Press Releases

Life of generous heiress ‘Miss Emily Charlotte Talbot’ to be remembered

17 September 2018

She was once one of the wealthiest women in Britain who gave £4m to the WWI war effort, kept a loss making colliery going at her own expense and helped attract a new steel works to Port Talbot.

Awesome autumn safaris on offer at Margam Country Park!

14 September 2018

Margam Country Park is offering people the chance to “get up close and personal” to one of Britain's most exciting autumn wildlife spectacles by offering exclusive, Land Rover based “ Autumn Deer Rut Safaris”.

Neath Port Talbot Mayor visits 738th Great September Fair

13 September 2018

Neath Port Talbot Council Mayor Cllr Dennis Keogh opened the 2018 Great Neath September Fair this week when he took a first hand look at Wales’s oldest fair.

Council makes good start on improving lives – despite spending cuts

13 September 2018

Neath Port Talbot Council has made a good start on implementing dozens of programmes and actions aimed at improving people’s lives which have been included in its vision for the future – ShapingNPT – the Council’s Corporate Plan.

Funding secured to support rough sleepers

13 September 2018

The Safer Neath Port Talbot Partnership secured funding from the Welsh Government this year to extend the Homelessness Outreach Scheme delivered by Caer Las, a local provider of services to people who are experiencing profound social exclusion.

Country Park to stop energy costs going through the roof!

12 September 2018

Work has begun on a new “green” extension to the popular visitors’ centre at Neath’s Gnoll Country Park featuring a solar panel covered canopy.

Afan Valley education to move to new-build school

06 September 2018

Neath Port Talbot Council’s Cabinet has decided to provide secondary education for pupils from the upper Afan Valley at the £30m new-build Ysgol Cwm Brombil in Margam.

Neath Port Talbot Councillors face up to scale of the budget challenge

06 September 2018

Neath Port Talbot Council’s Cabinet and Cabinet Scrutiny Committee will next week (12 September) consider a report from Council officers setting out the very challenging budget situation that the authority faces and this warns of the very difficult decisions ahead over the next six months or so.

Views sought on Council’s Homelessness Strategy

06 September 2018

Neath Port Talbot Council is seeking views on its draft Homelessness Strategy for 2018 to 2022.

Council seeks graduates for its next generation of officers

03 September 2018

Neath Port Talbot Council is seeking to recruit graduates looking for rewarding careers in local government services like public lighting, building services, waste and highways.