ST HELEN’S ROAD: Couple jailed after woman’s ex was stabbed in the neck in a 6am street fight
He thought he’d been punched. CCTV shows traffic trying to get round the fight.
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WRU: Swansea Council gives union an extra month in court fight as new chair arrives
The council says the union's new leadership should get the chance to consider every option, including the shape of the regional game. Its claim still stands.
CASTLEMARTIN: Rare beetle that hitches rides on bees found breeding at its only Welsh home
Earlier searches found only dead adults. Then, on the project’s last survey, they spotted larvae.
PORTH COPR: 57 flats, cafés and a courtyard called Frog Yard proposed for old St David’s site
The next chapter for the old St David's site borrows a name from Swansea's past. You can see the first ideas next week.
SWANSEA: Oriel Science turns ten, and says 180,000 people have been through its doors
It started with a DeLorean in a pop-up on Princess Way. Now the city-centre science gallery has extra opening days for half-term.
BRANGWYN HALL: Council pulls the plug on Magic Mike-style strip show
The star of Magic Men says he found out from his fans, and that he was told the show was “too raunchy”.
SWANSEA: City is third in the UK for googling outdoor Halloween decorations
Only Northampton and Warrington searched more per head, a garden firm says. And this year, the giant inflatables are winning.
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SWANSEA: Treboeth man, 55, dies after being pulled from the River Tawe
Emergency services were called to the river on Sunday lunchtime. Police say there are no suspicious circumstances.
BRIDGEND MURDER: Man charged with Eleanor Barnfield murder appears in court
He will appear at Cardiff Crown Court on Monday. The ambulance service has found no record of a 999 call…
BRIDGEND MURDER: Clifford Foster, 61, charged over the death of Eleanor Barnfield
He is due before Newport magistrates on Friday morning. Police say the case is not being investigated as a domestic…
WELSH LIB DEMS: Cwm Tawe MP David Chadwick to stand for leader as Jane Dodds steps down
Nobody else is eligible to stand. He says the party has to stop thinking and acting like a minor one.
PYLONS: Labour warns Plaid’s plan to bury power lines could push up bills
Reform and the Conservatives want new lines underground. Labour warns it could land on your bills, and ministers have yet…
TOWY VALLEY: Ministers want new power lines buried by default. So what happens to the 22-metre poles?
Buried by default, steel pylons scrapped: that is the Welsh Government’s plan for new power lines. Where does it leave…
ST HELEN’S ROAD: Asia Vape shut for a second time in a year as three more Swansea vape shops are closed
Magistrates have closed Vape City and Asia Vape on St Helen’s Road and Vape Zone on Dilwyn Street, the council says. Asia Vapes was on the list when nine shops…
UPLANDS: Post Office wants to move out of Uplands News and into the old Rainbow childrenswear shop
The branch would go 130 metres up Uplands Crescent to the empty boutique at number 29, refurbished with a convenience…
GROWTH CASH: Got a £500k idea? Under two weeks to bid, and there’s a catch
The region’s councils want big ideas that can grow the economy. Every project has to be finished by December 2028.
SWANSEA: Seven libraries are lending out daylight lamps to get you through the winter
The clocks have gone back and the evenings are drawing in. There’s now a box on the library shelf with a lamp that’s meant to stand in for the daylight.
BURRY PORT: Designer’s artwork made from her studio floor scraps picked for London’s Discerning Eye show
Tammy Danielle Davies made Threads from scraps and scrap-store embroidery hoops after seeing a picture of a textile dump in…
SWANSEA: ‘Come on Swansea, give me your very best’: Suzanne Shaw wants the boos as the Grand’s Wicked Queen
The Hear'Say singer has toured as Snow White but never played a baddie. Now she is the Wicked Queen at…
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ST HELEN’S: Council leader opens the rebuilt ground with the first whistle, then turns back to the WRU
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PATTI PAVILION: Swansea’s 1920 seafront hall to open seven days a week, with an eye on the St Helen’s crowd
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KILVEY HILL: First steel goes up on Swansea’s cable car base station at Landore
Skyline says the foundations are finished and the superstructure is rising, five months after construction began. The station will take…
CARMARTHEN: 835 demand an inquiry into the £41m Atriwm, as the council keeps St Catherine’s Street roadworks until Christmas
Campaigner Scott Bayes will put the case for an independent inquiry to councillors on 12 November. The council says the…
SWANSEA: Hidden terrazzo floor uncovered at the old Pandora’s as Cosy Club opens its books for Beaujolais Day
The marble floor under decades of nightclub coverings will take centre stage when the Exchange Buildings venue opens. The first…
BRIDGEND MURDER: Police name Coity Road victim as Eleanor Barnfield, 47, ‘our rock’ to her family
The Valleys to Coast worker died in hospital after her car hit a wall on Monday. A 61-year-old man remains…
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Peter Darney's one-act comedy drama about young offenders, and the people trying to turn their lives around, brings Grand Ambition…
JANE DODDS: Welsh Lib Dem leader stands down after nine years, saying a ‘new generation’ should rebuild the party
She stays on as MS for Brycheiniog Tawe Nedd, the party's only Senedd seat, "to hold them to that promise…
KINGSWAY: Roof off, sound still on. The Bunkhouse’s leaking roofs are fixed and the solar panels are up
Its operator says storms, leaks and building work never stopped the gigs. Now the community-owned venue has three repaired roofs,…
BBC: BBC Three to go off air as a TV channel next spring, with Radio 4 Extra closing too
BBC Three's programmes move to iPlayer and YouTube, and Radio 4 Extra's to BBC Sounds, as the corporation looks for…
BRIDGEND: Woman, 47, dies and man, 61, arrested on suspicion of murder after Coity Road crash
Police say the 47-year-old driver's injuries were not caused by the crash. A 61-year-old man is in custody after an…