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I’ve got a motorway in my garden – it’s my shelter in hot weather https://www.allforgardening.com/1889115/ive-got-a-motorway-in-my-garden-its-my-shelter-in-hot-weather/ #AimeeLipley #garden #M4Motorway #motorways #NarelleCowan #PortTalbot
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I’ve got a motorway in my garden – it’s my shelter in hot weather https://www.allforgardening.com/1889115/ive-got-a-motorway-in-my-garden-its-my-shelter-in-hot-weather/ #AimeeLipley #garden #M4Motorway #motorways #NarelleCowan #PortTalbot
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Roman Villa Uncovered in Wales Signals Major Historical Find
Largest Roman villa ever found in Wales discovered in Margam Country Park. Find out what this means for history and local tourism.
#RomanWales, #MargamPark, #PortTalbot, #Archaeology, #HistoryFind
https://newsletter.tf/largest-roman-villa-in-wales-found-margam/
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Roman Villa Uncovered in Wales Signals Major Historical Find
Largest Roman villa ever found in Wales discovered in Margam Country Park. Find out what this means for history and local tourism.
#RomanWales, #MargamPark, #PortTalbot, #Archaeology, #HistoryFind
https://newsletter.tf/largest-roman-villa-in-wales-found-margam/
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The largest Roman villa in Wales, measuring 141 feet long, has been found. This is much bigger than other Roman sites found before.
#RomanWales, #MargamPark, #PortTalbot, #Archaeology, #HistoryFind
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The largest Roman villa in Wales, measuring 141 feet long, has been found. This is much bigger than other Roman sites found before.
#RomanWales, #MargamPark, #PortTalbot, #Archaeology, #HistoryFind
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Wales’ 12 best Italian restaurants are revealed https://www.diningandcooking.com/2521113/wales-12-best-italian-restaurants-are-revealed/ #Abergavenny #cardiff #Ceredigion #Cwmbran #dinner #Italia #Italian #ItalianDinner #italiano #italy #newport #PortTalbot #Restaurants #Rhyl #Swansea
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Wales’ 12 best Italian restaurants are revealed https://www.diningandcooking.com/2521113/wales-12-best-italian-restaurants-are-revealed/ #Abergavenny #cardiff #Ceredigion #Cwmbran #dinner #Italia #Italian #ItalianDinner #italiano #italy #newport #PortTalbot #Restaurants #Rhyl #Swansea
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Roman villa discovered near Port Talbot:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgk8j1gkxelo
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A Roman villa find could be ‘Port Talbot’s Pompeii’.
Archaeologists have discovered the largest Roman villa ever found in Wales in an “amazing discovery” which they say has the potential to be “Port Talbot’s Pompeii”.
The villa lies less than a metre under Margam Country Park.
#Archaeology #Wales #RomanVilla #PortTalbot #Romans #History #UK
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A Roman villa find could be ‘Port Talbot’s Pompeii’.
Archaeologists have discovered the largest Roman villa ever found in Wales in an “amazing discovery” which they say has the potential to be “Port Talbot’s Pompeii”.
The villa lies less than a metre under Margam Country Park.
#Archaeology #Wales #RomanVilla #PortTalbot #Romans #History #UK
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“I fed eight for £27!” – Port Talbot dad’s Christmas dinner bargain
Festive feast on a shoestring Simon Jones, 57, says tight budgets won’t stop him p…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #Frenchfamilymeals #budgetcooking #christmas #christmasdinner #FairforYou #familymeals #festivesavings #Food&Drink #francais #france #French #groceries #groceryshopping #iceland #MichaelSheen #PortTalbot #SimonJones
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“I fed eight for £27!” – Port Talbot dad’s Christmas dinner bargain https://www.diningandcooking.com/2428907/i-fed-eight-for-27-port-talbot-dads-christmas-dinner-bargain/ #BudgetCooking #christmas #ChristmasDinner #FairForYou #FamilyMeals #FestiveSavings #Food&Drink #francais #france #French #FrenchFamilyMeals #groceries #GroceryShopping #iceland #MichaelSheen #PortTalbot #SimonJones
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“I fed eight for £27!” – Port Talbot dad’s Christmas dinner bargain https://www.diningandcooking.com/2428907/i-fed-eight-for-27-port-talbot-dads-christmas-dinner-bargain/ #BudgetCooking #christmas #ChristmasDinner #FairForYou #FamilyMeals #FestiveSavings #Food&Drink #francais #france #French #FrenchFamilyMeals #groceries #GroceryShopping #iceland #MichaelSheen #PortTalbot #SimonJones
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Making tracks: Port Talbot Parkway - Jon Gower goes in search of the spirit of Port Talbot.
