The ''Neath Guardian'' was a local weekly newspaper published between 1925 and 2009 covering

Neath Neath (; ) is a market town and Community (Wales), community situated in the Neath Port Talbot, Neath Port Talbot County Borough, Wales. The town had a population of 50,658 in 2011. The community of the parish of Neath had a population of 19,2 ...

, Wales, and the surrounding area. At the time of its closure, it was published weekly, on a Wednesday, in the tabloid format by

Media Wales Media Wales Ltd. is a publishing company based in Cardiff, Wales. As of 2009 it was owned by Reach plc (formerly known as the Trinity Mirror Group). It was previously known as the Western Mail (Wales), Western Mail & Echo Ltd. History The ''W ...

(formerly Western Mail and Echo), part of the

Trinity Mirror Reach plc (known as Trinity Mirror between 1999 and 2018) is a British newspaper, magazine and digital publisher. It is one of the UK's biggest newspaper groups, publishing 240 regional papers in addition to the national ''Daily Mirror'', '' ...

group. The newspaper had two editions: the ''Neath Guardian'', which covered the town itself, as well as

Briton Ferry Briton Ferry () is a town and Community (Wales), community in the county borough of Neath Port Talbot, Wales. The Welsh name may indicate that the church, ''llan'', is protected from the wind, ''awel''. Alternatively, ''Sawel'' may be a deri ...

Skewen Skewen () is a village within the county borough of Neath Port Talbot, in Wales. The village is served by Skewen railway station and has its own Skewen RFC, rugby club. History Skewen was once an industrial village. There were a number of Coal ...

, and the communities of the

and Dulais valleys, and the '' Port Talbot Guardian'', which covered

Port Talbot Port Talbot (, ) is a town and community (Wales), community in the county borough of Neath Port Talbot, Wales, situated on the east side of Swansea Bay, approximately from Swansea. The Port Talbot Steelworks covers a large area of land which d ...

, Baglan,

Margam Margam is a suburb and community (Wales), community of Port Talbot in the Wales, Welsh county borough of Neath Port Talbot, Wales, close to junction 39 of the M4 motorway. The community had a population of 3,017 in 2011; the built up area being l ...

and the Afan Valley. Both titles were part of the

Celtic Weekly Newspapers Celtic Weekly Newspapers is a series of seven weekly newspapers published in south Wales by Media Wales Ltd (formerly Western Mail & Echo Ltd), part of Reach plc. The titles in the series are: *''Cynon Valley Leader'' *''Glamorgan Gazette'' *''Gw ...

series, which still publishes seven other weekly titles across

South Wales South Wales ( ) is a Regions of Wales, loosely defined region of Wales bordered by England to the east and mid Wales to the north. Generally considered to include the Historic counties of Wales, historic counties of Glamorgan and Monmouthshire ( ...

. Neither edition covered the communities of the Swansea Valley, even though some are within the boundaries of the

Neath Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot () is a Principal areas of Wales, county borough in the South West Wales, south-west of Wales. Its principal towns are Neath, Port Talbot, Briton Ferry and Pontardawe. The county borough borders Bridgend County Borough and Rhon ...

county borough. Simon Kelner, former editor-in-chief of ''

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'', began his career on the Neath Guardian, as did

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business correspondent Steve Evans, who reported live from the World Trade Center during the

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, and ''

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'' rugby writer Steve Bale.WalesOnline: An illustrious alumni of former editors in paper’s 84-year history
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