The Latest Breaking News from Pontardawe

The ghost school and the crumbling swimming pool - the massive problems that now need solving in the Swansea Valley

Council bosses decided not to go ahead with plans for a new super school in Pontardawe - but it's left them with two very tricky issues that may cost tens of millions to solve

Wales Online · Apr 27, 2023

Controversial plans for new Swansea Valleys super school scrapped

The long-standing plans would have seen primary schools at Alltwen, Llangiwg and Godre'rgraig closed and replaced by a new school in Pontardawe

Wales Online · Apr 20, 2023

Decision on controversial Swansea Valley school plans to be made next week

The proposals have been met with fierce opposition from parents, teachers, and residents

Wales Online · Apr 14, 2023

'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

Problems with unsafe Pontardawe Swimming Pool closed for emergency repairs were first found EIGHT years ago

Some of those issues were still outstanding, councillors have heard at a meeting which was also told urgent work to deal with structural issues in pool tank walls and columns would only extend the life of the pool for two more years

Wales Online · Dec 1, 2022

Pontardawe swimming pool is closed immediately after potentially dangerous defects are found

The site at King George V Park is due to be closed for around two months after engineers found defects in columns beneath spectator seating and a 'void' around the training pool

Wales Online · Nov 29, 2022

Town's pharmacy crisis leaves resident 'head butting a stone wall to shock myself out of pain'

The community in Pontardawe is demanding better pharmacy services out of fears for some patients' safety

Wales Online · Nov 13, 2022

People queuing 90 minutes for prescriptions in town suffering pharmacy crisis

It is a busy lunchtime in the Swansea valley town of Pontardawe. People are visiting their local bakery to get a bite to eat and picking up their prescriptions from the high street. Perhaps at first glance, you would not guess there were any tensions

Wales Online · Nov 1, 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

'I've got more in common with the moon than Radnor': The Valleys town being dumped in a mid Wales political constituency

Pontardawe, in the Swansea Valley, is being joined with large parts of rural Powys in the Boundary Commission for Wales' proposed new political map for the next General Election

Wales Online · Oct 22, 2022