MUMBLES: ‘Absolutely devastated’ Verdi’s closed after overnight fire
Owner Ryan Hole says he is relieved nobody was hurt in the blaze, which the fire service says was confined to the kitchen and toilet area, and has vowed to…
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SCARLETS: ‘Yma o Hyd’ as club tells supporters focus is unchanged
Left fighting for the last west Wales licence, the Llanelli region has sent its supporters a message: we're still here, and there's a season to play.
TUMBLE: Village bids to buy back ‘Workies’ before September auction
The Workies shut its doors in July after 133 years. Now it is up for auction, with the club in talks with one buyer and a village campaign pushing another.…
BONNIE TYLER: Book of condolence opens in Swansea city centre on Monday
Swansea Council is opening a book of condolence for Bonnie Tyler at Y Storfa on Oxford Street from Monday, running for three weeks and covering both her homecoming to Mumbles…
NEATH: The nurses who kicked off their heels at a wedding and saved a drowning toddler’s life
Cimla Hospital nurses Kelsey Pirie and Emma Brown were guests at Bryngarw House when screaming started in the country park next door. Five minutes of CPR later, a three-year-old pulled…
ARGOS SOLD: The eight south west Wales stores caught up in the £120m deal
Sainsbury's has agreed to sell Argos to a new company set up by three retail veterans, a decade after buying the chain for £1.4bn. Six standalone branches and two in-store…
FAW: Transgender women no longer eligible for women’s football after policy change
The governing body says eligibility for competitions reserved by sex will now be determined by sex assigned at birth, with immediate effect, citing the 2025 Supreme Court judgment.
CARMARTHEN: Man guilty of attempted murder after spending the day hunting his ex-partner
James McKenna packed a 30cm kitchen knife, then spent 29 January moving between the places Joanne Sidaway might be. "I was looking for her," he told Swansea Crown Court. He…
SWANSEA: Boys of 14 among seven arrested as police pull six bikes off the streets
Dramatic police footage shows armed officers stinging two fleeing scooters and a stolen bike pulled out of an underpass —…
DYFED-POWYS: Police federation branch stands with PC Andrew Harper’s family over killers’ early release
The branch has changed its social media profile picture to an image of the fallen officer for 72 hours —…
HOLIDAY LETS: 182-day tax rule could be eased as ministers launch review
A 12-week consultation asks whether the threshold deciding if a holiday let pays business rates or council tax should come down, with five new exemptions on the table and any…
LLANELLI: Coastguard volunteers keep call-out pay as minister confirms U-turn to town’s MP
The Department for Transport has scrapped September's move to an "expenses-only" volunteer model — with the minister telling Dame Nia…
PEMBROKESHIRE: Welsh ministers seize DARC radar decision days before council vote
The planning application for the US military's 27-dish radar array near St Davids has been called in by the Welsh…
SWANSEA: New grants offer up to £30,000 to open a shop or café in communities across the city
Swansea Council has launched two grants through its £10m Economic Growth Fund: up to £30,000 towards opening premises in the city centre and district shopping areas, and a bursary for…
BRIDGEND: Nine new shops and open-air square planned for McArthurGlen designer outlet
The shopping village at junction 36 wants to grow — with a new anchor store, an outdoor square with seating…
SWANSEA: Council electricians patent lightning-protection process experts said couldn’t be done
David James and Ross Miller spent hundreds of hours in a shed refining a safer way to join the metals…
GOWER: Swansea Sound weatherman John ‘The Weather’ Powell dies aged 92
The voice behind Swansea Sound's morning forecasts for almost 35 years, broadcasting from the weather station studio at his Penmaen cottage, died peacefully on Sunday.
WALES AIRSHOW: How the 2026 show played out over Swansea Bay
Two days of flying, one night show and three acts making their Swansea debut — how the weekend came and…
WALES AIRSHOW: In pictures — day two over Swansea Bay
The show closed on Sunday evening without the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, which pulled out of day two —…
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KILVEY HILL: Fire breaks out above St Thomas homes as smoke drifts across Swansea
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