Jon Gower is Transport for Wales’ writer-in-residence. He will be travelling the breadth and length of the country over the course of a year, reporting on his travels and gathering material for The Great Book of Wales, to be published by the H’mm Foundation in late 2026.
🏴 https://nation.cymru/feature/making-tracks-port-talbot-parkway/
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Making tracks: Port Talbot Parkway - Jon Gower goes in search of the spirit of Port Talbot.
Jon Gower is Transport for Wales’ writer-in-residence. He will be travelling the breadth and length of the country over the course of a year, reporting on his travels and gathering material for The Great Book of Wales, to be published by the H’mm Foundation in late 2026.
🏴 https://nation.cymru/feature/making-tracks-port-talbot-parkway/
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Ymlacio ar ôl diwrnod gwlyb iawn yn #Eisteddfod Yr #Urdd.
Da iawn i'r trefnwyr a'r cystadleuwyr - cyfle ardderchog i bobl ifainc.
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Transport for Wales Names New Train Ahead of Youth Festival http://dlvr.it/TKdpDF #Network #PortTalbot #RailNews #TransportforWales
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Transport for Wales Names New Train Ahead of Youth Festival http://dlvr.it/TKdpDF #Network #PortTalbot #RailNews #TransportforWales
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Over ‘300 skilled jobs’ secured for Port Talbot Steel works green transition plan
Tata Steel say the new jobs in the local supply chain will be part of new contracts signed with Bridgend-based companies Darlow Lloyd & Sons, Wernick Buildings, and Swansea-based business, Andrew Scott Ltd.
Darlow Lloyd & Sons will play a key role in the initial phases of the project, overseeing excavation, recycling, infrastructure, and drainage works essential to the site’s transition to Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) steelmaking.
Director, Rhys Lloyd, said: “We are delighted to announce this partnership which will boost employment across Neath Port Talbot and lay the foundation for future growth across the manufacturing sector.
“Our involvement in this transformation is not only a privilege, but fundamental to maintaining our strong presence and heritage at the site.
“This collaboration safeguards our experienced workforce and allows us to appoint local experts with transferable skillsets to this once-in-a-lifetime project.”
AdvertisementCritical infrastructure, including the construction of a new scrap yard to manage the inflow of UK-sourced used steel as a feedstock for the new Electric Arc Furnace (EAF), will be completed by Andrew Scott Ltd.
David Evan Williams, Civil Contracts Director said: “Having worked major on civil and construction projects at Port Talbot since the late 1800s, our involvement in this transformation is not only a privilege, but fundamental to maintaining our strong presence and heritage at the site.
“We have committed to supporting local talent, ensuring that we fill positions with our skilled workforce, alongside experienced former Tata Steel workers and experts in the supply chain. As work progresses, we aim to provide further opportunities for individuals in surrounding communities to help deliver this exciting vision.”
Ben Wernick, Managing Director, Wernick Buildings added: “We are thrilled to bring our wealth of experience in the modular construction sector to deliver the centrepiece of Port Talbot’s contractor village; an 8500 square metre space spanning three buildings, comprised of offices and welfare zones.
“90% of the workers we employ to build this impressive space will be from communities surrounding the steelworks – spanning Swansea, Neath Port Talbot and Cardiff – allowing us to nurture and grow regional talent.”
AdvertisementUK Industry Minister, Sarah Jones commented: “Today’s news is a major boost for communities in South Wales, delivering high-skilled opportunities for local people, and will help Welsh steelmaking to drive growth and attract further investment as part of our Plan for Change.”
Secretary of State for Wales Jo Stevens added: “We have supported Tata Steel with £500m to safeguard Welsh steelmaking and I’m pleased that the company is itself investing in the local supply chain, securing hundreds of jobs and driving economic growth.
“It is fantastic news for the South Wales economy that local firms have secured these major contracts to deliver the transformation of steelmaking at Port Talbot.”
Lloyd Bryant, Head of Infrastructure & Amenities, Tata Steel, concluded: “The expertise of these long-standing contractors is key to the success of our transformation.
“We look forward to collaborating with them, under Sir Robert McAlpine’s supervision, to safeguard the future of sustainable steelmaking in the area, securing jobs and ensuring the long-term viability of steelmaking in Wales for generations.”
Advertisementhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AxsEV-Y1Ys
#AndrewScottLtd #construction #DarlowLloydSons #industry #PortTalbot #PortTalbotSteelworks #steelworks #TataSteel #WernickBuildings
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Plans revealed for Port Talbot eco-school
Planning consultants Asbri Planning have released the details as part of a pre-planning consultation with the local community, ahead of the council submitting a formal planning application.
The proposals call for the demolition of the existing primary school and Tir Morfa Centre, and construction of a new school incorporating community facilities, a sports pitch and play areas, as well as highway and access improvements to the site.
