WALES: History in Cardiff as Tandy’s heroes finally topple the All Blacks
The wait went back to 1953. It ended this afternoon, with five tries, 346 tackles and a nation on its feet.
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GORSEINON: The school that taught the town for more than a century could be knocked down for 44 flats and houses
Planners wanted the old building saved. They have changed their minds, on one condition.
PEMBROKE DOCK: Family laundry to create 15 jobs with £1.69m upgrade
Its new machines are designed to catch the energy most laundries throw away.
GOWER: King Arthur Hotel named best wedding venue in Wales
The man who dreamed up its wedding venue died before it was finished. His family built it anyway.
MORRISTON: Two more men charged over Clase Road firearms incident
Both were due before Swansea magistrates this morning. Four men have now been charged.
PONTARDAWE: Volunteers who keep the town’s history at the Old Stables win King’s Award
It is the highest honour a local voluntary group can get, and it comes with an invitation to Buckingham Palace.
WELSH LABOUR: Voters felt party ‘had stopped listening’, Skates says of May’s defeat
The party’s own verdict on May arrives in Llandudno today, six months before the council elections.
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MICROSOFT OUTAGE: From trains to prescriptions, how south west Wales has been hit by global tech glitch
Tried to report something online and got nowhere? Here is what still works, and which number to ring.
MORRISTON: Second man charged over Clase Road firearms incident
He is due in court today, a week to the day after police shut the roads around Asda.
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.
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.
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…
GORSEINON: Aquarium shop that only opened in January voted the best in Wales
The family business on Victoria Road is less than a year old, and its owner says he is ‘blown away’. The runner-up is in Swansea too.
SWANSEA: Building society’s finance director Nathan Griffiths becomes deputy chief executive
The city’s own mutual is planning for its next generation of leaders, and it now needs a new finance director.
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,…
LAUGHARNE: Dylan Thomas Boathouse shuts for two months for £77,000 revamp
The poet’s last home is closed to visitors until the new year while its top floor is refitted around families, touchscreens and a tour you can take from your sofa.
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…
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…
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