair at the Aberavon Beach Festival on Saturday. Here’s our pick of 40 photos from our roving photographers, Ingrid Bousquet, Darren Boxer, Susan Plant and Lewis Thelwall. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit...
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WITH just under three weeks of the consultation period for the Afan Lido still to go, campaigners have this week stepped up their game, forming a committee and launching a petition. In a meeting on Wednesday night, the campaigners elected a five-strong committee and decided to continue contacting the press and making their views...
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Steelworks bosses say crucial new work will go ahead - and that's pleased Labour men
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LEADING politicians have condemned plans to close seven of the nine Remploy factories in Wales, including the plant in Swansea, with the potential loss of 272 jobs for disabled workers. Remploy workers demonstrate in Swansea. Aberavon MP Hywel Francis and AM David Rees said in a joint statement: “We deplore the closure of two-thirds...
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THREATENED clothing store Peacocks will stay in Port Talbot after a buyout by the national clothing retailer Edinburgh Woollen Mill. The Welsh-based Peacocks company, which had gone into administration after declines in consumer spending, was saved in the boyout. This week’s deal will see 388 Peacocks stores being taken on by the high street...
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A PORT Talbot armed forces project has been praised by politicians and fellow charity workers. Aberavon AM David Rees last week hailed the work of ExTRA, set up by NSA Sandfields, and has called on the Assembly Government to launch a similar scheme across Wales. His comments came in a speech calling for more effective support for...
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