Neath and Port Talbot County, Wales News

The boss of a tanning salon where a teenage schoolgirl suffered burns on a sunbed was today ordered by a judge to do 90 hours' community work.

POLICE in Swansea are investigating the sudden death of a 22-year-old man. His body was found at a house in Highmead Avenue, Newton, at around 8.20am today.

VERA Baird QC MP for Redcar has described the losses as "gut-wrenching". "This is a gut-wrenching disappointment after all the effort and the hopes won by the sheer doggedness of our workers at Corus since the consortium left last April," she said.

PARENTAL fears are being blamed for figures showing just 4% of children cycle to school, even though half of all pupils would like to.

Hundreds of railway signalling workers are to take six days of strike action in a row over rosters, threatening "massive disruption" to services, it was announced today.

A street was evacuated during the early hours after a fire spread through the attic space of three homes.

TWO members of Swansea Council's Neighbourhood Support Unit have been honoured for their bravery for saving the life of a tenant caught in a burning building.

People charged with assaulting hospital staff after drinking in Swansea are to be banned from the city's pubs and clubs over Christmas.

NEATH defend an unbeaten 10-match run when Prestatyn Town visit the Gnoll today.

A JUDGE has ordered a re-trial of two men who deny causing the death of a Swansea taxi driver by dangerous driving.

FIREFIGHTERS from across the region are tackling a large blaze on the outskirts of Swansea.

A husband who walked free after strangling his wife during a nightmare revealed today he has been told by psychiatrists never to sleep with anyone again.

A TEENAGER made a gun gesture with his hand towards a shop manager before shouting threats and an obscenity about Allah.

Prosecutors have defended a murder charge against a man who blamed a sleep disorder after he killed his wife while he said he was dreaming about an intruder.

A DRUNKEN man jumped up and down on top of a car until the driver thought the roof would collapse.

A husband who had a nightmare in which he fought a burglar woke to find he had strangled his wife, a court heard.

Concerns: James Hadley, who owns Lextan salon in Barry, south Wales, has admitted five health and safety charges Concerns were raised about an unmanned tanning salon four months before a 14-year-old girl was badly burned on one of the sunbeds, a court heard today.

MICHAEL SHEEN is following in the footsteps of KEVIN SPACEY - he has taken on director duties at a top U.K. theatre company.

POLICE have charged two men with the robbery of a taxi driver in Skewen. The men, aged 19 and 25, will appear at Neath Magistrates Court on November 20, 2009.

SOUTH Wales clubs have vowed to stand their ground against the FAW following plans to direct Welsh Premier League representation from its ruling council were unveiled.