The Latest Breaking News from Neath Port Talbot Council

'Excessively loud' Pontardawe pub comes to agreement with council after complaints

Environmental health officers from Neath Port Talbot Council carried out a noise monitoring programme at the venue

Wales Online · Feb 1, 2023

'You're talking absolutely huge amounts of money': The massive opportunities a freeport would create for Port Talbot

Karen Jones, chief executive of Neath Port Talbot Council, said a successful freeport bid for south west Wales would mean a much brighter future

Wales Online · Feb 1, 2023

The Welsh country park and waterfalls which have been given £17.7m to realise their potential

The money has come from the UK Government's Levelling Up Fund

Wales Online · Jan 20, 2023

The Welsh council that wants to meet residents face to face to talk about its multi-million pound budget gap and what that means

The council has previously announced that their estimated energy costs alone will rise by £8m in 2023-24

Wales Online · Nov 28, 2022

Freeport focused on green energy could create over 16,000 new jobs and £5.5 billion new investment, claims backers

The Celtic Freeport would deliver an accelerated pathway for Wales’ net zero economy says its members

Birmingham Post · Nov 23, 2022

The 'austerity on steroids’ facing Welsh councils and what it will likely mean for you and me

Local authorities across Wales have warned they face a potential budget gap of more than £500 million next year

Wales Online · Nov 6, 2022

£250m adventure resort could get the green light early next week

Tuesday is D-Day for the team behind the Wildfox Resort in the Afan Valley

Wales Online · Nov 3, 2022

Remembrance Day Parade in Port Talbot will not be taking place this year after 'shift in the stance of police forces towards security'

Neath Port Talbot Council said the parade would not go ahead after "a national shift in the stance of police forces towards security at parade"

Wales Online · Nov 1, 2022

Man used to be manager at B&Q with wife, kids and home - now he's on the streets

Philip Turner, like many others, has been on the streets for the last four years and despite the economic crisis and difficulties he faces, is still hopeful that he can turn his life around

Daily Mirror · Oct 29, 2022

High Court ruling on Swansea Valley super school plan means more uncertainty for parents and children, says Labour

An organisation promoting Welsh-language education has welcomed the High Court ruling, but the Labour Group on the council has claimed it just delays pupils being able to study in a new state-of-the-art school

Wales Online · Oct 25, 2022