MUMBLES: Padel courts to replace the old seafront tennis courts, and the car park is coming back
Three fenced courts between the Oyster House and the bowling green, a car park with charging bays and a path through to the prom. The council asked Mumbles what it…
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PORT TALBOT: Seven chances in October to say what should go in the town’s £3m culture bid
Drop-ins at Cwmafan Library, Aberafan Shopping Centre, Sandfields and Croeserw, a pre-kick-off session at Trefelin's ground and two ticketed evenings, one of them with Richard Hibbard. The partnership behind the…
LLANELLI: Asda’s trolleys have gone pink, because four in ten people in Wales have never checked their chest
Llanelli is one of two Welsh stores getting the supermarket's pink trolleys this October. Asda's own survey puts Wales among the UK's 'checking deserts', and the QR code on the…
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…
AMMANFORD: The builders’ merchant that started as a Llandeilo sawmill in 1931 posts £92m sales, a 30% profit rise and a national award
LBS Group, still run by the fourth generation of the Davies family, says it grew sales and profits in 2025 while the building trade around it stayed flat, has refitted…
SWANSEA: The council’s own study says the city needs more hotels. The one it promised beside the arena is still grass
Two and a half years after Rob Stewart said Swansea needed three new hotels, and two years after a developer was picked for the arena site, councillors will next week…
NORTH DOCK: 111 calls to police in two years about revving, racing and doughnuts, and now fines are on the table
Most of the calls come between 8pm and 1am, and most callers say it happens every night. What the new order would ban, who it would catch, and 12 days…
LEGAL AID: £1.3m for free advice across Wales if you’re facing eviction, debt or a benefits row
Facing eviction, a debt you cannot pay or a benefits decision you think is wrong? A £1.3m UK Government fund is paying for free legal advice across Wales from Thursday…
JAILED: Sandfields man gets 16 years for raping a girl of 12
James Miller, 49, sexually abused the same victim between 1993 and 2001. She reported him to police in 2023, and…
CYBER ATTACK: Dyfed-Powys Police hit, and the force still can’t say whether staff data was accessed
A regional cyber-crime unit is investigating after the attack took down online and email contact with the force for a…
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 this quarter's bill is higher or lower than last month's…
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: Just four in ten reports of abuse against vulnerable adults checked within a week, council figures show
Swansea Council says it should investigate reports that a vulnerable adult is being abused or neglected within seven working days.…
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…
SWANSEA: The seasonal temp who joined Amazon in 2010 is now running the whole Swansea warehouse
Chris Bailey started at the Swansea fulfilment centre as a seasonal associate while finishing a master's degree. Sixteen years on,…
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…
SWANSEA ON SCREEN: The Civic Centre is a London police HQ, the Guildhall is a bank and No Sign Bar is a London pub in this year’s TV dramas
Ten productions have filmed in the city in the past year, a council report shows, from Netflix and Amazon to…
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