PORTH COPR: 57 flats, cafés and a courtyard called Frog Yard proposed for old St David’s site
The next chapter for the old St David's site borrows a name from Swansea's past. You can see the first ideas next week.
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SWANSEA BAY: Children stopped landing in hospital once two nurses got them out of mouldy homes
Medicine can only do so much for a child with asthma sleeping next to black mould. So two nurses went to the councils instead.
REMEMBRANCE: Free First Bus travel for veterans, serving forces and cadets on both days of remembrance
Show your Armed Forces ID, or wear your medals or uniform, and the fare to the Cenotaph is covered on Sunday 8 and Wednesday 11 November.
YSGOL HEOL GOFFA: Parents and pupils question if Llanelli’s planned special school is already too small
Llanelli’s £35m special school has passed its public test. Now the question is whether 150 places will be enough.
KENFIG: Burst sewage main caused four of Welsh Water’s nine serious pollution incidents in its worst year on record
The Marlas main is now a £30m replacement job. NRW keeps the company on two stars for a fourth year, and Welsh Water says sorry.
MORRISTON: Traitors star joins mental health patients on the farm behind the hospital that saved him
Andrew Jenkins harvested veg with inpatients from Tawe Clinic at Cae Felin, the seven-acre farm hidden behind Morriston Hospital.
THEATRE REVIEW: ‘A play about nothing and a play about everything’, Swansea Little Theatre’s Under Milk Wood at the Dylan Thomas Theatre
Dylan Thomas's play for voices returns to the theatre that bears his name, where the writer himself was a member in the 1930s. Reviewer Jonathan Marshall finds a committed cast…
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20MPH: Fewest spring crashes on record outside Covid, says Welsh Government, three years after the limit came in
Collisions on 20 and 30mph roads are down 37% on the last spring before the change, statisticians say. They also say South Wales Police may have been under-recording serious injuries…
SWANSEA: Crack dealer jailed after police rang a drugs line and found the phone by a mattress
Officers rang the number they were investigating. The phone was beside a mattress.
LLANELLI: PC sacked for chasing a colleague he suspected was a domestic abuse victim
A misconduct panel also found he saved a witness’s number on his own phone after taking a statement about a…
NORTH GATE SWANSEA: Cash for benches, fencing and community groups on the cards from £20m fund
The board spending the money is hiring its first three staff, and wants to meet North Hill residents over a bite to eat next month.
WELSH LIB DEMS: Cwm Tawe MP David Chadwick to stand for leader as Jane Dodds steps down
Nobody else is eligible to stand. He says the party has to stop thinking and acting like a minor one.
PYLONS: Labour warns Plaid’s plan to bury power lines could push up bills
Reform and the Conservatives want new lines underground. Labour warns it could land on your bills, and ministers have yet…
ST HELEN’S ROAD: Asia Vape shut for a second time in a year as three more Swansea vape shops are closed
Magistrates have closed Vape City and Asia Vape on St Helen’s Road and Vape Zone on Dilwyn Street, the council says. Asia Vapes was on the list when nine shops…
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…
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.
BRANGWYN HALL: Council pulls the plug on Magic Mike-style strip show
The star of Magic Men says he found out from his fans, and that he was told the show was “too raunchy”.
SWANSEA: Seven libraries are lending out daylight lamps to get you through the winter
The clocks have gone back and the evenings are drawing in. There’s now a box on the library shelf with…
BURRY PORT: Designer’s artwork made from her studio floor scraps picked for London’s Discerning Eye show
Tammy Danielle Davies made Threads from scraps and scrap-store embroidery hoops after seeing a picture of a textile dump in…
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SWANSEA: Children’s Commissioner opens city centre office to reach children who don’t know where to turn
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PORTHCAWL: Padel, crazy golf and street food could fill the old Coney Beach site next summer
The council wants local businesses to pop up on the seafront while the bigger plans take shape, and the ones…
HENDY: Esme’s family are up for a UK heart charity award, and it’s down to a public vote
Dad ran the London Marathon, mum ran the Cardiff Half, and they’ve raised more than £19,000. Now it’s up to…
LLANELLI: Poppy Appeal launches at new Royal British Legion hub, with a Friday deadline to lay a wreath
The Lord-Lieutenant cut the ribbon on the Legion’s new St Elli hub. If you want to lay a wreath at…
ST HELEN’S: ‘Build it and they will come’: URC boss hails the Ospreys’ new home, and says season tickets have doubled
Martin Anayi, chief executive of the United Rugby Championship, calls the rebuilt ground “something Swansea and Wales can be proud…
ST HELEN’S: Council leader opens the rebuilt ground with the first whistle, then turns back to the WRU
Rob Stewart calls the Ospreys’ first night at their new home one of ‘huge pride’. He also has a message…
PATTI PAVILION: Swansea’s 1920 seafront hall to open seven days a week, with an eye on the St Helen’s crowd
No ticket needed: The Patti says it is getting a new look, new seating, drinks offers and a student discount,…
ST HELEN’S: ‘This one truly is our own’: Ospreys ready to put a marker down in their first game at the rebuilt ground
Mark Jones and Sam Parry on what the players found at St Helen’s this week, the pitch they can’t fault,…
ST HELEN’S: Verdi’s owner takes over the food at the Ospreys’ new ground, and promises ‘Swansea’s biggest party space’
Ryan Hole’s Secret Hospitality Group, which runs The Secret across the road, ROK and The Lighthouse, will run hospitality and…
SOUTH WALES POLICE: Officers get Sur-Rons of their own, the e-bikes they keep seizing in Swansea
The force says the lightweight electric motorbikes will get officers through traffic and down roads patrol cars can't reach. It…
BRIDGEND MURDER: Clifford Foster, 61, charged over the death of Eleanor Barnfield
He is due before Newport magistrates on Friday morning. Police say the case is not being investigated as a domestic…
KILVEY HILL: First steel goes up on Swansea’s cable car base station at Landore
Skyline says the foundations are finished and the superstructure is rising, five months after construction began. The station will take…
CARMARTHEN: 835 demand an inquiry into the £41m Atriwm, as the council keeps St Catherine’s Street roadworks until Christmas
Campaigner Scott Bayes will put the case for an independent inquiry to councillors on 12 November. The council says the…
SWANSEA: Hidden terrazzo floor uncovered at the old Pandora’s as Cosy Club opens its books for Beaujolais Day
The marble floor under decades of nightclub coverings will take centre stage when the Exchange Buildings venue opens. The first…