Bridgend County
PORTHCAWL: Tower crane rises over the Grand Pavilion as the rebuild begins
A tower crane now stands beside the Grade II listed seafront landmark, with the steel frame for its new extension…
BRIDGEND: Rhiw Shopping Centre handed £350k as Wales launches town centre taskforce
The arcade Bridgend Council bought in March gets new regeneration funding, announced alongside the co-chairs of a taskforce the Welsh…
PORTHCAWL: Son jailed for hiding mother’s body in freezer and claiming £78,000 of her benefits
Christopher Phillips kept Sylvia Phillips in a chest freezer at their home for almost three years after she died, telling…
PORTHCAWL: ‘Porthcawl Eye’ big wheel opens over the seafront for the summer holidays
The giant white observation wheel at Salt Lake is the centrepiece of the town's new seasonal funfair, in Porthcawl's first…
NEATH: The nurses who kicked off their heels at a wedding and saved a drowning toddler’s life
Cimla Hospital nurses Kelsey Pirie and Emma Brown were guests at Bryngarw House when screaming started in the country park…
NEW SCHOOLS: Green light for Porthcawl’s Welsh-medium seedling school and all-new Kenfig Hill primary
Bridgend County Borough Council planners have approved a Welsh-medium seedling school alongside Porthcawl Primary and a new-build home for Mynydd…
MAESTEG: Dad’s extraordinary fortnight — cancer surgery, a first grandchild and a walk down the aisle
Eleven days after a six-hour operation to remove a rapidly growing sarcoma from his shoulder, Lee Brain walked his daughter…
BRIDGEND: Nine new shops and open-air square planned for McArthurGlen designer outlet
The shopping village at junction 36 wants to grow — with a new anchor store, an outdoor square with seating…
BRIDGEND COUNTY: A crematorium’s 17-year streak leads seven Green Flag wins — as Bryngarw joins an exclusive heritage club
Coychurch Crematorium has held its Green Flag for 17 consecutive years, and Bryngarw Country Park is now one of just…
RICS AWARDS: Y Storfa named Wales’ Project of the Year — as Llanelli’s Pentre Awel and Porthcawl’s Sker House complete a near clean sweep
The former BHS reborn as Swansea's civic hub took the top prize at the Wales property awards — with three…
BRIDGEND: ‘You are not alone’ — the woman making ‘Bailey’s Bags’ of chemo essentials, handed over the day treatment is confirmed
Maria Bailey packed her own bag of essentials before her first chemotherapy session at Singleton — now she wants every…