Lewis Smith
Community News Reporter at WalesOnline
Local Democracy Reporter at Herald.Wales
Wales Online: Local Democracy Reporter covering Bridgend and Neath Port Talbot. Glamorgan Gazette, Western Mail, South Wales Echo 🏴
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1 day ago |
walesonline.co.uk | Lewis Smith
They would see dedicated areas created for passengers who need extra help when travellingA planning application for works to make Bridgend railway station more accessible for disabled passengers has been submitted to the county borough council. The Network Rail proposal will look to provide improved facilities for staff and passengers at the town's Grade II-listed station.
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1 day ago |
walesonline.co.uk | Lewis Smith
The land was previously used as a council yard and a petrol stationLong-term proposals to build a new Aldi and Starbucks Coffee shop on a vacant site in Aberavon have been approved by the local council. The development will take place on a plot of land known as Burrows Yard, a brownfield site near Port Talbot town centre between Afan Way, Water Street, and Isaac's Place.
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1 week ago |
walesonline.co.uk | Lewis Smith
Samantha Theron's popular coffee shop business might be in the way of a plan to bring the town's bus and rail services together in one locationA business owner in the heart of a Welsh town says she fears having her popular coffee shop demolished in the coming years after proposals to create a new multi-million pound transport hub were released.
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1 week ago |
herald.wales | Lewis Smith
MORE than £20 million worth of funding has been approved from the Tata Steel/Port Talbot Transition Board this month for work on three multi-million regeneration schemes. The announcement made on May 22, 2025, is the latest round of funding from the board, for projects it says will support more than 270 jobs along with the creation of additional construction jobs in the area.
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1 week ago |
herald.wales | Lewis Smith
MEMBERS of Bridgend council have been updated on issues with the recruitment of seasonal staff which has led to delays in grass-cutting across the county borough. The update came as part of an all-member briefing from the council’s cabinet member for climate change and environment Cllr Paul Davies. This was later shared by the Bridgend County Independents group who said they had been reporting cases of grassed areas not being cut on residents’ behalf.
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