The school will be packed with energy efficient technology including a ground source heat pump system and photovoltaic panels.
Plans say the use of carbon intensive materials will be discouraged where practicable in favour of natural and renewable materials and the use of recycled materials, where appropriate, will be encouraged.
It’s proposed that the new school will include a Welsh Language Immersion Unit and Community Hub delivering a range of educational and community services provided by Neath Port Talbot Council, partner organisations and voluntary groups.
AdvertisementThe school design is part of the Welsh Government’s ‘Sustainable Schools Challenge’ and have been designed with help from school pupils.
Neath Port Talbot Council declined to comment on the proposal until a decision on planning approval has been made.
The consultation on the plans for new school is open on Asbri Planning’s website until 16 April 2025.
(Lead image: Asbri Planning)
Advertisement#construction #education #NeathPortTalbotCouncil #newSchool #PortTalbot #Sandfields #YsgolGynraddGymraegRhosafan
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GB Railfreight starts new freight service to Wales http://dlvr.it/TJSS2l #Bristol #GBRailfreight #PortTalbot #RailNews
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GB Railfreight starts new freight service to Wales http://dlvr.it/TJSS2l #Bristol #GBRailfreight #PortTalbot #RailNews
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"The system doesn’t work any more. But people find it easier to imagine the end of the world than something that’s a credible alternative to capitalism. I think people really feel there’s something intrinsically wrong and flawed with the system, and recognise that it needs radical change, but the only people who are offering radical change are people who are dangerous. And there’s no good end to that.”
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"The system doesn’t work any more. But people find it easier to imagine the end of the world than something that’s a credible alternative to capitalism. I think people really feel there’s something intrinsically wrong and flawed with the system, and recognise that it needs radical change, but the only people who are offering radical change are people who are dangerous. And there’s no good end to that.”
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In #PortTalbot wurden 2024 die zwei Hochöfen zur Eisenproduktion von #Tata stillgelegt. Sie sollen später durch Lichtbogenöfen ersetzt werden, um Schrott wieder einzuschmelzen.
Damit verbleiben in #UK noch die beiden Hochöfen in #Scunthorpe von #BritishSteel, die auch bald stillgelegt und möglicherweise durch Lichtbogenöfen ersetzt werden sollen.
In #Teesside könnte auch ein Lichtbogenofen gebaut werden.
#Stahl
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"The last remaining blast furnace in Port Talbot will stop producing steel on Monday, ending the traditional method of steelmaking in south Wales."
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"The last remaining blast furnace in Port Talbot will stop producing steel on Monday, ending the traditional method of steelmaking in south Wales."
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The blast furnaces of Port Talbot blow hot and cold for rail freight http://dlvr.it/TD7g6x #DBCargoUK #freeport #InDepth #PortTalbot
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The blast furnaces of Port Talbot blow hot and cold for rail freight http://dlvr.it/TD7g2B #DBCargoUK #freeport #InDepth #PortTalbot
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The blast furnaces of Port Talbot blow hot and cold for rail freight http://dlvr.it/TD7g2B #DBCargoUK #freeport #InDepth #PortTalbot
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@BBCNews I'm not a fan of nationalising everything, but if the Government has to give a steel company half a billion pounds of subsidy, I'd much prefer that the Government took at least partial if not full ownership. If nothing else, this would give them oversight of how the money is being spent.
#UK #politics #economy #steel #production #industry #PortTalbot #Tata #TataSteel
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Swansea and Cardiff are now connected via verified Slow Ways after I completed Port Talbot to Swansea today. Quite an urban and industrial route but lots to see while walking. It took me to places I never knew existed! #SlowWays #Walking #Cerdded #Hiking #InterCityNetwork #Swansea #Abertawe #Caerdydd #Cardiff #PortTalbot #Wales #Cymru #Glamorgan
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Swansea and Cardiff are now connected via verified Slow Ways after I completed Port Talbot to Swansea today. Quite an urban and industrial route but lots to see while walking. It took me to places I never knew existed! #SlowWays #Walking #Cerdded #Hiking #InterCityNetwork #Swansea #Abertawe #Caerdydd #Cardiff #PortTalbot #Wales #Cymru #Glamorgan
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Artwork Highlight: Port Talbot print series by Tracey Moberly and Sarah Hopkins
ArtisAnn Gallery, 70 Bloomfield Avenue, Belfast, BT5 5AE
Tue - Fri: 11am to 6pm ; Sat: Noon to 5pm
https://artisann.org/collections/port-talbot
Even better – You can buy art from us and spread the cost over 10 months!
Own Art can be arranged online via our website and you can complete the application, in a few minutes, in the comfort of your own home.
