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UNBELIEVABLE: 6 | History Defined

The real story behind Steeltown Murders and the Saturday Night Strangler behind them

The painstaking police investigation has been turned into a new BBC drama

Wales Online

BBC The Way: Full cast list for Michael Sheen's Welsh-filmed drama with Steffan Rhodri and Luke Evans

Mali Harries, Sophie Melville and Callum Scott Howells also star in the new drama which is being filmed in Port Talbot

Wales Online

Steeltown Murders: is it a true story? Who is the serial killer? And where are the detectives now?

Steeltown Murders is based on a series of killings in Wales in the 1970s. But who was the culprit and how did the police catch him? Here’s everything you need to know…

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BBC Steeltown Murders: Airdate, cast, locations, real life plot and how many episodes

With a true crime story set in Port Talbot, a stellar cast and familiar locations, Steeltown Murders is one to watch

Wales Online

Tata Steel warns of 'uncertainty' over future of its operations in the UK as earnings nosedive

The steelworks in Port Talbot directly employs around 4,000 people comprising half of Tata Steel's UK workforce

Wales Online

Planning application for land at former Port Talbot school approved by council

It could now see the construction of 43 affordable properties built on the site

Wales Online

Neath Port Talbot Council to join national empty homes scheme

The £50 million Scheme is backed by Welsh Government

Wales Online

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The Regan Grace interview: My new target and long-term Wales hope after World Cup dream was wrecked

If ever someone deserved better fortune, it's the 26-year-old from Port Talbot

Wales Online

The ghost school and the crumbling swimming pool - the massive problems that now need solving in the Swansea Valley

Council bosses decided not to go ahead with plans for a new super school in Pontardawe - but it's left them with two very tricky issues that may cost tens of millions to solve

Wales Online

'Level playing field' with European competitors needed to decarbonise says Tata Steel

Tata said it wanted the same level of government support to decarbonise already being delivered to steelmakers in Europe

Birmingham Post

'We live under a busy motorway - it's not for everyone but we LOVE it'

Mums Joanna Care and Gabrielle Gillings from Port Talbot in Wales explain why they enjoy living under a 45ft high flyover

Daily Mirror

Residents oppose plans for solar farm and seven large wind turbines in a Welsh valley

The site would be named Hirfynydd Renewable Energy Park and would consist of up to seven turbines, a solar farm and battery storage facility

Wales Online

Controversial plans for new Swansea Valleys super school scrapped

The long-standing plans would have seen primary schools at Alltwen, Llangiwg and Godre'rgraig closed and replaced by a new school in Pontardawe

Wales Online

Consultations launched ahead of upgrades at historic Margam Castle in Port Talbot

The move comes after the local authority secured a grant from The National Lottery Heritage Fund in 2021

Wales Online

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The historical reason why money from the sale of a former Port Talbot comprehensive is going to spent in a special way

Glanafan Comprehensive School was closed in 2016 and declared surplus to council requirement

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Steeltown Murders: release date, plot, cast and all we know about the true crime drama

BBC One drama Steeltown Murders tells the tale of 'The Saturday Night Strangler' who terrorized Port Talbot in the 1970s.

Wales Online

BBC Steeltown Murders: First look at crime drama based on real life Port Talbot case

Stars of Gavin & Stacey, Life on Mars, The Pembrokeshire Murders and more star in a Welsh true crime drama, Steeltown Murders

Daily Mirror

Revellers clear up mess after 1,000 strong illegal rave that left four in hospital

Revellers who travelled to Kenfig Industrial Estate in Margam in the Welsh county borough of Neath Port Talbot over the weekend cleaned up the area and only left a small amount of rubbish

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Ketamine dealer was supplying customers in Port Talbot bar

When police searched Luke Williams' house they found half a kilo of ketamine and bottles of an American codeine-based syrup - a Class B drug

Birmingham Post

Welsh Government-owned land sold for new glass factory creating 100 new jobs and safeguarding 500

Glass Systems has bought the 30-acre site in Port Talbot from the Welsh Government for an undisclosed sum

Wales Online

Driver admits causing death of Port Talbot biker

Ralph Thompson changed his plea to guilty on the first day of his trial

Wales Online

Free school meals to be rolled out to almost 2,000 more children in Neath Port Talbot

An additional 1,908 children across the borough will now receive free school meals directly through their school

Wales Online

What's next for Port Talbot after 'truly transformational' Freeport bid is successful

'You have days when the sun shines and you look forward to your day, and today is definitely one of those as far as I'm concerned'

Birmingham Post

Port Talbot engineering firm acquires premises to combat rising rental costs

Foredowel secured £400,000 from Barclays to purchase its unit which it says will add extra security for the business

Daily Mirror

Victory for 16,000-job Celtic Freeport campaign to benefit wind farms and steel

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Welsh First Minister Mark Drakeford announced the go-ahead for two freeports in Wales, including a development based at Port Talbot and Milford Haven

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