PUB TAX: Four Swansea pubs cut prices for a day, as Gower’s MP pushes the VAT case in Westminster
The Potters Wheel, the Bank Statement, the Red Lion and the Mardy Inn take 7.5% off everything on Thursday. It is not a sale, it is a campaign, and Tonia…
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PEMBROKESHIRE: First woman up Britain’s hardest ropeless sea cliff climb, and she did it on her second go
Shauna Coxsey has become the first woman to climb The Olympiad at Skrinkle Haven, twelve metres of overhanging rock above the Celtic Sea with no rope and nothing below but…
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 4 September. The woman he attacked got away from him…
BONNIE TYLER: The man who discovered her returns to a Swansea stage with the story of how it all began
Weeks after giving the eulogy at her funeral, talent scout Roger Bell joins Mal Pope at the South Wales Miners' Library on 23 September, part of a free National Library…
SWANSEA: Science festival marks ten years with CBeebies stars, Harry Potter magic and the city’s own Secret Traitor
The Swansea Science Festival returns to the National Waterfront Museum on 30 and 31 October, with Grace's Amazing Machines star Grace Webb, YouTube favourite Maddie Moate, and a Halloween-eve session…
ST HELEN’S: The Ospreys have a date. The Dragons on 24 October, then Cardiff a week later
Swansea Council has named the day the Ospreys will finally play at their new home, with the artificial pitch going down this week and the floodlights going up. The club…
ASSISTED DYING: The law will not change, and Swansea’s MP says that is not the end of it
MPs rejected the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill on Friday afternoon, so for people in Swansea Bay facing a terminal diagnosis the law tomorrow is the law it…
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, Swansea Crown Court heard, and was caught when an undercover…
LLANELLI: MP calls for noise cameras at North Dock’s night-time ‘racetrack’
Dame Nia Griffith is urging Carmarthenshire County Council and Dyfed-Powys Police to install acoustic cameras, bollards and night barriers at…
JAILED: Maesteg man sentenced to five years and three months for rape
Stephen Jones, 55, was convicted of rape and assault by penetration after a five-day trial, and was sentenced at Cardiff…
CYMRAEG AI: Ministers try again to teach artificial intelligence to speak Welsh
The Welsh Government is handing data, resources and expertise to a London AI company whose flagship model was built to write computer code. Labour ministers made a near-identical announcement with…
SENEDD: The seats Wales voted in for the first time in May are already being redrawn, and the names could change too
The Democracy and Boundary Commission Cymru has begun the 2030 review of the 16 constituencies used for the first time…
SWANSEA: Disabled people waiting ‘unacceptable’ times for home adaptations, council report admits
Demand for the grants that pay for stairlifts, ramps and wet rooms "cannot be controlled", Swansea Council's own performance report…
SWANSEA: The city agency that added five staff in a year has just handed one of them a share of the business
The Swansea-founded firm has added a Chief Strategy Officer with Entain and MediaCom on his CV, launched a network of hundreds of specialists, and is recruiting for two more roles,…
JOBS: Work experience at Tesco, John Lewis and Costa on offer for young people on Universal Credit
A new scheme will offer 18 to 24-year-olds two to four weeks of hands-on experience with Britain's biggest retailers, as…
BURRY PORT: The land Tesco never built on is up for grabs, and a supermarket is back on the cards
Carmarthenshire Council is inviting developers to bid for the 3.7-acre field by the station, with its own planning advice saying…
SWANSEA: Gregory Porter opens his 2027 UK tour at the Arena, and tickets go on sale this morning
The two-time Grammy winner plays Swansea Building Society Arena on 24 June 2027, the opening night of a six-date run that ends with three nights at the Royal Albert Hall.…
SWANSEA: Jazz festival takes a bow after ‘most successful ever’ run, closed by the man who started it all
Four days, more than 50 free gigs, jazz cruises up the Tawe, and a Sunday finale from the Cottle Brothers,…
SWANSEA: A giant cat now prowls the wall by the Kardomah, as the Muriau Mawr trail grows
Gareth Lye's new mural stands more than 11 metres high on Park Street, designed with young people from Circus Eruption.…
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GOWER: TV Survivor winner joins hundreds of walkers on Rhossili coast trek for Marie Curie
More than 500 walkers took on Marie Curie's Beat the Gower Coast on Saturday, with Matthew Haywood, the youngest ever…
RED LINES: Swansea Bay’s MPs back the settlement goods ban, days after the city carried its own through the streets
Torsten Bell, Tonia Antoniazzi and Stephen Kinnock have backed the Foreign Secretary's ban on goods from illegal West Bank settlements,…
PADEL AND PILATES: £3.3m for Neath Port Talbot’s gyms, but Pontardawe’s pool is still £10.8m short
Aberavon opens its revamp this autumn, Neath gets the county's first padel courts, and Pontardawe is in line for a…
NEATH FAIR: Stalls from 9am, rides from 6pm as the Great Fair opens for its 746th year
The street fair takes over the town centre until Saturday night and the Milland Road funfair runs until Sunday, with…
MARLOES SANDS: Body found in search for boy, 15, who got into difficulty in the sea
Police say a body has been found more than a week after the teenager, who was on holiday from the…
TOM JONES: ‘There’s never a good time to fire an 86-year-old who’s still pretty good at his job’
Wales' most famous voice says ITV has fired him from The Voice after nine years in the red chair, and…
KILVEY HILL: Mystery stone building uncovered by Skyline diggers at the summit
Topsoil removal for the £49m gondola scheme's summit restaurant revealed the remains of a small stone building in August. It…
TV SWITCH-OFF: Three in four Welsh adults want Senedd to oppose 2034 Freeview shutdown, poll finds
Polling for a campaign to save terrestrial TV finds most people in Wales doubt the broadband where they live could…
SINGLETON LIVE: Big-name concerts return to Singleton Park in 2027, and every act promised as a Wales exclusive
Swansea Council has teamed up with promoters Full Fat 360, DEPOT Live and Cuffe & Taylor to launch a new…
PISA RESULTS: Wales still bottom of the UK class in every subject, as maths slides again
Wales scored lowest of the four UK nations in maths, reading and science in PISA 2025, with maths falling significantly…
NO PRESENTS PLEASE: 60 years of marriage, 115 guests, and £1,220 for the air ambulance
Ann and Bernard Williams from Llandeloy asked everyone at their diamond wedding party to donate to the Wales Air Ambulance…
OWAIN GLYNDŴR DAY: Kids go free at Kidwelly Castle and Cadw sites across Wales this Sunday
Under-17s get free entry to every Cadw monument on Sunday 13 September, including castles besieged during Glyndŵr's 15-year uprising against…
SWANSEA: City name-checked alongside Oxford and Cambridge in new Chancellor’s first big speech
John Healey singled out Swansea as proof that Britain's innovation formula works in his first major speech as Chancellor, with…
MOUNT PLEASANT: ‘Bogeyman’ burglar back behind bars after stealing family’s car as they slept
Kevin Harmon, whose child victims over the years have feared him as the bogeyman, has almost 150 offences to his…