GWAUN CAE GURWEN: More than eight in ten patients can’t get a GP appointment when they need one, inspectors told
Inspectors also found out-of-date emergency kit and a urine sample in the vaccine fridge. The area's Lib Dem MP calls it "a vindication" for residents who have complained for years.
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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.
SWANSEA FERRY: Report promised £15 fares, but the leader ‘couldn’t tell you’ what a ticket would cost
One councillor wondered whether the 98% who backed the crossing would still say yes at £150 a return. The leader's reply turned on fuel prices, the long drive round and…
ADMIRAL: Nearly 2,000 Swansea staff still don’t know if their jobs are among the 500 to go
Swansea's council leader has written to the insurer's UK boss demanding "urgent clarification", as a Swansea MS tells the Senedd the cuts are "completely optional" for a company he says…
MAYHILL: Police investigate after toddler gets out of nursery, and a stranger says she found him in the road
A woman driving up Gors Avenue says she found two-year-old Noah walking alone in the middle of the road. Seren Fach Day Nursery is reported to dispute that he reached…
NEATH: Judges reject dog owner’s claim he didn’t need a ten-year ban after Pandora starved while carrying puppies
Matthew Andrews went to Swansea Crown Court to argue there was no need to ban him from keeping animals. The court called what happened to his shar-pei "gross and long-standing…
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 are now serving without her.
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…
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…
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…
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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DROUGHT: South-west Wales moves into recovery as the rain revives its rivers
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SWANSEA FERRY: “Not a council proposal”, leader says, as councillors ask what checks were made on the £25,000 report behind it
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