Fantastic news from Port Talbot. Support is growing for a hyperlocal community news and information service.
The town lost its 84-year-old weekly newspaper to the recession a year ago but now the community seems determined to fight back.
After 12 months of hard graft by a determined squad of volunteer journalists - all solid, experienced professionals in their field - a key meeting was held in Blanco's Hotel on Wednesday night.
Influential
It brought together some influential and community-minded individuals impressed by the vision for a new breed of current affairs platform.
Local News Port Talbot already has an embryonic website but its members would like it to be a lot more than that.
At Blanco's they were delighted to greet Meyrick Sheen (Michael's dad), Barry Kirk (Captain Beany), Adele and Catrin from National Theatre Wales, Andy Williams of the Cardiff School of Journalism, local photographer and journalist Peter Knowles, and Port Talbot sports reporter Robert Clement.
Supportive
Everyone was supportive of the proposal and several made specific pledges of help and support. In particular, Peter Knowles is prepared to provide pictures and stories which would link with his own website.
Barry Kirk offered to provide a regular column. Andy Williams indicated that the School of Journalism would be happy to second students to contribute to the newsgathering process.
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