HOSEPIPE BAN: West Wales ban starts 10am Sunday — and it’s not because the reservoirs are running dry
A hosepipe ban covering around 33,000 properties in Ceredigion, north Pembrokeshire and north Carmarthenshire begins at 10am on Sunday — and Welsh Water says it's about treatment capacity, not empty…
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MOUNT PLEASANT: Inside Swansea’s abandoned Technical College — the building time forgot
Urban explorers' images show the former UWTSD Mount Pleasant campus — the 1931 Technical College — as it stands today: parquet corridors, a caged lift, abandoned classrooms and the first…
UPLANDS: Free family party in Cwmdonkin Park on Sunday — as the pavilion café becomes a community venture
Dylan's Coffee Shop in Cwmdonkin Park throws a free summer party from 3pm on Sunday — celebrating the pavilion's new look and its move to become a Community Interest Company…
SWANSEA: Two-thirds of your train journey to London has worse internet than the moon — where to sit to fix it
The London–Swansea line ranks 18th of 24 UK routes for mobile connectivity, with a usable signal for just 35% of the journey, according to new analysis of Ofcom data —…
JELLYFISH: Why peeing on a sting won’t help — and what actually works, as beachgoer stung at Aberavon
It's the first thing everyone suggests, and it's wrong. A beachgoer was treated for a jellyfish sting at Aberavon this week — here's what the coastguard and the NHS say…
SIR GARRY SOBERS: Cricket great who hit six sixes at St Helen’s dies aged 89
The West Indies legend widely regarded as cricket's greatest all-rounder has died at his home in Barbados — 58 years after the over at Swansea's St Helen's that made him,…
ST HELEN’S: Main stand stripped to its skeleton — and it’s moving to the Mumbles end
New drone footage from the Ospreys shows the scale of St Helen's transformation — thousands of seats lifted out, the main stand reduced to bare steel, and the pitch stripped…
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LLANELLI: Takeaway stripped of late-night licence after illegal workers found twice in five months
The All In One takeaway on Murray Street can no longer open past 11pm after Carmarthenshire councillors revoked its premises licence — hearing that immigration officers found illegal workers there…
OPERATION OAK: Swansea man among eight charged with child sexual exploitation offences spanning decades
Murad Ali, 57, of Swansea, is charged with two counts of rape of a girl under 16 — one of…
TOWNHILL: Man dies in Elphin Gardens flat fire — as police try to trace his next of kin
A man died at the scene of a fire at a first-floor flat in Elphin Gardens on Tuesday afternoon. Police…
CHANCELLOR: Could Swansea’s MP end up next door to the Prime Minister? Torsten Bell in the mix as Burnham chooses
Andy Burnham names his cabinet on Monday — and the MP for Swansea West is among the names being mentioned for the Treasury. He's an outsider, but the fact he's…
BROADCASTING: Wales’ new media watchdog won’t exist until 2028 — as critics call it “constitutional navel-gazing”
The Welsh Government has set out its timetable for a Shadow Broadcasting and Communications Authority — a working group recruited…
WELSH LABOUR: Ken Skates confirmed as leader — the morning after his nine MSs sank Plaid’s budget
The Senedd Labour group — including Gŵyr Abertawe's Mike Hedges — unanimously nominated Ken Skates as permanent Welsh Labour leader,…
SWANSEA: Named one of the UK’s best cities to run a business — with the shortest commute of the lot
Swansea is one of only ten UK cities ranked by The Co-operative Bank as offering the best conditions for business owners — and its 17-minute average commute is the shortest…
SWANSEA: River Island set to close Oxford Street store — with September earmarked
The fashion chain's Oxford Street branch is expected to shut in September with staff consultation under way — the latest…
NEW WDA: Swansea and Port Talbot ports boss to shape Wales’ development agency — as Tories warn there’s ‘no plan’
The chair of Associated British Ports — owner of Swansea and Port Talbot docks — will lead the panel designing…
SWANSEA: ‘Feels Like Home’ — grandad and granddaughter star in new Swans mural on Salubrious Place
Street artist Hasan Kamil's football heritage mural — featuring lifelong fan Salvatore Rullo and his granddaughter Rosa in the stands — is the first of ten planned artworks aiming to…
AMMANFORD: Radio 2 star Owain Wyn Evans named among BBC’s highest earners — with pay of up to £210,000
The Ammanford-born presenter and drummer earned between £205,000 and £209,999 in the year to March, the BBC's annual report shows…
SWANSEA: The magic show made in the city returns to the Patti Pavilion — with a cast that’s fooled Penn & Teller
Phenomenal, created by Swansea producer Taylor Morgan, returns to the Patti Pavilion from 13 to 16 August with an international…
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CHARITY GOLF: Record £14,000 for kidney charity as 50 teams pack out Clyne
Popham Kidney Support's annual golf day at Clyne Golf Club raised £14,000 from 50 teams on Friday 10 July —…
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Swansea's third Nando's opens its doors at Parc Fforestfach next Wednesday — joining the chain's Morfa Shopping Park and Wind…
TENBY SPECTACULAR: “Too good at the job” — volunteers end the event for good after council revokes licence
The Tenby Round Table says it is drawing a line under the Summer Spectacular after almost 40 years — telling…
SWANSEA: Carl’s Jr serves its last dine-in burger on Wind Street — as the unit re-emerges in the livery of the chicken shop next door
The US burger chain's restaurant has closed less than a year after opening — switching to delivery-only from Monday, with…
CARMARTHEN: Fly-tipper handed 200 hours’ unpaid work after repeatedly dumping waste beside railway line
Edward Bassett admitted fly-tipping household waste and building materials on several occasions on land near the Cillefwr Industrial Estate in…
NEATH: Dog so emaciated vets couldn’t tell she was pregnant — owner banned from keeping animals for 10 years
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SCARLETS: ‘Not only a rugby club’ — council welcomes WRU deal securing two years of west Wales rugby
Carmarthenshire Council has hailed the "security and stability" of the Scarlets' new agreement with the Welsh Rugby Union — a…
SWANSEA: MP calls cross-party community meeting to tackle ‘division’ in politics
Swansea West MP Torsten Bell has invited residents, trade unions, charities and politicians from other parties to a 'Bringing Swansea…
SWANSEA: Scaffolding tops the copperworks chimneys — as engine house restoration gathers pace
Contractors have scaffolded the landmark chimneys at the historic Hafod-Morfa Copperworks from base to summit, as work to restore the…
OSPREYS: CEO Lance Bradley departs — months before the St Helen’s move he steered the club towards
The chief executive who led the Ospreys through the fight for their survival and secured the move to St Helen's…
LLANELLI: Opulence closes — as prime Eastgate unit loses its third bar in a decade
The owners of the Eastgate bar say the closure is "one of strategy, not necessity" — but the unit opposite…
BAGLAN: Bagle Brook up for sale at £850,000 — with councillors urging buyer to save 1979 institution and its staff
The Bagle Brook Beefeater, a Baglan fixture since 1979, has been put on the market for £850,000 — and the…
SWANSEA: Nine parks and green spaces named among the best in Wales — as Botanical Gardens marks its centenary
From Clyne Gardens to Cwmdonkin Park, nine of Swansea's parks and green spaces have kept their Green Flag status for…
LLANELLI: ‘Thousands of children’ — charity boss retires after 29 years keeping Carmarthenshire’s kids safe
Tracy Pike MBE walked into a small Llanelli play centre in 1997. Nearly three decades later she leaves as the…