PORT TALBOT: First look inside Yr Aelwyd as the new name goes up on the theatre
The lettering is on the wall, the auditorium's seating tiers are taking shape and gold cladding is wrapping the old Princess Royal, with opening due this autumn.
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Trading Standards says one resident pulled out of a sale after spotting the invoice didn't match the van, and the seller wanted payment into a personal bank account.
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Marcus Thomas tried front doors in Sandfields until one opened, stole the keys to a Mercedes its owner had saved for months to buy, and was back behind bars within…
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The money expert says most people who get a bailiff at the door are vulnerable. After years of campaigning, the industry is being forced under independent oversight for the first…
YSTRADGYNLAIS: Beds campaigners brand Reform ‘naive’ as hospital row deepens
Reform say the health board told them site closures aren't expected, and accused the Lib Dems of frightening residents. The Lib Dems say every GP practice in Powys shares their…
ROGUE TRADERS: Crackdown targets the gutter-clean con that fleeced valley pensioners
The scam the UK Government wants to kill off is one Swansea Bay courtrooms know well. New protections will hold your money back until the work is actually done.
AFAN VALLEY: What should £20m buy? You’ve got until Halloween to say
Ideas for the valley's Pride in Place millions are wanted by 31 October, from fully costed plans to a "twinkle in the eye". And a survey is about to land…
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SWANSEA: Sacked Land Registry solicitor must pay £20,000 after tribunal condemns ‘vindictive’ campaign
Paul Farthing accused the lawyers defending his employment claim of fraud and repeatedly claimed they were under police investigation, accusations the tribunal found gratuitous and unsubstantiated, in a case that…
SWANSEA: Former police officer charged with rape and strangulation of woman while on duty
The Independent Office for Police Conduct says ex-constable Rikki Hall, who resigned from South Wales Police during its investigation, will…
CARMARTHEN: Londoner caught with £40,000 of cannabis in town car park jailed
Officers found 4.5kg of cannabis vacuum-sealed in the boot of Florin Kasmi's white MG on Little Water Street, along with…
NORTH GATE SWANSEA: The four residents who will help decide how £20m is spent on your streets
A headteacher, a community manager, a Brynmelyn volunteer of 30 years and a man whose grandparents ran the Palace Theatre as a dance hall have joined the board steering a…
YSTRADGYNLAIS: Hundreds pack hospital beds meeting as crowd spills onto the street
Organisers say more than 400 people turned out to fight proposals that could strip beds from Ystradgynlais Community Hospital, with…
DISPOSABLE BBQS: Banned from sale across Britain as Prime Minister warns country is a ‘tinderbox’
The UK government has issued a temporary ban on selling disposable barbecues in store and online, a day after Swansea…
TGJONES: Closing-down sale signs go up at Tenby store after 99 years on the High Street
Signs offering 30% off are up at 7 High Street, and the letting particulars for the shop promise refurbishment and vacant possession, making Tenby the first visible casualty among the…
PORT TALBOT: New Nisa opens on the Old Gasworks Estate, and hands £500 to the local football club
The shop on the Old Gasworks Estate is the first for owners Yugrajvir Singh Bajwa and Parminder Singh, and brings…
SWANSEA: The city makes the UK top 20 for people trying to turn a hobby into a business
Swansea is 20th and Cardiff 11th in a ranking of where people search hardest for how to make money from…
SWANSEA: The Britain’s Got Talent kid who sang for Michael Jackson just landed a lead in HBO’s hottest drama
Shaheen Jafargholi, who went from a Swansea stage school to the BGT final and Michael Jackson's memorial before EastEnders and Casualty, joins season two of ice hockey romance Heated Rivalry.
THEATRE REVIEW: ‘Surface level Shakespeare and that’s perfectly fine’, Illyria’s As You Like It at Oystermouth Castle
Outdoor company Illyria open their Mumbles run with Shakespeare's romantic comedy at the foot of Oystermouth Castle, and reviewer Jonathan…
SWANSEA: Harry Enfield to unleash the character the BBC banned at his arena show
The comedy legend brings his first solo tour, Harry Enfield and No Chums, to Swansea Building Society Arena on 12…
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