PORT TALBOT: Prime Minister chooses steel town for his first official visit to Wales
Andy Burnham spent Wednesday with workers and apprentices in Port Talbot, as the Deputy First Minister used the visit to demand a guaranteed Welsh share of the UK Government's Steel…
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PENDINE: ‘Before there is loss of life’: urgent bid to bar vehicles from Morfa Bychan after cliff fire
Draft minutes of an extraordinary community council meeting reveal the fire came close to a Welsh Water pumping station and an 11,000-volt power line, reignited three times, and left one…
WEATHER: All of south west Wales under thunderstorm warning from 5am on Thursday
The Met Office says torrential downpours, lightning and hail could bring flash flooding, travel disruption and power cuts between 5am and 10pm, with the rain landing on ground baked hard…
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 appear before magistrates on Thursday.
ROUNDERS: The primary school game 10,000 adults across south west Wales are playing again
One social league now runs 360 teams in women's and mixed competitions, and Swansea Bay's health board is holding the game up as proof that getting fitter does not have…
FERRIES: Passports to be compulsory for Ireland crossings from Fishguard and Pembroke Dock
From 28 September no other form of ID will do on the Irish Sea routes from Pembrokeshire's two ferry ports, the operators say, a change that catches British and Irish…
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 vacant possession, making Tenby the first visible casualty among the…
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RHEOLA HOUSE: Five teenagers charged with arson after fire gutted John Nash manor
Four men aged 18 and 19 from Neath Port Talbot and Swansea, and a 17-year-old boy from Merthyr Tydfil, appeared at Swansea Magistrates' Court this morning charged with arson with…
CRYNANT: “One of life’s rare diamonds”: family’s tribute to motorcyclist Lynne Trump, 45, killed on the A4109
The wife, mother and grandmother died at the scene of a collision near Cefn Coed Colliery on Sunday afternoon. Police…
CROSS HANDS: Uninsured teen who hit taxi at 141mph on the A48 locked up for 28 months
Max Dangerfield, then 18, had just overtaken an unmarked police car at more than 100mph when he ploughed into the…
DISPOSABLE BBQS: Banned from sale across Britain as Prime Minister warns country is a ‘tinderbox’
The UK government has issued a temporary ban on selling disposable barbecues in store and online, a day after Swansea Council urged people to leave them at home and the…
CARMARTHENSHIRE: Saron councillor Peter Cooper dies, remembered as a “dedicated public servant”
The Labour councillor for Saron served his corner of Carmarthenshire for more than two decades: in the council chamber, on…
BRIDGEND: Rhiw Shopping Centre handed £350k as Wales launches town centre taskforce
The arcade Bridgend Council bought in March gets new regeneration funding, announced alongside the co-chairs of a taskforce the Welsh…
SWANSEA: The city makes the UK top 20 for people trying to turn a hobby into a business
Swansea is 20th and Cardiff 11th in a ranking of where people search hardest for how to make money from what they love. Clothing brands top the list of dream…
AU VODKA: Swansea gold bottle firm in talks over £500m sale to American drinks giant
Founders Charlie Morgan and Jackson Quinn could each walk away with more than £100m. Nothing has reportedly been signed as…
SWANSEA: River Island’s Oxford Street store now has a closing date
Signs in the store's windows confirm the date, with a 30% off closing-down sale under way. The chain's Morfa Retail…
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 Marshall finds an accessible, slapstick-first evening, with two more shows…
SWANSEA: Twelve bands, two days and a new roof as Amplitude takes over the amphitheatre
M0Li headlined Saturday and The Pepperseeds closed Sunday at the free grassroots weekend, the amphitheatre's first festival since its canopy…
PENYBERTH: The night three men burned down an RAF bombing school is coming to a Swansea stage
Fflamau Penyberth, a new opera marking 90 years since the 1936 arson attack that fired up Welsh nationalism, reaches Taliesin…
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