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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

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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

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Decision on controversial Swansea Valley school plans to be made next week

The proposals have been met with fierce opposition from parents, teachers, and residents

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The new McDonald's close to a school which has split a community

While some welcome the planned investment in to the area with 120 new jobs, others are worried about litter problems, traffic at school pick-up times and the impact on smaller businesses

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Father and son rush to save business after suspected arson sees huge fire destroy Pontardawe building

Three teenagers have been arrested on suspicion of arson in connection with the fire at The Old Brewery

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New McDonald's restaurant planned at Pontardawe Tesco site

The new restaurant is expected to create 120 new jobs

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Opposition still 'overwhelming' to replacing three schools in Swansea Valley with one big one

The consultation on plans for a £22m new school has been extended

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'Excessively loud' Pontardawe pub comes to agreement with council after complaints

Environmental health officers from Neath Port Talbot Council carried out a noise monitoring programme at the venue

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Problems with unsafe Pontardawe Swimming Pool closed for emergency repairs were first found EIGHT years ago

Some of those issues were still outstanding, councillors have heard at a meeting which was also told urgent work to deal with structural issues in pool tank walls and columns would only extend the life of the pool for two more years

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Pontardawe swimming pool is closed immediately after potentially dangerous defects are found

The site at King George V Park is due to be closed for around two months after engineers found defects in columns beneath spectator seating and a 'void' around the training pool

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Town's pharmacy crisis leaves resident 'head butting a stone wall to shock myself out of pain'

The community in Pontardawe is demanding better pharmacy services out of fears for some patients' safety

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People queuing 90 minutes for prescriptions in town suffering pharmacy crisis

It is a busy lunchtime in the Swansea valley town of Pontardawe. People are visiting their local bakery to get a bite to eat and picking up their prescriptions from the high street. Perhaps at first glance, you would not guess there were any tensions

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High Court ruling on Swansea Valley super school plan means more uncertainty for parents and children, says Labour

An organisation promoting Welsh-language education has welcomed the High Court ruling, but the Labour Group on the council has claimed it just delays pupils being able to study in a new state-of-the-art school

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'I've got more in common with the moon than Radnor': The Valleys town being dumped in a mid Wales political constituency

Pontardawe, in the Swansea Valley, is being joined with large parts of rural Powys in the Boundary Commission for Wales' proposed new political map for the next General Election

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The pizza shop giving away free hot takeaway meals to people using a foodbank

Flames Pizza in Pontardawe came up with the idea to help people struggling with the cost of living get a free hot meal they did not need to pay out on electricity or gas to cook

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Hundreds sign petition in defence of live music pub ordered by council to turn volume down

'Pontardawe has a long history with live music and greatly benefits economically from this tradition'

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The infamous Swansea valley nightclub that sold drinks for 10p and why its now offering something very different

The Mamas Paradise building has been transformed by three friends

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Jogger bitten by dog so hard its tooth broke off and became lodged in her bone

Holly-Jean Emery, aged 20, was attacked by the rottweiler, which was reportedly off its lead in Pontardawe, south Wales, and needed surgery in hospital after the attack

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'A dog bit me so hard it broke its tooth off in my bone'

Holly-Jean Emery was jogging in Pontardawe when she was attacked by a rottweiler, which was off the lead, and left covered in blood - she later needed surgery

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Hugely controversial plans to close three schools in the Swansea Valley are to be reviewed

The primary schools were set to shut in 2024, with pupils transferring to a new single establishment in Pontardawe

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Pontardawe pub with past noise issues granted permission to open new smoking shelter

The applicant said that use of the pavement outside the pub by smokers had caused a "number of problems regarding noise"

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Pontardawe pub with 'problems regarding noise' applies to vary premises licence

If approved, the alteration to the condition would allow the pub's beer garden to be used as a smoking area after 11.30pm

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