#art #artist #Wales #PortTalbot #Belfast #ArtGallery #Screenprint #Print
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I’m creeping closer to joining up Abertawe and Caerdydd with another 5 ⭐️ Slow Ways route from Y Pil to Port Talbot. Perfect route for wheels with a cycle path and Wales Coast Path running between the two settlements via Margam Park. #Abertawe #Swansea #Caerdydd #Cardiff #YPil #Pyle #PortTalbot #Margam #MargamPark #SlowWays #Bridgend #PenybontYrOgwr #Wales #Cymru #CoastPath #Cerdded #Cymraeg
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I’m creeping closer to joining up Abertawe and Caerdydd with another 5 ⭐️ Slow Ways route from Y Pil to Port Talbot. Perfect route for wheels with a cycle path and Wales Coast Path running between the two settlements via Margam Park. #Abertawe #Swansea #Caerdydd #Cardiff #YPil #Pyle #PortTalbot #Margam #MargamPark #SlowWays #Bridgend #PenybontYrOgwr #Wales #Cymru #CoastPath #Cerdded #Cymraeg
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The fascinating pictures which show Tata's Port Talbot steelworks before it changes forever
#WalesPol #UKPol #PortTalbot #TataSteel #Wales #Cymru
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/gallery/fascinating-pictures-show-tatas-port-29181921
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Tata threatens to withdraw their "generous" redundancy offer if Port Talbot steelworkers go on strike
We need to renationalise the steel industry, although obviously that isn't currently likely to happen
#WalesPol #UKPol #TataSteel #PortTalbot #Steel #Labour #PlaidCymru #Tories #LibDems #GreenParty #ReformUK
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/tata-threatens-withdrawn-generous-redundancy-28901482
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"It’s a tale of civil war and family strife, a series that installs a militarised hard border between England and Wales and effectively turns all the Celts into outlaws. It used to be that people visited border town Hay-on-Wye to buy books. Now they come seeking shelter and a secret route into England."
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Spent some time yesterday at the very soggy #KenfigPool in #KenfigNationalNatureReserve. Love this place and it sums up South #Wales for me, where the beauty of #Nature bumps up against the brutal (and beautiful in it's own way) man made industrial landscape of #TATASteel in #PortTalbot
You can see more of my photos at:
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For those of you keeping track of #NigelFarage's mendacity, in light of the shift of the UK's #steel industry into the recycling business (with the closure of facilities that produce steel from scratch), you may recall this tweet from Farage in advance of the #Brexit vote.
h/t DoctorMartinRemains (at the other place)
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So Port Talbot steelworks to close. That means no blast furnaces to smelt iron by reduction with coke in the UK. Now, when the Tories proposed the Woodhouse coal mine in Cumbria, it was to produce coking coal. With no demand for coke in the UK, who's going to buy any coal that the mine produces? Am I the only person to have noticed this?
https://www.westcumbriamining.com/woodhouse-colliery/
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We need to decarbonise industry, but unions need to be at the heart of a just transition. The GMB and Community unions proposed alternatives, but instead the UK Government are allowing Tata Steel to cut 2,800 jobs. 2,500 will be in Port Talbot
#WalesPol #UKPol #PortTalbot #Steel #JustTransition #Tories #Labour #GreenParty #LibDems #ReformUK
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UK government banging on about small boats of “illegal migrants” crossing the channel while a major economic & social disaster looms as #TataSteel look to close the #PortTalbot furnaces & remove not only the jobs of a whole community but the last major industrial enterprise in this country. Where are your identarian populists like #Farage or #Braverman on this?
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#PortTalbot situation raises many questions. Can electric arc furnaces process primary steel using green technology, workers rights & jobs, is it crucial that UK retains primary steel capacity etc? Experience says Tory Govt incompetent & uncaring in these situations https://rb.gy/tbvo4p #rejoinEU #ForeverEuropean #torycronyism #ToryCorruption
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If the #PortTalbot 'deal' to decarbonise #steel production (funding new technology, but also losing around 3,000 jobs) is typical, then the #GreentTransiton will need a clear & well supported plan for #workers transit into new sustainable industries/sectors.
The IMF reckons this will only effect around 1% of workers over the next decade (not unlike the the 4% reallocation of work by the shift to services since the 1980s), but what is key is the effected workers are supported, not abandoned!
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Took another #Wander in the hills above #PortTalbot today, following the #WalesCoastPath (alternative route) from #Brombil to #Taibach before heading for #Goytre and then back over the hill and passed #BrombilReservoir. Some great views over #Aberavon and #SwanseBay. Met some impressive looking Rams and a friendly #Goat...and a bonus (very small) #waterfall to finish off the walk.