YSGOL HEOL GOFFA: Four pupils have died in six months, says councillor, and still no nurse
Health chiefs could give no guarantee and no deadline for a nurse at the Llanelli special school, campaigners say, and one mum says children like her son "should not have…
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BRIDGEND MURDER: Police name Coity Road victim as Eleanor Barnfield, 47, ‘our rock’ to her family
The Valleys to Coast worker died in hospital after her car hit a wall on Monday. A 61-year-old man remains in custody on suspicion of murder.
COUNCIL TAX: Bands stay stuck on 2003 values into the 2030s as Plaid shelves the revaluation to save £80m
A quarter of households could have gone up a band, a quarter down. The Finance Minister says cushioning the losers would have cost £80m in the first year, money she…
AMMANFORD: Owain Wyn Evans admits ‘wobbles’ 19 days before his 400-mile Children in Need ride
The Radio 2 presenter told Sara Cox he has been doing everything Professor Greg Whyte tells him, but 400 miles through four nations in five days still does not feel…
UPLANDS: Post Office wants to move out of Uplands News and into the old Rainbow childrenswear shop
The branch would go 130 metres up Uplands Crescent to the empty boutique at number 29, refurbished with a convenience store alongside and the same postmaster behind the counter. The…
STORM AUSTEN: Yellow warning for south Wales extended to 2pm on Friday as Met Office raises the risk, with Cornwall and Devon on amber
Gusts of 50 to 60mph are still forecast for Swansea Bay, with 70mph or more on exposed coasts, but forecasters now rate the chance of significant disruption as medium rather…
GOWER: Swansea’s longest-serving councillor joins Reform UK, his daughter’s party, after 53 years and four party labels
Richard Lewis first stood for the council as a Conservative in 1969, the year Swansea became a city. He has since sat as a Liberal Democrat, a Conservative and an…
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SWANSEA: Man jailed for five months after filming sex act without woman’s consent
David Novac changed his plea from not guilty to guilty on 7 October, police say. He will be on the sex offenders' register for seven years.
DYFATTY: London dealer who bit a police officer by the Matthew Street flats jailed for 32 months
Abdullah Saed, 25, had come from Penge to the tower blocks on Matthew Street with a car holding cocaine, cannabis,…
GLAIS: Family’s tribute to ‘heart of gold’ motorcyclist Wayne Bowron, 52, who died in A4067 crash
His family say he would do anything for anyone and loved the friends he made through motorcycling. Police want dashcam…
JANE DODDS: Welsh Lib Dem leader stands down after nine years, saying a ‘new generation’ should rebuild the party
She stays on as MS for Brycheiniog Tawe Nedd, the party's only Senedd seat, "to hold them to that promise every single day" on child poverty. David Chadwick, the Brecon,…
ALN FUNDING: Plaid and Labour strike £60m deal to revive the budget that fell in July
Labour asked for £100m this year and walked away from £40m. The number the two sides have settled on sits…
SWANSEA: Council housing officers could get powers to shut ‘cuckooed’ homes and bar troublemakers
Swansea Council adopted the powers in 2018 and its housing service never built them into day-to-day work. Cabinet is now…
GROWTH CASH: Got a £500k idea? Under two weeks to bid, and there’s a catch
The region’s councils want big ideas that can grow the economy. Every project has to be finished by December 2028.
GOWERTON: Roofer Jacob Lovell crowned the best in Wales and the Midlands
Lovell Roofing's boss came home from Wolverhampton with a trophy, a bottle of champagne and a date in London next…
PORT TALBOT: Tata found guilty after two steelworkers breathed in gas at 18 times the safe limit
The pair stayed behind until every contractor was out, and now the steel giant faces a fine.
THEATRE REVIEW: ‘Equally evocative and entertaining’, Grand Ambition’s A Tidy Boy at the Grand’s Arts Wing
Peter Darney's one-act comedy drama about young offenders, and the people trying to turn their lives around, brings Grand Ambition back to the Grand's Arts Wing. Reviewer Jonathan Marshall finds…
BBC: BBC Three to go off air as a TV channel next spring, with Radio 4 Extra closing too
BBC Three's programmes move to iPlayer and YouTube, and Radio 4 Extra's to BBC Sounds, as the corporation looks for…
YSTALYFERA: Swansea Valley voice actor scoops three awards in one night, including the judges’ own pick
Phil Rowe won three of the 14 awards at the VOX Awards. Jess Nesling, who has Swansea roots, won Female…
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