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A computer-generated image shows the sprawling site of the steelworks in Port Talbot. A long grey structure represents the new electric arc furnace on the banks of a small lake. It is surrounded by older steel infrastructure including buildings and chimneys, while the terraced houses of Port Talbot and green hills can be seen in the background.

Energy cost cuts to 'boost' thousands of new jobs

Tata's electric arc furnace will benefit from reduced electricity costs, the UK government says.

A man wearing a red t shirt and black baseball cap stood in front of a high street on a sunny day.

New wind farms' impact to be 'felt for generations'

Port Talbot and Bristol are the likely locations for where the turbines will be assembled.

Jak Powles who has brown hair and is wearing a red lions rugby shirt, with his arm around his father Carl, who has short dark hair, glasses and a beard and is wearing a black Port Talbot Panthers shirt. Behind them is a grass rugby pitch.

Man's rugby success after bike crash brain injury

Jak Powles prepares for the mixed ability rugby World Cup which gets under way in Spain next week.

A side-view of Nigel Farage who is stood in front of a dark background. He is wearing a white shirt, dark suit and a tie.

Reform wants to bring blast furnaces back to Wales, says Farage

Farage said British coal should be used to fuel the steelworks, whose furnaces shut last year.

A man with white hair and glasses, wearing a black tux and shirt with his arm around a blonde woman in a blue dress. On her other side is a man with curly dark hair in a tux with a white shirt, Michael Sheen. They are all looking at the camera and smiling.

Sheen says late dad inspired desire to help others

Meyrick Sheen, who was a stalwart of the Port Talbot community, died last month aged 85.

Cassius Walker Hunt wears a khaki green jacket with San Portablo, the name of his business, embroidered on it and a green and black Carharrt apron and blue cap. He is pictured in front of his coffee van which has a red dragon painted on the side and the words Draig, commission by Portablo Coffi for the Eisteddfod

Eisteddfod boost for town hit by mass job losses

The Eisteddfod in Margam Park gives a boost to nearby Port Talbot, where thousands lost their jobs.

A sign which reads Croeso in different colours in front of Margam Park castle, along with the Urdd symbol. Margam Park castle is an impressive stone historic building with towers, with a hedge and stone wall in front.

Everything you need to know about Eisteddfod yr Urdd 2025

The steel town of Port Talbot is ready to welcome thousands of visitors to the Urdd Eisteddfod.

David Ejimofor smiling in a class photo at school. You can see a green and yellow tie being worn by one of his classmates behind him.

Lifeguard may have deterred boy from fatal pier jump

David Ejimofor, 15, died at Aberavon beach, Neath Port Talbot, on 19 June 2023.

David Ejimofor smiling in a class photo at school. You can see a green and yellow tie being worn by one of his classmates behind him.

Lifeguard hours 'scaled back' at pier jump beach

Patrols were reduced in 2010 at the beach where David Ejimofor died in 2023, an inquest hears.