BONNIE TYLER: Public invited to Swansea Minster farewell as funeral route is confirmed
Fans will be able to join the celebration of Bonnie Tyler's life inside Swansea Minster — and the routes her final journeys will take through Mumbles and Skewen have been…
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LLANELLI: Mums-to-be face Swansea trips for check-ups as maternity clinic changes
Pregnant women in Llanelli who plan to give birth at Singleton will lose the option of some appointments at Prince Philip, under changes going to public engagement next month.
GOWERTON: ‘I like to think my father would be proud’ — Oxford beckons for graduate who lost dad during A-Levels
Jonathan Phillips missed exams the week his father died, then raised his sister while working. Ten years on, he has a first from Swansea and a place at Oxford.
LLANELLI: Waste site banned from taking some waste tonight as fly crisis escalates
NRW has suspended part of AMG Resources' permit from 6pm on Friday, banning certain waste types from the site — and has hit back at claims it once ruled the…
SWANSEA: Council takes over NCP car parks with all-day parking cut to £5
Swansea Council has stepped in to run the Kingsway and Orchard Street car parks as NCP pulls out, with signage changing over this week and all-day parking dropping to £5.
SWANSEA: Wider seats and a new cooling system for the Grand this summer
Swansea Council is giving the auditorium at the city's Victorian theatre an upgrade for the summer with new seats and a new cooling system.
KILVEY HILL: Fire breaks out above St Thomas homes as smoke drifts across Swansea
Flames lit up the hillside above St Thomas on Thursday evening, with residents told to keep windows and doors closed — the third fire on Kilvey Hill in fifteen months.
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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 — while in a separate chase, a car driver hit almost…
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 —…
TOWNHILL: ‘One of the kindest’ — Big Issue seller Liam Harmer named as man who died in Elphin Gardens flat fire
The man who died in a flat fire in Townhill on Tuesday has been named as Liam Harmer, a Big…
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 Government — a week before Pembrokeshire's planning committee was due…
ENERGY BILLS: VAT axed on electricity from October — with a typical home saving around £45
Andy Burnham's first policy move as Prime Minister takes the 5% tax off electricity bills for six months — but…
FOOD: Llanarthne restaurateur chosen to lead Wales’ first national food strategy
Simon Wright, the man behind Wright's Food Emporium, will chair the expert group shaping a new National Food Strategy 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 and planting, and a parking deck to keep spaces at…
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…
SWANSEA: Named one of the UK’s best cities to run a business — with the shortest commute of the lot
Swansea is one of only ten UK cities ranked by The Co-operative Bank as offering the best conditions for business…
SCREEN INTERVIEW: ‘Swansea is my home and keeps me grounded’ — Richard Goss on going from touring musician to Netflix chart hit
Our writer Jon Marshall sits down with the Swansea actor to talk his journey from band tours to Hollywood thrillers — with The Paradise Murders riding high on Netflix's US…
THEATRE INTERVIEW: ‘Just do it. Don’t wait for the phone to ring’ — Gorseinon writer Jonathan Houlston on Physical Education and finding his voice
After Grand Ambition's Physical Education drew some of the strongest reviews Swansea theatre has seen this year, our writer Jon…
PORT TALBOT: First look inside the £16.9m Princess Royal Theatre revamp — as the auditorium’s timber ceiling goes in ahead of autumn opening
New photos from inside the Princess Royal Theatre show the auditorium's sweeping timber ceiling in place and the new glass…
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