SWANSEA: M&S needs 300 parking spaces at the door to come back, council leader says
The council leader has spelled out what a full M&S would need to return to the city. The Debenhams names, he says, are close.
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PENCLAWDD: Sir Karl Jenkins hands his scores and papers to the National Library of Wales
The scores still carry his own handwritten notes. From early next year, anyone will be able to go and see them.
GORSEINON: Ten-mile walk will reach Burry Port at 12.45pm, the time Gareth always met his friends
Gareth Thomas died in May, four months after doctors found two brain tumours. On Sunday his sister and friends will keep his weekly appointment on foot.
SENEDD BOYCOTT: Gareth Beer misses his GP closures question to back Reform MS barred from speaking
The Sir Gaerfyrddin MS says disagreement “should be met with discussion, not silence”. His question to the Health Minister on GP surgery closures went unasked.
AMMANFORD: Owain Wyn Evans wobbles back into Wales after a fall, as his ride passes £1 million
He came off his bike on a hill yesterday and his knee is hurting. Today’s route saves a mountain for the end.
MORRISTON: Plans go in for Swansea’s 350-place special school, with a pool and overnight beds
Pupils, parents and staff helped draw it up. Now councillors on the planning committee will decide whether it gets built.
LLANELLI: Penyfan wins as residents vote to drop Bigyn from their community centre’s name
It opened last year under a name some of its neighbours never accepted. The council that refused to ask them has since changed hands.
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MORRISTON: Two more arrests over Clase Road firearms incident as charged man is remanded
Five people have now been arrested, and detectives still want dashcam footage from the roads around Asda.
MORRISTON: Man charged with affray after Clase Road incident, two others bailed
He is due before magistrates in Swansea today, and detectives want dashcam footage from four roads around Asda.
SCAM WARNING: Fake South Wales Police caller says your name is in a data breach
The call sounds official and the story sounds plausible. The force says there is only one thing to do with…
BUS FARES: £7m to stop the price of diesel pushing up what you pay on the bus
The money covers school and community transport too, and there are three ways it runs out.
SWANSEA: MP calls public meeting on the past, present and future of the city centre
The council leader, a Swansea-born think tank boss and the county archivist share the bill at a meeting on where…
BRIDGEND: Beautician kept doing laser treatments after regulator told her to stop, 19 of them on her own records
Told to stop, she carried on, and the certificate on the wall was out of date. What the regulator found…
ST HELEN’S ROAD: Two vape shops shut again as council vows to keep coming back
Test purchases found Swansea Market and Kubas Superstore still selling fake tobacco and illegal vapes. Both have been closed before, and the council says it will be back when the…
PYLE: Engineering firm that left Baglan Energy Park has almost doubled its turnover, and picked up a Wales growth award
Seventeen jobs moved over the county line to Village Farm. Two years on, the firm is helping an overseas manufacturer…
BAGLAN: Bagle Brook is coming back, under the new owner of 57 old Whitbread restaurants
Shut since September, the Baglan institution has turned up on a new company’s opening list. Who they are, and when…
AMMANFORD: Owain Wyn Evans pedals out of Glasgow on 400-mile ride home to Wales
He admits he is nervous, his bike is named after a pop star and the first ferry will not wait for him.
SWANSEA: Britain’s Got Talent winner Harry Moulding to headline Christmas magic show at the Patti
The Blackpool magician who won the ITV show last year is joining the Swansea-made show Phenomenal for four festive nights…
SWANSEA: Becky Hill to open Tunes on the Bay 2027 as the beach festival goes dance
Two years after McFly and Supergrass played the sand, the Friday headliner is a two-time BRIT winner and the Saturday…
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