MUMBLES: “Verdi’s will be back” as owner says fire damage worse than first feared
Ryan Hole says the seafront café came off worse than the family had hoped, with a fuller assessment expected next week. He has also asked people to stop questioning the…
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MICHAEL SHEEN: Port Talbot star’s new war film caught up in $105m Netflix lawsuit
An unreleased second world war thriller featuring the Port Talbot actor is at the centre of a legal fight in California, after its producers say the master copy was stolen…
PORT TALBOT: Inside the exhibition documenting a town after steelmaking
Steeling Ourselves pairs Jon Pountney's photographs with residents' own words about what changed when the furnaces stopped. It's at The Plaza until Friday.
MUMBLES: Pritchard defends European title as Welsh golden weekend continues
Ben Pritchard retained his European crown on the Italian lake where he won his first continental medal five years ago, and now heads to Amsterdam to defend his world title.
SWANSEA: The free marina trail that ends with a sweet, and a prize draw
Pick up a sheet at Morgans Hotel, walk the marina, hand it in at Dawsons next to the Tower. It runs until the schools go back, it costs nothing, and…
GOLDEN GLASGOW: Carmarthen’s Finucane makes history with third Commonwealth gold
Emma Finucane became the first Welsh woman to win three golds at a single Commonwealth Games, breaking a record that had stood since 1986, with a fourth still to come.
SWANSEA: The horror collection written after work, in bed, with a cup of tea
A. Sjoberg has published her debut collection in paperback, hardback, Kindle and audiobook inside four months, all of it around a full-time job. The name on the cover is not…
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CARMARTHEN: Man guilty of attempted murder after spending the day hunting his ex-partner
James McKenna packed a 30cm kitchen knife, then spent 29 January moving between the places Joanne Sidaway might be. "I was looking for her," he told Swansea Crown Court. He…
SWANSEA: Boys of 14 among seven arrested as police pull six bikes off the streets
Dramatic police footage shows armed officers stinging two fleeing scooters and a stolen bike pulled out of an underpass —…
DYFED-POWYS: Police federation branch stands with PC Andrew Harper’s family over killers’ early release
The branch has changed its social media profile picture to an image of the fallen officer for 72 hours —…
HOLIDAY LETS: 182-day tax rule could be eased as ministers launch review
A 12-week consultation asks whether the threshold deciding if a holiday let pays business rates or council tax should come down, with five new exemptions on the table and any…
LLANELLI: Coastguard volunteers keep call-out pay as minister confirms U-turn to town’s MP
The Department for Transport has scrapped September's move to an "expenses-only" volunteer model — with the minister telling Dame Nia…
PEMBROKESHIRE: Welsh ministers seize DARC radar decision days before council vote
The planning application for the US military's 27-dish radar array near St Davids has been called in by the Welsh…
ARGOS SOLD: The eight south west Wales stores caught up in the £120m deal
Sainsbury's has agreed to sell Argos to a new company set up by three retail veterans, a decade after buying the chain for £1.4bn. Six standalone branches and two in-store…
SWANSEA: New grants offer up to £30,000 to open a shop or café in communities across the city
Swansea Council has launched two grants through its £10m Economic Growth Fund: up to £30,000 towards opening premises in the…
BRIDGEND: Nine new shops and open-air square planned for McArthurGlen designer outlet
The shopping village at junction 36 wants to grow — with a new anchor store, an outdoor square with seating…
SWANSEA: ‘Do people want to see me live?’ Queen’s Roger Taylor ahead of his arena show
The Queen drummer closes his Violence Insane in a Beautiful World tour at Swansea Building Society Arena on 29 September, and in a new interview he talks kindness, a South…
GOWER: Swansea Sound weatherman John ‘The Weather’ Powell dies aged 92
The voice behind Swansea Sound's morning forecasts for almost 35 years, broadcasting from the weather station studio at his Penmaen…
WALES AIRSHOW: How the 2026 show played out over Swansea Bay
Two days of flying, one night show and three acts making their Swansea debut — how the weekend came and…
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