BREXIT was top of the agenda at the second day of Plaid Cymru’s spring conference at Newport’s Riverfront theatre on Saturday. The second day of the two-day event saw a range of speeches and discussions involving AMs, MPs, MEPs, supporters and others on a range of topics.
Category: Neath and Port Talbot County, Wales
Welsh rugby international Elli Norkett dies in A4109 crash
A woman who died in a crash in Neath Port Talbot has been named as Wales rugby international Elli Norkett. She died in a two-car collision on the A4109 Inter Valley Road , between Banwen and Glynneath, at about 19:40 GMT on Saturday.
A Muslim teacher removed from a plane while on a school trip to the…
Juhel Miah, 25, was travelling to New York with a group from Llangatwg Comprehensive when he was removed from the plane A Muslim teacher who was removed from a US-bound plane by security officials while on a school trip said he was “made to feel like a criminal”. Juhel Miah was travelling with a group from Llangatwg Comprehensive in Port Talbot on a trip to New York when he was removed from the aircraft in Reykjavik, Iceland.
Ty Nant Cat Sanctuary saw the ‘best and worst’ of humanity
A cat rescue centre tucked away in the hills of Neath Port Talbot became the most famous in Wales last summer – but for all the wrong reasons. Three were found mauled to death, four were found caged and alive in a field behind the sanctuary, while three others are still missing but presumed dead.
Two appear in court over Newport golf club death
The body of Gareth Pugh, 29, of Glynneath was retrieved from a lake within the grounds of the golf club near Wentloog in February TWO men have appeared in court accused of manslaughter by gross negligence following the death of a man at Peterstone Golf Club a year ago. Jonathan Dean Pike, 47, of Sarn Helen, Ystradfellte, Aberdare and Dale Dean Pike, 25, of Chain Walk, Glynneath were present at Cardiff Crown Court.
Hospital staff set to strike over pay ‘anomalies’
Members of public sector Unison working in the sterilisation and disinfection units and the x-ray departments at Morriston, Singleton, Neath Port Talbot and Princess of Wales hospitals have voted in favour of strike action. Union members say the action, by band 2 assistant technical officers in the units, will “seriously disrupt” non-emergency surgery and follows a dispute with employers Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board.
Newport-born actor Michael Sheen dismisses claims he is giving up acting full-time for activism
BORN actor Michael Sheen has dismissed claims that he is swapping Hollywood to become a full-time activist following an interview with the Times. The 47-year-old actor was quoted as saying that he could step back from his acting career to become more involved with political issues in his hometown of Port Talbot.
Michael Sheen puts activism before acting to fight rise of ‘hard populist right’
Michael Sheen is stepping back from his acting career to fight against the rise of the “hard populist right” as an activist. Michael Sheen is stepping back from his acting career to fight against the rise of the “hard populist right” as an activist.