SWANSEA: M&S needs 300 parking spaces at the door to come back, council leader says
The council leader has spelled out what a full M&S would need to return to the city. The Debenhams names, he says, are close.
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AMMANFORD: Owain Wyn Evans ‘arrested’ by Blue Lights star on the longest day of his 400-mile ride
A TV sergeant, a rewritten pop hit and a surprise from his best friend kept him going around Lough Neagh.
BUS FARES: £7m to stop the price of diesel pushing up what you pay on the bus
The money covers school and community transport too, and there are three ways it runs out.
MORRISTON: Two more arrests over Clase Road firearms incident as charged man is remanded
Five people have now been arrested, and detectives still want dashcam footage from the roads around Asda.
CARMARTHEN: Work on 84 homes off the A40 to start early next year, and the estate has a name
Half of them will be affordable, but those are not the ones that arrive first.
MUMBLES: Council to look at cheaper parking, but leader warns change could come with ‘consequences’
Swansea Council leader says he’d look at cheaper Mumbles parking options, but warns changes could come with ‘consequences’.
ABERAVON: Dogs could get more of the beach back, but be kept on leads on the prom all year
More than 2,000 people responded. Dog owners saw it very differently from everyone else.
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SCAM WARNING: Fake South Wales Police caller says your name is in a data breach
The call sounds official and the story sounds plausible. The force says there is only one thing to do with it.
SKEWEN: Bonnie Tyler mural pelted with eggs days after it was finished
The town council says a group of young people egged the wall on Tuesday evening, then kicked doors at the…
FFORESTFACH: Masked robber who pulled a knife on lone shop workers jailed for nine years
Shane Burne hit corner shops in Manselton, Brynhyfryd and Waunarlwydd over six weeks of late summer, picking the ones where…
SWANSEA: MP calls public meeting on the past, present and future of the city centre
The council leader, a Swansea-born think tank boss and the county archivist share the bill at a meeting on where the centre has been and where it is going. Book…
PORT TALBOT: Council clears up which bridge the Chancellor’s £11m is for, and says it’s a flood risk
It is the one under the canopy at the bottom of Station Road, and it has been standing since 1842.
MORRISTON: Scabies reaches Morriston Hospital as MS counts three outbreaks in a month
Swansea Bay University Health Board has confirmed a small number of cases and restricted visiting on some wards, without saying…
ST HELEN’S ROAD: Two vape shops shut again as council vows to keep coming back
Test purchases found Swansea Market and Kubas Superstore still selling fake tobacco and illegal vapes. Both have been closed before, and the council says it will be back when the…
PYLE: Engineering firm that left Baglan Energy Park has almost doubled its turnover, and picked up a Wales growth award
Seventeen jobs moved over the county line to Village Farm. Two years on, the firm is helping an overseas manufacturer…
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…
AMMANFORD: Owain Wyn Evans pedals out of Glasgow on 400-mile ride home to Wales
He admits he is nervous, his bike is named after a pop star and the first ferry will not wait for him.
SWANSEA: Britain’s Got Talent winner Harry Moulding to headline Christmas magic show at the Patti
The Blackpool magician who won the ITV show last year is joining the Swansea-made show Phenomenal for four festive nights…
SWANSEA: Becky Hill to open Tunes on the Bay 2027 as the beach festival goes dance
Two years after McFly and Supergrass played the sand, the Friday headliner is a two-time BRIT winner and the Saturday…
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PENTRECHWYTH: Copper-era smelting shed by the Tawe to become 12 flats to rent
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SWANSEA: Giant chest of LEGO and Pokémon lands at the multibank for families who can’t afford Christmas presents
Hundreds of toys arrived in Swansea Vale in a chest big enough to sit in, all of them for children…
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BRYNAMMAN: Man who beat woman in the street while on bail for abusing his ex jailed for 52 months
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