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This is a profile for the central postcode in Porthcawl which is CF36 5ND. Neighbourhood profiles vary significantly from postcode to postcode.

Often, many of the people who live in this sort of postcode will be middle income, older couples.

Neighbourhoods fitting this profile are found throughout the UK in towns such as Southend-on-Sea, Gloucester, Congleton in Cheshire and Wyre in Lancashire.

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Schools

Find out the performance data, locations and contact details of your local schools. All the vital information you need to help make educational decisions for your children.
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Crime

The South Wales Police force is responsible for policing the Bridgend Council local authority area.
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Council tax

The average council tax per household in Bridgend council is £980.00, compared to an average in Wales of £980.15.
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Local news

Quad biker deaths witness hunt

09/12/2009 12:06:10

Police are looking for two people they believe fled the scene after two quad bikers were hit by a train.
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Tanning salon owner sentenced

08/12/2009 12:16:58

The owner of a tanning salon where a teenager was burned on a sunbed is sentenced and must pay £6,000 costs.
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Bellamy recovering from swine flu

09/12/2009 09:19:42

Manchester City confirm striker Craig Bellamy has been struck down with a mild case of swine flu.
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Plaid AM defects to Conservatives

08/12/2009 18:38:20

An assembly member rejects calls to quit after defecting to the Conservatives because he felt "out of tune" with Plaid Cymru.
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Exam lie paramedic fined £2,000

08/12/2009 20:50:41

A nurse who lied about his qualifications in order to gain a senior job in the ambulance service is fined.
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Man jailed for girl's fire murder

08/12/2009 13:17:15

A man who killed a three-year-old girl by setting fire to her home in Liverpool in a revenge attack will serve at least 28 years in prison.
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Woman, 81, died after house fire

08/12/2009 17:30:22

Police say the victim of a house fire in Llanishen in Cardiff on Monday was a woman aged 81.
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Harpist guilty of handling goods

07/12/2009 16:09:41

A former harpist to Prince Charles is found guilty of handling stolen goods but cleared of three counts of burglary.
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Teenager dies after Kenya trip

07/12/2009 14:46:08

An 18-year-old man has died four months after collapsing with a mysterious illness while on a charity trip to Africa.
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Boy's death was misadventure

07/12/2009 20:55:46

An inquest decides that the death of an eight-year-old boy, who became trapped by tides on a rock, was misadventure.
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Man guilty of girl's fire murder

07/12/2009 18:19:06

A Welsh man who killed a three-year-old girl by setting fire to her family home in Liverpool is convicted of murder.
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Newyddion

22/01/2009 09:40:23

BBC Wales' Welsh-language online news service
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Contact us

14/07/2003 12:19:25

Do you have a story? Here's how to tell us about it
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Local news

20/10/2004 12:05:07

News sources for south east Wales on the internet
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Museum exhibit?

09/12/2009 08:54:03

A disused Victorian railway station could go on display
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Railway Stations

Pyle (2.82 miles away), Arriva Trains Wales

Wildmill (5.53 miles away), Arriva Trains Wales

Bridgend (5.54 miles away), Arriva Trains Wales

Sarn (5.93 miles away), Arriva Trains Wales

Tondu (6.14 miles away), Arriva Trains Wales

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