PORT TALBOT: The steel going up beside the station is a £28m carbon lab the council says will bring 95 jobs
Three years after it was announced and two after the furnaces went cold, the SWITCH research hub is finally rising at Harbourside. Council drone pictures show the frame up next…
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BUS TAKEOVER: You’ll wait until 2028 for the public-run buses Wales promised for next year
Wales is moving buses from private operators to public control, London and Manchester style, with Transport for Wales and councils setting routes, timetables and fares. South west Wales was promised…
CARMARTHEN: Additional 84 homes approved on fields off A40 near Travellers Rest
The next piece of the 1,100-home Carmarthen West scheme goes on the land between the A40 Travellers Rest junction and the old St David's Hospital. Councillors approved it on Thursday,…
BOXING: Undefeated Jolly claims credible draw with Vianello at the O2
The Swansea heavyweight took the fight on two weeks' notice and came away unbeaten, with many at ringside feeling he had done enough to win.
PENYCAE: ‘Some doubted my ability’: the inn’s star waiter Aaron wins national award
Aaron Jones started in the kitchen at the Penycae Inn, moved front of house when his bosses spotted his flair with customers, and now reviews beers for 22,000 TikTok followers.…
SCOLTON MANOR: £190k revamp will open up the hidden world below stairs
"Scolton House: It's Bigger on the Inside" will give the Victorian manor near Haverfordwest its first major overhaul since the 1990s, turning the servants' quarters and cellar into spaces visitors…
WALES: Record £447m capital gains tax bill as thousands more dragged into the net
HMRC figures show 18,000 people in Wales paid capital gains tax last year, up nearly a third, after the tax-free allowance was slashed to £3,000.
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YSTALYFERA: Family’s tribute to ‘beloved’ motorcyclist Mel Austin who died in A4067 crash
Melvin Austin, 73, died following a collision near Cray on Wednesday. His family say his "kindness, warmth and love touched the lives of everyone that knew him".
SWANSEA: Sacked Land Registry solicitor must pay £20,000 after tribunal condemns ‘vindictive’ campaign
Paul Farthing accused the lawyers defending his employment claim of fraud and repeatedly claimed they were under police investigation, accusations…
SWANSEA: Former police officer charged with rape and strangulation of woman while on duty
The Independent Office for Police Conduct says ex-constable Rikki Hall, who resigned from South Wales Police during its investigation, will…
MARTIN LEWIS: ‘Genuine step forward’ as bailiffs forced to answer to a watchdog
The money expert says most people who get a bailiff at the door are vulnerable. After years of campaigning, the industry is being forced under independent oversight for the first…
ROGUE TRADERS: Crackdown targets the gutter-clean con that fleeced valley pensioners
The scam the UK Government wants to kill off is one Swansea Bay courtrooms know well. New protections will hold…
NORTH GATE SWANSEA: The four residents who will help decide how £20m is spent on your streets
A headteacher, a community manager, a Brynmelyn volunteer of 30 years and a man whose grandparents ran the Palace Theatre…
SWANSEA: Sales manager told ‘nobody wants to see a pregnant woman’ wins victimisation case
The tribunal decided the comment WAS made, whatever her boss said in the witness box. But a time limit killed that claim, and it was a company car used as…
TGJONES: Closing-down sale signs go up at Tenby store after 99 years on the High Street
Signs offering 30% off are up at 7 High Street, and the letting particulars for the shop promise refurbishment and…
LLANELLI: Aldi lodges Sandy Road plans, with the car park entrance moved after a council safety objection
The application to demolish Pinopolis has gone in to Carmarthenshire Council. Aldi has shifted the main vehicle entrance off Sandy…
SWANSEA: The Britain’s Got Talent kid who sang for Michael Jackson just landed a lead in HBO’s hottest drama
Shaheen Jafargholi, who went from a Swansea stage school to the BGT final and Michael Jackson's memorial before EastEnders and Casualty, joins season two of ice hockey romance Heated Rivalry.
THEATRE REVIEW: ‘Surface level Shakespeare and that’s perfectly fine’, Illyria’s As You Like It at Oystermouth Castle
Outdoor company Illyria open their Mumbles run with Shakespeare's romantic comedy at the foot of Oystermouth Castle, and reviewer Jonathan…
SWANSEA: Harry Enfield to unleash the character the BBC banned at his arena show
The comedy legend brings his first solo tour, Harry Enfield and No Chums, to Swansea Building Society Arena on 12…
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CARMARTHEN: Cost of turning old Debenhams into Atriwm more than doubles to £41m
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BOXING: ‘I back myself completely’ — Swansea’s Jolly takes his biggest gamble at the O2
Moses Jolly took the Guido Vianello fight on two weeks' notice. On Saturday the unbeaten Townhill heavyweight steps up in…
TOWNHILL: Breakfast, a mile-long walk and dodgeball, what £700,000 of summer funding looks like on the ground
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SWANSEA: The peace project started here after 9/11 has won its founder an international award
Pam Evans MBE, who set up Peace Mala in 2001, was presented with a Leadership and Excellence Award at the…
CYNHEIDRE: Families gather as the colliery’s 37 lost miners are named in stone at the old pit
The permanent memorial was unveiled at the Llanelli and Mynydd Mawr Railway on Sunday, and among the names is one…
SWANSEA: The £45m student tower by High Street station wants to let 28 rooms to workers instead
The Oldway Centre opened in 2019 after a £45m conversion. Its owners say student numbers have fallen and the 556-bed…
SWANSEA: Nearly 20 years of French dining could give way to 13 rented rooms at the Pantygwydr
Plans to turn the Sandfields landmark on the corner of Oxford Street into two shared houses are now formally with…
LLANELLI: Empty DWP block approved for 27 affordable flats, with roof gardens and a play area on top
Carmarthenshire Council has granted Hacer Developments full permission to turn Crown Buildings on Church Street into apartments, 13 months after…
FFOS LAS: Ladies Day begins 15,000ft up as racecourse four skydive for Tŷ Hafan
Clerk of the course Tracey O'Meara and three others jumped from Swansea Airport for the children's hospice, raising close to…