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AMMANFORD: Tearful Owain Wyn Evans says ‘my head’s all over the place’ as he faces the Tumble
He woke up wanting to stay off the bike. Then a Tour de France winner had some advice about the hill he has been dreading.
AMMANFORD: Rugby coach who has fostered for 17 years says his club is ‘one big family’ for the children
Keith never planned to foster. Now he coaches at Ammanford RFC, and says the way the club has taken to the children in his care shows what people get wrong…
YSGOL HEOL GOFFA: County council backs urgent talks with health board over nurses for special schools
A mother’s account of racing to the school while her son’s lips turned blue was read to councillors before the vote. So was the story of an 11-year-old boy his…
LAUGHARNE: Dylan Thomas Boathouse shuts for two months for £77,000 revamp
The poet’s last home is closed to visitors until the new year while its top floor is refitted around families, touchscreens and a tour you can take from your sofa.
CARMARTHENSHIRE: Red sack or red bag? The mix-ups bin crews found in week one of the new recycling
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MORRISTON: Two more arrests over Clase Road firearms incident as charged man is remanded
Five people have now been arrested, and detectives still want dashcam footage from the roads around Asda.
MORRISTON: Man charged with affray after Clase Road incident, two others bailed
He is due before magistrates in Swansea today, and detectives want dashcam footage from four roads around Asda.
SCAM WARNING: Fake South Wales Police caller says your name is in a data breach
The call sounds official and the story sounds plausible. The force says there is only one thing to do with…
BUS FARES: £7m to stop the price of diesel pushing up what you pay on the bus
The money covers school and community transport too, and there are three ways it runs out.
SWANSEA: MP calls public meeting on the past, present and future of the city centre
The council leader, a Swansea-born think tank boss and the county archivist share the bill at a meeting on where…
BRIDGEND: Beautician kept doing laser treatments after regulator told her to stop, 19 of them on her own records
Told to stop, she carried on, and the certificate on the wall was out of date. What the regulator found…
SWANSEA: Building society’s finance director Nathan Griffiths becomes deputy chief executive
The city’s own mutual is planning for its next generation of leaders, and it now needs a new finance director.
ST HELEN’S ROAD: Two vape shops shut again as council vows to keep coming back
Test purchases found Swansea Market and Kubas Superstore still selling fake tobacco and illegal vapes. Both have been closed before,…
PYLE: Engineering firm that left Baglan Energy Park has almost doubled its turnover, and picked up a Wales growth award
Seventeen jobs moved over the county line to Village Farm. Two years on, the firm is helping an overseas manufacturer…
AMMANFORD: Owain Wyn Evans ‘arrested’ by Blue Lights star on the longest day of his 400-mile ride
A TV sergeant, a rewritten pop hit and a surprise from his best friend kept him going around Lough Neagh.
AMMANFORD: Woman who spent almost 14 years trying for a baby turns her story into a memoir
In April she decided to stop. Then she started writing.
AMMANFORD: Owain Wyn Evans pedals out of Glasgow on 400-mile ride home to Wales
He admits he is nervous, his bike is named after a pop star and the first ferry will not wait…
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