HALIFAX: After 173 years, one of Britain’s most famous bank names is being killed off — and its branches in Swansea and Neath are already on borrowed time

Lloyds Banking Group is set to axe the Halifax brand this summer, migrating millions of customers to Lloyds. It comes as the group has already shut branches across south-west Wales…

SWANSEA: Hundreds fill the streets as Pride 2026 parade returns to the city centre

The annual celebration drew crowds from across south-west Wales on Saturday, with a procession winding through the city centre to the Grade I-listed Guildhall, where a stage, stalls and a full day of entertainment awaited.

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CARMARTHEN: Reform MS vows to visit shop that ‘excluded’ his wife to seek ‘respectful dialogue’

Sir Gaerfyrddin MS Gareth Beer has claimed his wife, Llanelli councillor Michelle Beer, was excluded from a Carmarthen shop and subjected to abuse during the Senedd election campaign — and says he will visit the business personally. The shop has not been named.

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CARMARTHEN: Reform MS vows to visit shop that ‘excluded’ his wife to seek ‘respectful dialogue’

Sir Gaerfyrddin MS Gareth Beer has claimed his wife, Llanelli councillor Michelle Beer, was excluded from a Carmarthen shop and…

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WALES: ‘Every pound denied to Wales cannot be invested in Welsh rail’ — politicians round on UK Government as HS2 bill hits £102.7 billion

Welsh politicians from across the political spectrum have renewed calls for Wales to receive billions in HS2 consequential funding after…

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SWANSEA: Ten kids from Llanelli and Blaenymaes flew to Mexico City to represent Wales — and came fifth in the world

Young people from Swansea City AFC Foundation’s Premier League Kicks programme represented Wales at the Street Child World Cup in…

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SWANSEA: Francesca O’Brien handed housing and planning brief as Reform UK names its first ever Senedd shadow cabinet

The Gŵyr Abertawe MS and former Mumbles councillor will spend the next four years scrutinising Plaid Cymru’s government on planning,…

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LLANELLI: Woman charged with robbery and shoplifting after string of incidents at Asda, Home Bargains and Tesco Extra

A Llanelli woman has been charged with two counts of robbery and two counts of shoplifting following incidents at Asda,…

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SWANSEA: Ten kids from Llanelli and Blaenymaes flew to Mexico City to represent Wales — and came fifth in the world

Young people from Swansea City AFC Foundation’s Premier League Kicks programme represented Wales at the Street Child World Cup in…

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CARMARTHENSHIRE: Sixty years after Beeching axed the trains, the railway line between Carmarthen and Llandeilo is open again — for walkers and cyclists

The Tywi Valley Path — 13 miles of walking and cycling route built on the trackbed of a railway closed…

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From the Liberty Stadium to the World Cup studio — Ashley Williams joins BBC’s pundit team for the biggest tournament in football history

Ashley Williams — the man Alan Curtis calls Swansea City's greatest ever defender — has been named as part of…

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CHAMPIONSHIP: Clubs scrap financial loss rules — replacing them with a new system that could reshape how Swansea City and rivals spend

Championship clubs have voted to ditch the rules that limited how much money they could lose, replacing them with a…

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