Press Releases

Final Call! Limited Spots Remaining for Parc Margam 10k and 5k Run 2025!

Time is running out to register for the highly anticipated Parc Margam 10k & 5k Run!

Just days left to nominate for the Mayor of Neath Port Talbot Citizen Awards 2025!

Nominations for this year’s Mayor of Neath Port Talbot Citizen Awards, which recognise unsung heroes from across NPT who make a real difference to our communities, close at midday on Wednesday, March 19th, 2025.

Meet the machines all set to make a splash in Neath Port Talbot's vital drainage works!

Three new machines will be hard at work on Neath Port Talbot’s highway and flood risk infrastructure projects as well as clearing debris from ditches and culverts.

Tributes paid to former Council Leader Alun Thomas OBE

Tributes were made to former Leader of Neath Port Talbot Council Alun Thomas at a meeting of Council on Wednesday (March 5th).

Committee hears ‘good progress’ being made on promoting Welsh across Neath Port Talbot

The announcement that Margam Country Park will house Urdd Gobaith Cymru’s National Eisteddfod 2025, the decision of Neath Port Talbot Council’s Youth Council to appoint its first Welsh Language Champion and a rise in hits on the council’s ‘Learning and Using Welsh’ page.

PARKING SCAM WARNING

NEATH PORT TALBOT COUNCIL is warning drivers to be vigilant after fake QR codes were discovered on parking machines in the Swansea Valley.

Roll up for a really big new attraction at Aberavon Seafront!

Neath Port Talbot Council has entered into an agreement with long established fairground company Studts Events Ltd to bring a spectacular, 118ft high ‘big wheel’ ride to the Aberavon Seafront this year.

We want your views on our management of flood risk

People are being asked for their views on Neath Port Talbot Council’s draft Local Flood Risk Management Strategy and Plan (LFRMSP).

Neath Port Talbot’s budget 2025/26 – protecting your services in challenging times

DESPITE HUGE FINANCIAL pressures Neath Port Talbot Council hopes to deliver a 2025/26 budget for its residents without significant cuts in essential services like social services, housing and specialist education for which demand is soaring.

Avian Influenza Alert

The UK is currently experiencing outbreaks of Avian Influenza (AI). Wild birds migrating to the UK over winter can spread AI to poultry and other captive birds.