SINGLETON LIVE: Simply Red named first headliner for Singleton Park, and it’s their only Welsh show of 2027
Mick Hucknall's band play the park on Friday 20 August 2027, with Lisa Stansfield and M People's Heather Small on the bill. The pre-sale opens at 10am on Tuesday.
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LLANELLI: Hospice trust wants 14 beds at Tŷ Bryngwyn. The health board says it can only safely run four
The town's hospice has been limited to four beds since a 2023 fire safety review, Hywel Dda has confirmed, days after the trust's chairman told a packed Ffwrnes of a…
GOWERTON: Bats, dormice and otters put back on the table for 216 homes, but the council says nothing on traffic
Swansea Council's reply to Welsh Government officials, sent on deadline day, asks for new wildlife surveys at Fairwood Terrace because the old ones date back to 2015. Its highways officers…
ST HELEN’S: Terrace will have no roof when the Ospreys move in next month, and season members are being offered seats instead
The club says the covered terrace has been pushed into a later phase of the rebuild, with no date. In July the council described the terrace as newly covered. The…
BURRY PORT: Tributes to Amcanu boss Owain Davies, 55, killed in Swiss Alps plane crash
The managing director of the Burry Port engineering firm was a passenger in a light aircraft that came down near Leukerbad on Tuesday. He was a Wales Air Ambulance trustee,…
SWANSEA UNIVERSITY: Arms jobs pledge dropped as uni joins MoD defence alliance its staff union voted against
A promise not to market weapons industry jobs to students has gone from Swansea University's careers policy. The university is one of only two in Wales to sign up to…
OSPREYS: Jones praises squad for coping with limbo as he awaits clarity on the region’s future
The head coach says his players and staff have handled a year of uncertainty over the Ospreys' survival, and calls for support and answers as the WRU's cut to three…
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BRIDGEND MURDER: Family remember ‘extraordinary’ Tracey as husband found guilty of killing her
The family of Tracey Davies say they will “never come to terms” with losing a woman whose laughter could light up a room after her husband was found guilty of…
JAILED: Eight years for Brynmill man who attacked a woman walking alone at night
Mohangopi Tadiboyina, 30, was found guilty by a jury on 20 July and sentenced at Swansea Crown Court on Friday…
JAILED: Capel Dewi man shared films of children being raped in Telegram group infiltrated by undercover officer
Michael Fox, 55, set up the group chat where he distributed three films of girls aged between eight and 11,…
NEW WDA: Capital One co-founder and Airbus boss join ports chief on panel designing Wales’s development agency
Ten unpaid advisers will help shape the body ministers say will halve Wales's productivity gap, with a first report due early next year. The announcement is silent on where the…
BRIDGEND: Reform MS Sarah Cooper-Lesadd defects to Plaid, saying her old party is “not serious about governing Wales”
The Pen-y-bont Bro Morgannwg MS, who held the children and skills brief in Reform’s shadow cabinet, has crossed the floor…
SENEDD: Reform Wales leader Dan Thomas quits four months in, saying he was reported to police and released without charge
The man who led Reform to 34 seats in May and became leader of the opposition has stood down “due…
BRIDGEND: First M&S in the county borough planned for Waterton Road
An M&S Food, a new Aldi and a Costa drive-through are lined up for the old car lot off the A473, with 335 parking spaces and a new set of…
AU VODKA: Swansea’s gold bottle firm sold to the Americans for a reported £300m
Sazerac, the family-owned Kentucky company behind Buffalo Trace and Fireball, completed its takeover of Au Vodka on Monday, four weeks…
SWANSEA: Santander wants to turn its Union Street branch into a Work Café, with free desks, Wi-Fi and coffee for anyone who walks in
A planning application for new signage at 1 Union Street shows the branch rebranded as a Santander Work Café, the…
LEAF BOAT: The sculpture is back in the water, and the artist who made it has seen it home
Amber Hiscott has been reunited with her Leaf Boat at Cwmdonkin Park, where a leaking pond has been repaired and refilled around it. One of its glass panels is missing,…
SWANSEA: Catherine Zeta-Jones blasts ‘horrific’ nepo baby label as children follow famous parents
The Hollywood star has defended Dylan and Carys Douglas as they forge careers in entertainment, while recalling the decision she…
ANTHONY HOPKINS: At 88, the Margam-born star is playing the villain again
The Margam-born actor will play Bryant, the man who built an authoritarian regime in a ruined future, in sci-fi thriller…
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