The Latest Breaking News from Aberavon beach

Schoolboy, 15, dies after jumping off pier in tradition to celebrate end of GCSEs

'Exemplary' student David Ejimofor, 15, died after jumping from a pier at Aberavon Beach in Port Talbot, Wales, as part of a coming of age tradition which has resulted in previous casualties

Daily Mirror · Jun 23, 2023

School pays beautiful tribute to boy who 'brightened up everybody around him' and died at beach

David Ejimofor, 15, died after getting into difficulty in the sea at Aberavon beach

Wales Online · Jun 23, 2023

Tribute to ‘vibrant and promising’ teenager who drowned after jumping off pier

David Ejimofor’s family have set up a petition calling for better safeguarding at Aberavon Beach in South Wales where he died.

The Independent UK · Jun 22, 2023

The Welsh beach plagued by 'defecation, drugs and verbal abuse'

"Sometimes we pray for rain just to stop them coming," said one resident

Wales Online · Jul 1, 2022