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A white National Express coach parked on dry ground at the Glastonbury Festival coach station under a blue sky
coach

GLASTONBURY 2027: Coach tickets from Swansea go on sale on Sunday, the same morning as the festival tickets

National Express will run direct services from Swansea to Worthy Farm from £24 one way, with sales opening on 4…

Aerial artist's impression of three blue padel courts and a landscaped car park on the former tennis courts beside the Oyster House, with Mumbles beach and the bay beyond
Cllr Andrew Stevens

MUMBLES: Padel courts to replace the old seafront tennis courts, and the car park is coming back

Three fenced courts between the Oyster House and the bowling green, a car park with charging bays and a path…

Ellie Jones standing behind her market stall of polymer clay earrings on a blue gingham cloth, with an Ear Candy Handmade UK banner and a price list
cash

SWANSEA: The earring maker who still takes cash at markets, and the hour it costs her to bank it

Ellie Jones sells handmade earrings at markets across Wales around a full-time job. Cash saves her the card fees. Banking…

Bethan Evans smiling, seated in an armchair in a pink blazer and striped silk scarf
awards

SWANSEA: The care group boss behind two Swansea care homes is leading a national vote, and it closes today

Bethan Evans runs the company behind Hawthorn Court in Sketty and Ocean Living on the Mumbles seafront. She has been…

Aerial satellite view of Swansea Docks, showing the marina, docks and waterfront from above
Bristol Channel ferry

SWANSEA FERRY: Councillors get their date to grill the leader on the £25,000 report

A council-funded study promised a high-speed ferry from Swansea to the south west of England, 800,000 visitors and a first…

Two-storey red-brick former working men's club on Brighton Road, Gorseinon, with G.W.C. carved above a shuttered doorway and windows boarded
Dawson's

GORSEINON: The workies that served the town for 100 years is being knocked down for houses

It shut just before Christmas 2023 with a "heartbreaking" post to its members, and went under the hammer. Now the…

Wilf Tovey, a teenager in a dark T-shirt, holds a framed Impact Awards winner certificate and wooden RYA Cymru Wales trophy beside Sarah McGovern in front of an RYA Cymru Wales and Welsh Sailing backdrop
awards

MUMBLES: The 16-year-old sailor who’s always last up the beach, and now has an award for it

Wilf Tovey races for Wales in the ILCA 7 and spends his spare minutes in the boat park helping younger…

Swansea Guildhall's clock tower and stone frontage under a bright cloudy sky, with bare winter branches overhead and a Pride flag flying
benefits

SWANSEA: Nearly six weeks for a housing benefit decision as council admits it is short of staff

A new claim for help with the rent took almost 40 days to process this spring, against the council's own…

Six people stand beneath a red and green balloon arch with a ribbon and oversized scissors at the SPAR opening.
Costcutter

SWANSEA: SPAR replaces university’s longstanding Costcutter

The Singleton campus shop has kept its existing team, with additional paid student roles announced and a wider food range…

Andrew Jenkins and physiotherapist Clare Ford smiling together at Morriston Hospital.
Andrew Jenkins

MORRISTON: ‘It’s where my life was saved’: Traitors star returns to say thank you

Andrew Jenkins has reunited with physiotherapist Clare Ford, who helped him recover from devastating crash injuries long before his appearance…