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‘Songwriting instead of doomscrolling’: project inspires Welsh valleys towns to tune into their heritage

Community groups and schools work with Wales’s folk arts organisation to set stories of the area’s people to music

The Guardian - UK

Wales and Scotland should consider mayoral devolution, Burnham suggests

The Prime Minister also said Wales’s appeals to get control over the Crown Estate will be ‘given a fair hearing’.

Evening Standard

Eerie silence and ‘still surviving’: what happened next after steel town’s last blast furnace shut down

Exhibition in Port Talbot is part of project exploring how communities experience endings and transitions

The Guardian - UK

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Unions attack ‘year-long delay’ for Tata Steel furnace’s grid connection in south Wales

Government urged to help speed up vital industrial project amid growing alarm over National Grid delays

The Guardian - UK

Tata Steel shares fall 3% after fire breaks out at UK’s Port Talbot plant

Tata Steel shares dropped nearly 3% after a fire at its Port Talbot plant in the UK forced a temporary halt to operations. While emergency services extinguished the blaze, the extent of operational impact is still being assessed.

The Economic Times

Tata Steel fire: Massive blaze erupts at UK plant in Port Talbot, staff evacuated safely

A fire broke out at Tata Steel's UK plant in Port Talbot, south Wales, on Wednesday night, prompting a large-scale emergency response as authorities advised nearby residents to remain indoors.

The Times of India

Huge fire breaks out at Tata Steel in Port Talbot – what we know

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Fire crews battling large blaze at Tata Steel plant in Port Talbot

Staff have been safely evacuated with firefighters tackling the blaze overnight

The Independent UK

‘We have been profoundly let down’: Voters in one of Labour’s safest seats consider switching sides

The ties between south Wales and Labour run deep, and Aberavon has long been one of the party’s safest seats. But with the town of Port Talbot still reeling from the closure of the steelworks, Holly Evans meets locals who are, for the first time, considering a vote for a…

The Independent UK

Minister insists UK steel tariff plans are ‘not very Donald Trump’

The Government wants up to 50% of steel used in the UK to be made in the country, up from 30%.

Evening Standard

UK to double steel tariffs to 50% to save plants from collapse

Business secretary announces new measures during visit to Tata’s Port Talbot plant

The Guardian - UK

Newly discovered ‘Port Talbot Pompeii’ may have been Roman centre for agriculture

Academics say the villa, found in Welsh deer park, shows the area was not on fringes of Roman empire

The Guardian - UK

Huge Roman villa found in Wales dubbed ‘Port Talbot’s Pompeii’

Surveys unexpectedly reveal buried remains of largest Roman villa ever found in Wales

The Independent UK

Reform UK would be ‘catastrophic’ for businesses, Welsh First Minister says

Baroness Eluned Morgan was in Port Talbot to announce a new £547 million funding pot from the UK Government to create new jobs and boost productivity.

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The Conversation

Attachment to our home town runs deep – so what happens when it faces dramatic change?

When the news broke in the autumn of 2023 that the blast furnaces at the steelworks in Port Talbot, south Wales, were closing, the headlines were laced with emotion: “devastating”, “fear”, “end of an era”. For many in the town, it wasn’t just the loss of 3,000 jobs, it was…

The Conversation

Port Talbot, one year on: steelworks closure shows why public is losing trust in net zero

The rolling mills are still working, but the furnaces are long cold. Of the 4,000 people previously employed at the steel mill in Port Talbot, Wales, only half still work there. Despite union protests and local rallies, one year ago on September 30 2024, the plant’s last coal-burning blast furnace…

Evening Standard

Michael Sheen ‘worried’ about opportunities for young people getting into acting

The actor was speaking about what it had been like to attend youth theatre in Port Talbot growing up.

The Independent UK

Steel company fined £1.5m following death of ‘much-loved’ contractor

Justin Day, 44, from Llansamlet, Swansea, died from injuries he sustained while working at the Port Talbot site

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Evening Standard

Port Talbot moves towards arc furnace future with groundbreaking ceremony

Ministers and Tata chiefs will mark the beginning of construction of the new electric arc furnace with a groundbreaking ceremony.

The Independent UK

Nigel Farage ‘not interested in Wales’, Starmer claims

Reform UK is looking to end Labour’s 26 years of domination at the Senedd elections in May next year.

Evening Standard

Reynolds: Port Talbot plant does not meet US rules to get steel tariff exemption

Negotiations are ongoing to secure the outstanding tariff agreements.

Evening Standard

Nigel Farage calls for ‘re-industrialisation’ of Wales

Nigel Farage has called for the blast furnaces in Port Talbot to be reopened and for Wales to start producing coal again.

Evening Standard

Farage to call for Port Talbot blast furnaces to reopen

Mr Farage will pitch Reform UK as Labour’s main challenger in the Welsh elections next year.

The Guardian - UK

‘Welsh is a living, breathing language’: joy as Port Talbot hosts Eisteddfod yr Urdd

Youth festival celebrating Welsh culture has brought delight at a rough time after closure of steelworks last year

The Guardian - UK

Port Talbot Gotta Banksy review – street art Santa’s awkward gift to small town

Play edited from 150 hours of interviews shows how working-class communities are always subject to the whims of global market forces – be those of steel or the art world

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