The polls are about to open

Those of you who have not already voted by post in the 2017 local council elections have between 7 a.m. and 10 p.m. to cast your ballots. This election has more direct effect on your local services than the other little affair in June which is receiving so much attention by the media.

Good luck to my fellow-candidates, Cen Phillips (Aberavon), Sheila Kingston-Jones (Cadoxton), Charley Cross (Cimla), Keith Davies (Coedffranc North), Helen Ceri Clarke (Coedffranc West) and Taz Taylor (Sandfields). Thanks to family and friends who have done so much for me in Bryncoch South.

Best wishes also to Liberal Democrats who are standing throughout Wales and in some contests in England.