TRAM-TRAIN: The plan to run trams from the Neath valley into Swansea, and why councillors are being told to wait
A line from Swansea High Street through the docks and the Bay Campus to Neath and Aberdulais has been drawn, costed and given a green light on paper. Councillors voted…
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DIGITAL ID: Your phone can now get you served, without handing over your address
New rules across England and Wales let pubs, shops and venues accept certified digital proof of age for alcohol from today. Physical ID still works everywhere, and it will take…
BUSINESS RATES: Pubs, cafés and gyms get a 30% cut, but only if they are under the £51,000 line
Hospitality and leisure venues across Wales will move onto the lower rates multiplier from April 2027, in a permanent change replacing the temporary 15% relief. It depends entirely on a…
LEAF BOAT: The sculpture is back in the water, and the artist who made it has seen it home
Amber Hiscott has been reunited with her Leaf Boat at Cwmdonkin Park, where a leaking pond has been repaired and refilled around it. One of its glass panels is missing,…
KIDWELLY: Sixteen new council homes at Parc Pendre, built to cut tenants’ energy bills
Carmarthenshire County Council has finished a development of social rented homes ranging from one to four bedrooms, with heat pumps, solar panels and heavy insulation. It is part of a…
20MPH: Reform says scrap it after serious injuries hit a six-year high. Here is what the figures actually show
Reform Wales says the default limit is costing money and lives after 1,361 people were killed or seriously injured on Welsh roads in 2025. The figure covers every road at…
UNION ROW: Plaid told to fix NHS as Rhun backs break-up pact
Welsh opposition parties say hospital care and schools should come first as nationalist leaders declare Westminster’s time is running out. Scotland’s John Swinney predicts Andy Burnham will be the UK’s…
BRIDGEND MURDER: Family remember ‘extraordinary’ Tracey as husband found guilty of killing her
The family of Tracey Davies say they will “never come to terms” with losing a woman whose laughter could light up a room after her husband was found guilty of…
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…
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,…
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…
£1 BUS FARES: Nine million journeys in, the £1 ticket for under-22s is staying until 2027
The £1 single and £3 day ticket for 5 to 21-year-olds has been extended to March 2027, with more than…
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…
CLOSED: Three more Swansea vape shops shut by magistrates after counterfeit tobacco and drugs seized
VH Vape Hub, Kalar Market and Midtown Vape Shop, all on Mansel Street, must stay shut for three months after raids by Trading Standards, police and immigration officers. In June…
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: Catherine Zeta-Jones blasts ‘horrific’ nepo baby label as children follow famous parents
The Hollywood star has defended Dylan and Carys Douglas as they forge careers in entertainment, while recalling the decision she made as a teenager to leave school in Swansea and…
PENYBERTH OPERA: Saunders Lewis gets a tenor, and every arsonist gets his own accent, as rehearsals begin
The composer of Fflamau Penyberth matched each singer to the home turf of the man he plays, ahead of the…
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'…
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SWANSEA: Masked e-bike riders face £75 on-the-spot fines under tough new street rules
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SWANSEA: Nine social homes recovered and £1.2m identified in council fraud crackdown
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RED LINES: Swansea Bay’s MPs back the settlement goods ban, days after the city carried its own through the streets
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