Cllr Rob Stewart

Architect's concept render of the Ysgol Calon Lân entrance, with glazed doors etched with tree designs, a timber canopy and children and families outside
Education

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.

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Swansea Bay News
Rows of parked cars at Knab Rock car park in Mumbles, with the cliff and palm trees behind
Cllr Andrew Stevens

MUMBLES: Council to look at cheaper parking, but leader warns change could come with ‘consequences’

Swansea Council leader says he’d look at cheaper Mumbles parking options, but warns changes could come with ‘consequences’.

Boarded and blacked-out M&S store windows on Oxford Street, Swansea, with a lone shopper passing by
Centurion Group

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,…

Pipers in feather bonnets, green tartan kilts and white spats march past NatWest in Swansea city centre, with standards carried behind
Armed Forces

SWANSEA: Pipers, veterans and cadets march as crowds line the streets for Remembrance

Hours after hundreds fell silent at the seafront Cenotaph, the city centre filled for the Royal British Legion’s parade to…

A man on the beach at night holds a firework that sprays sparks sideways from his hand, with a group of people standing beside him below the promenade railings
beach

SWANSEA BEACH: “Duck down” as rockets are fired by hand on the sand while Bonfire Night crowds watch

Days after 98 per cent of our readers voted to take fireworks out of the shops, footage from Swansea's beachfront…

Two armed police officers in dark uniforms beside a dark SUV stopped on the verge of the A48 Clase Road in Morriston
Cllr Rob Stewart

MORRISTON: Man and boy arrested after car damaged by suspected gunfire near Asda

Roads around the A48 Clase Road were shut for hours after police declared a critical incident. They've reopened, but officers…

Residents seated in rows in a high-ceilinged room listen to a speaker with a microphone beside a panel table, with a screen listing the evening's speakers
Castle Square Gardens

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…

Fireworks streaking across the night sky with trails of colour above Swansea.
Bonfire Night

FIREWORKS: Poll shows overwhelming support in Swansea Bay for a ban on shop sales

Dogs under the table, bangs at 2am and a date nobody keeps. Readers want the boxes off the shelves; Westminster…

Road planer, sweeper and highways lorries working under street lights on a residential road at night during overnight resurfacing in Swansea
Cllr Andrew Stevens

SWANSEA: Council says it’s filled 2,300 potholes since April as its £14m road repair blitz continues

The council leader says crews are aiming for a 48-hour turnaround on reported potholes. Here is where the resurfacing money…

Police officers, council officials and partners standing together in Dyfatty, Swansea, during the launch of a crime reduction project
antisocial behaviour

DYFATTY: Anti-social behaviour down 37% and 143 arrests as police hand the crackdown to the council

The Clear phase of Clear, Hold, Build is over after nine months. Police say drug trafficking reports fell by nearly…

Close-up of Lyndon Faulkner, in a red scarf and dark quilted jacket, looking to his left at Cardiff Arms Park
Cardiff Rugby

WRU: Swansea Council gives union an extra month in court fight as new chair arrives

The council says the union's new leadership should get the chance to consider every option, including the shape of the…