Porthcawl
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…
PORTHCAWL: Quentin Tarantino becomes Vice President of town’s male voice choir
The Hollywood director worked with Porthcawl Male Voice Choir members while filming in the town last month — now he's…
RUTH JONES: Cameras roll on new BBC comedy ‘Better Later’ — 35 years after star first met her co-writer
Filming has begun on a warm new BBC comedy co-written by and starring Porthcawl-raised Ruth Jones and her long-time friend…
PORTHCAWL: BEM for the RNLI volunteer behind 34 years on the lifeboats — and the town’s Christmas swim
Ian Stroud, who has given more than three decades to Porthcawl's lifeboat station, has been recognised in the King's Birthday…
PORTHCAWL: End of the road for donkey rides on Coney Beach as council’s summer animal ban rules them out for good
Donkey rides are banned from Coney Beach in Porthcawl after Bridgend County Borough Council extended its seasonal animal restrictions —…
JAILED: Llanelli man who ignored victim’s pleas during flat attack sentenced to six years
A 48-year-old man has been jailed for six years after raping and sexually assaulting a woman during an attack at…
PORTHCAWL: £1.3m project to transform car park into vibrant public space to begin
Work to transform the Hillsboro South car park in Porthcawl into a vibrant new public space is set to begin…
PORTHCAWL: ‘Agitated’ drug dealer caught with knife and cocaine jailed
A Porthcawl man has been jailed for two-and-a-half years after police caught him with a dangerous haul of cocaine, cannabis…
PORTHCAWL: New seafront funfair announced as town prepares for life after Coney Beach
A new seasonal funfair is heading to Porthcawl’s Salt Lake, Bridgend Council has announced, as the town adjusts to life…
Porthcawl dementia care home sold for first time in 36 years
A family-run dementia care home in Porthcawl has been sold for the first time since it was established in 1989,…
PORTHCAWL: Man arrested after woman’s body found in freezer at residential property
A MAN in his sixties has been arrested on suspicion of preventing a lawful burial after police discovered a woman's…