Press Releases

£9m third phase of improvement programme completes Welsh medium Swansea Valley school renewal

Pupils and staff at a Swansea Valley Welsh medium school are about to move into new £9m facilities which include a concert hall, canteen and kitchen, extra classrooms, a music and drama centre and modern sports pitches.

New expanded Work Station ready to help more people into work

A major extension to the Port Talbot based Work Station, an important asset in the drive to help those seeking employment and training, has been officially opened by Neath Port Talbot Council’s Leader Cllr Ted Latham and Chief Executive Karen Jones.

£1.14m Improvement scheme completed at Ysgol Gynradd Gymraeg Tyle’r Ynn

Pupils and staff at Ysgol Gynradd Gymraeg Tyle’r Ynn in Briton Ferry are benefiting from the successful completion of a school improvement project which has seen the provision of two extra classrooms and new Welsh medium childcare provision.

Update for Skewen residents from the Coal Authority (Friday 10 December)

Update for Skewen residents from the Coal Authority (Friday 10 December)

Update for Skewen residents from the Coal Authority (Friday 3 December)

Update for Skewen residents from the Coal Authority (Friday 3 December)

More room and new childcare setting for Neath Port Talbot Council Welsh-medium primary school

Pupils at Neath Port Talbot Council’s Welsh-medium 3-11 primary school Ysgol Gynradd Gymraeg (YGG) Cwmllynfell are enjoying extra space and modernised facilities after the successful completion of a £640,000 renewal project.

The multi-million pound projects which will help Neath Port Talbot meet Post Covid-era challenges

New and refurbished schools, the major redevelopment of Neath’s town centre, the building of a self powering technology centre to attract new jobs and investment and the nearly completed Plaza Cinema project in Port Talbot.

Fishpond Power - Margam Country Park Turbine Restoration Creates Renewable Energy Source

The historic turbine house located in Margam Country Park has been restored to once again provide electricity for the Margam Estate.

Castle Drive, Cimla culvert reconstruction - update

Neath Port Talbot Council has secured Welsh Government funding of £100,000 to design a replacement for the vital culvert at Castle Drive in Cimla, Neath, which collapsed due to torrential rainfall in October.

Bird Flu – further measure introduced to prevent spread

Neath Port Talbot residents are reminded that from this week all poultry and captive birds in the UK must be kept indoors in an effort to contain the spread of bird flu.