A LEVEL RESULTS: Top grades and pass rate both up as students across Wales collect results
97.7% of A level students in Wales achieved A* to E this summer, with top grades up for the third year running and Wales ahead of England on A* and…
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DISPOSABLE BBQS: Swansea told to leave them at home as First Minister backs halt on sales
Swansea Council is urging people to keep disposable barbecues away from parks, farmland and open spaces while drought conditions continue, as First Minister Rhun ap Iorwerth backs calls for retailers…
LLANELLI: Man, 102, dies in hospital nearly two weeks after alleged pub assault
Phillip Ormerod, who was taken to hospital in a critical condition after an alleged assault at a Cwmbran pub on 1 August, has died, Gwent Police confirmed. A 56-year-old Llanelli…
SWANSEA: Cosy Club to open in the Exchange Buildings, once home to legendary Pandora’s nightclub
The restaurant and bar chain will open its third Welsh site on the ground floor of the Grade II listed Maritime Quarter landmark in November, in a building many in…
CROSS HANDS: ‘He has mountains to climb with every step’, the children walking for the first time at a village clinic
Children who cannot walk independently are taking supported steps at Equinox Physiotherapy in Cross Hands this week, the first clinic in the UK to offer a robotic exoskeleton called the…
SWANSEA: City sixth formers beat Wales average for top A level grades
34.2% of A level grades in Swansea's school sixth forms were A* or A this year, well above the Wales figure of 29.6%, though the city's pass rate came in…
WHITESANDS: The only Welsh beach named among the world’s 50 best
The beach near St Davids sits at number 31 on Big 7 Travel's annual world list, the only Welsh entry among the fifty, in company that runs from the Seychelles…
GORSEINON: Two more men charged with murder of Ceiran Evans
Elliot Truelove, 33, from West Cross, and Liam Thomas, 18, from Morriston, have both been charged with murder and attempted murder over the Pen Cae Crwn Road collision in July,…
GWAUN CAE GURWEN: Man jailed over sexual messages to ’12-year-old girl’ on Snapchat
Ashley John, 26, sent explicit images and requested indecent images from a profile he believed belonged to a 12-year-old girl,…
CARMARTHEN: Man jailed for upskirting schoolgirls after Poundland worker raised the alarm
Isa Ayan photographed girls aged 13 and 14 who had no idea it was happening. A shop worker's vigilance brought…
BRIDGEND: Rhiw Shopping Centre handed £350k as Wales launches town centre taskforce
The arcade Bridgend Council bought in March gets new regeneration funding, announced alongside the co-chairs of a taskforce the Welsh Government says will champion the future of Welsh town centres.
HIGH STREETS: What Andy Burnham’s vape and betting shop crackdown means in Wales
Downing Street's high street shake-up gives Welsh councils a stronger hand on betting shops and doubles closure powers, but the…
EV CHARGING: Wales scraps business rates for charging points until 2036
Operators of electric vehicle charging bays and forecourts will pay no business rates for a decade, under Welsh Government plans…
GREENE KING: 65 pubs up for sale across the UK. What it means for the brewery’s seven pubs here
Greene King has put a further 65 of its pubs up for sale across the UK. Here is what it means for the brewery's seven pubs in Swansea and Llanelli.
SWANSEA: £470k of illegal vapes seized since disposable ban, the most of any UK council
Swansea Council seized more illegal vaping products by estimated value than any other council in the UK in the year…
CLYDACH: Manor Park under offer as owner retires after 30 years of weddings
The listed Italianate mansion where thousands of Swansea couples have said their vows has a buyer lined up, with the…
STRICTLY: “O’ Gwen… Tidy”, Nessa has sent Melanie Walters her verdict, and some advice about the judges
Three hours after Melanie Walters was announced in the Strictly line-up, Ruth Jones replied the only way that would do: in character.
SWANSEA: Hannibal Lecter is coming to the Grand as Silence of the Lambs hits the stage
The first stage adaptation of Thomas Harris's thriller arrives at Swansea Grand Theatre next February, with EastEnders star John Partridge…
FOOTBALL: BBC to show live Cymru Premier games on iPlayer in new three-year deal – with Ammanford among the first picked
BBC Cymru Wales has agreed a three-year deal with the Football Association of Wales for at least 20 live Cymru…
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