Over a billion euros spent on tsunami aid: Red Cross

"Three years on from the December 26 Indian Ocean tsunami, the International Red Cross said Wednesday that 1.2 billion euros (1.7 billion dollars) of aid will have helped almost four million people come the year-end.According to its tsunami three-year progress report, the...

Opera Singer Is TV Talent Winner

"Opera-singing phone salesman Paul Potts has won the final of TV variety show Britain's Got Talent. Potts, from Port Talbot, south Wales, beat six-year-old singer Connie Talbot, from Sutton Coldfield, who had wowed the judges, who included Simon Cowell. The winner of the ITV1...

PTC interviews Prenergy Power about Port Talbot power plant plans

"After mounting opposition for a newly proposed power station at Port Talbot's deep water harbour, Port Talbot Chat thought it prudent to give local residents other sides to the story."

Disabled Port Talbot children win gold medals

"A group of 19 young disabled people from Neath and Port Talbot, aged between 11 and 18, have had fantastic results this year in the British Wheelchair Sports Foundations National junior games. The Welsh Wonders Pan Disability Multi Sport Club, based in the Afan Lido at Port...

More opposition for a proposed new power plant in Port Talbot

"A proposal for a new green power station at Port Talbot's deep water harbour has been met with further opposition. Port Talbot Chat reported yesterday that local Sandfields East Councillor, Lella James, of the Independent Party, has started a petition opposing the plans (see...

New £600,000 drug centre opens in Port Talbot

"A new £600,000 drug centre has been officially opened at Talbot Road in Port Talbot. The new centre, run by West Glamorgan Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse (WGCADA) was jointly funded by the Welsh Assembly Substance Misuse Capital Fund, Big Lottery, the Neath Port Talbot...

£110m road scheme bridges gaps in Port Talbot

"A series of new footbridges along one of Port Talbot's key roads is taking shape. Five of the new structures are due to rise above Afan Way over the next few months - one has just gone up near the road's junction with Seaway Parade."

Port Talbot residents urged to leave a light on

"Residents in Neath and Port Talbot are being urged to leave a light on once clocks go back at the end of this month."

Residents of Neath Port Talbot warned of PDS delivery scam

"Residents in Neath and Port Talbot are being warned to be careful about a new postal scam operating in the area. Safer Neath Port Talbot are warning people about a new scam that sees cards being posted through front doors from company PDS (Parcel Delivery Service) asking...

Count Dracula is alive and well in Port Talbot

"Children at St Joseph's Comprehensive school, Aberavon, are staging a 3 day show, bringing Dracula back from the grave. The show, however, isn't based on the usual Dracula tale and is instead based on a young American school teacher."

AfanFm renames to Afan107 and sets to air fulltime

"Afan107, formally AfanFm, Port Talbot's own community radio station, is to start transmitting full time on St Davids day of next year. The local radio station, formed in March 2003, is Port Talbot's only dedicated local radio station."

Steelworkers at Port Talbot worry about job security

"Concerns about the future of Port Talbot steelworks has started to emerge after a takeover bid by India's Tata Steel Ltd looks set to be approved. Many steelworkers in the town are now wondering whether this will be the end of their jobs after India's Tata Steel Ltd won...