PORT TALBOT: Government pays EY £1m to vet Tata’s plea for more furnace money
The furnace meant to bring steelmaking back to the works is running late, and Tata is reported to want hundreds of millions more from taxpayers. Ministers have brought in outside…
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SWANSEA: Five Strictly legends are bringing Las Vegas to the arena this Friday
Fans keep telling them they wish they were still on Strictly, James Jordan says. On Friday, Swansea gets all five of them on one stage.
SWANSEA: Love Actually is coming to the arena with a full live orchestra this Christmas
Swansea has the only Welsh date on the 14-stop UK tour. Miss it, and the nearest alternative is Bath.
NEATH: Dad ran 27 miles to Pen y Fan, carried his daughter to the top, then ran home
His wife thought it was “absolutely horrendous”. On Friday night it won John Jenkins a Child of Wales award.
SWANSEA.COM STADIUM: Swans close in on owning their ground, and want the training ground too
The stadium deal is now with the lawyers. The club also wants to own its Fairwood training ground, but there's no news on that one yet.
UPLANDS: Told at nine she couldn’t sing, Maryann wrote her own anthem and sang it at the Royal Welsh College
Maryann Enereba was sent out of a school music practice in Nigeria for not being able to sing. Now the Uplands singer has written “We Go Together or Not At…
MUMBLES: Campaign group’s alternative plan for the old tennis courts swaps the car park for a lido
The padel courts stay. The parking goes. Mumbles Action Group thinks the council has the wrong idea about what brings people to the village.
JOG ON: 68% of women runners in South Wales say they’ve been harassed mid-run
Catcalls, horns, cars crawling alongside, and worse. South Wales Police is taking its campaign to parkruns and running clubs, with a reminder that harassing someone in public because of their…
BRIDGEND MURDER: Husband who strangled Tracey Davies at their Cefn Cribwr home jailed for life
Michael Davies, 57, must serve at least 14 years. Tracey's family say no sentence will ever reflect the one they…
TOOZE MURDERS: Man, 87, arrested over 1993 farmhouse killings will face no further action
Harry and Megan Tooze were shot dead at their Llanharry farm 33 years ago. South Wales Police says the forensic…
COST OF LIVING: People are turning down jobs because they can’t afford the fuel to get there, council’s own team tells inquiry
Swansea Council's employment mentors say clients have rejected job offers over the cost of getting to work, cannot afford the bus to the food bank, and are asking for everyday…
ENERGY BILLS: VAT scrapped from electricity – but you’ll still pay more
A typical home keeps around £45 a year it would otherwise have paid, a little more in south Wales. Whether…
SWANSEA: Nearly six weeks for a housing benefit decision as council admits it is short of staff
A new claim for help with the rent took almost 40 days to process this spring, against the council's own…
SWANSEA: The earring maker who still takes cash at markets, and the hour it costs her to bank it
Ellie Jones sells handmade earrings at markets across Wales around a full-time job. Cash saves her the card fees. Banking it can cost her an hour. She has chosen cash,…
SWANSEA: SPAR replaces university’s longstanding Costcutter
The Singleton campus shop has kept its existing team, with additional paid student roles announced and a wider food range…
CARMARTHEN: Wilko demolition pushed back to next year as council says a tenant “of significant benefit to the town” is in talks
The bulldozers were booked for 26 October. Now there's a new date, a new bill-payer and a tenant the council…
GLASTONBURY 2027: Coach tickets from Swansea go on sale on Sunday, the same morning as the festival tickets
National Express will run direct services from Swansea to Worthy Farm from £24 one way, with sales opening on 4 October as the festival's general admission tickets go up for…
CELEBRITY TRAITORS: Michael Sheen starts as favourite to win, and the bookies think he’ll be handed a cloak too
The Port Talbot actor walks into the castle on Thursday night at 7/2, shorter than the 6/1 he opened at…
NEATH: Symphony orchestra to play its first concert in 50 years, with Gladiator on the music stands
Neath Symphony Orchestra is back, and its first performance in half a century is at St David's Church on Friday…
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