Bridgend County
PORTHCAWL: The Buccaneer is saved, and getting its 1930s ocean liner look back
The seafront bar was due to be demolished. Now the council plans to restore it, possibly as a restaurant, café…
OSPREYS: ‘We know we’re capable’: Jones on what the Ospreys must improve in South Africa
The head coach said basic errors gifted the Sharks their first-half scores, but took heart from a second-half fightback that…
OSPREYS: Bonus point the only consolation as Sharks overpower Ospreys in Durban
A 41-24 defeat in South Africa made it two opening-weekend losses in a row for the Ospreys, though four tries,…
MAESTEG: First look at the £270,000 concrete skatepark for the Welfare Park, and riders have a fortnight to change it
Maverick Skateparks, the firm behind the Mumbles seafront park and this year's Brackla build, has published a 34.5m by 15m…
BRIDGEND: TGJones closing-down posters go up in the Rhiw, the second of the region’s seven at-risk stores to go
The shop that was WHSmith until last year has "store closing down, everything must go" posters in its windows at…
BRIDGEND: Man, 21, jailed for raping woman who told him ‘we’re not having sex’
Daffydd Piper ignored the woman's repeated refusals, then told her by Snapchat "I'm sorry, I should have stopped" before claiming…
BRIDGEND: Council may skip tendering rules to keep the bins emptied when it takes over collections next July
Bridgend wants to keep using some of its contractor's 130 suppliers without putting the work out to tender. Its own…
PORTHCAWL: Floodlit 3G pitch planned at the comprehensive, with club hire from £22.50 an hour and grants lined up to pay for it
A seven-a-side artificial pitch would replace the school's worn-out one, open to clubs on evenings, weekends and in the holidays.…
BRIDGEND: First M&S in the county borough planned for Waterton Road
An M&S Food, a new Aldi and a Costa drive-through are lined up for the old car lot off the…
BRIDGEND: Reform MS Sarah Cooper-Lesadd defects to Plaid, saying her old party is “not serious about governing Wales”
The Pen-y-bont Bro Morgannwg MS, who held the children and skills brief in Reform’s shadow cabinet, has crossed the floor…
BRIDGEND: Joely hid a lump on her back for years. In Florida this summer she wore the bikini
Mental health counsellor Joely McNamara was told her eight-centimetre lipoma was harmless and would not be removed on the NHS.…