Port Talbot
The Audacious Bank Heist That Was Doomed to Fail
Sixty years ago, three men hatched a plan to tunnel into the vault of a bank containing $3.1 million in steelworkers' wages. Today, their tale mostly lives on in local gossip and myth.
This Cheesemaker Is Aging Cheddar Down a 90-Metre Coal Mine
As Wales’ steelworks close, entrepreneurs are finding new uses for old industrial structures—including Susan Fiander-Woodhouse, who keeps 20-kilogram metal cases of cheese at the bottom of a Blaenafon mineshaft.
MUNCHIES Guide to Wales: Part 3
Charlet travels to the industrial town of Port Talbot to meet Captain Beany at the world’s first Baked Bean Museum of Excellence, which he runs out of his council flat.
How Do the UK's Steel Towns Cope When the Steel Is Gone?
I went to Redcar to find out what happens when the industry that defines a town is taken away.
Europe's Steel Crisis Is Screwing Workers in South Wales
The economy of Port Talbot is reliant on a steel industry that's being swallowed up by globalisation.
