SWANSEA UNIVERSITY: Grandad learned engineering in Nissen huts. 61 years on, his grandson is on the same course at Bay Campus
Handel Williams, 83, from Ystalyfera, went from a Coal Board scholarship at Singleton to 34 years with Shell. Freddie, 19,…
GOWER COLLEGE: City centre expansion “being explored”, but the boarded-up Kingsway bank stays a mystery
The college says it is "exploring options" in Swansea city centre. Asked six questions, it answered none, including what it…
SCHOOL CLOSURES: Council to expand Pontyberem school “whether or not” Bancffosfelen’s village school shuts
Councillors sent the closure papers back once over “inaccuracies”. On Monday they reach cabinet anyway, alongside three more village schools,…
GWENDRAETH VALLEY: ‘Once you lose a school, it never comes back’: governors ask Welsh Government to halt closures
Three village schools facing closure have taken their fight to the Education Minister. The Welsh Government’s first reply has not…
YSGOL HEOL GOFFA: Four pupils have died in six months, says councillor, and still no nurse
Health chiefs could give no guarantee and no deadline for a nurse at the Llanelli special school, campaigners say, and…
FOLLY FARM: Carmarthen art student’s bronze Hugo now watches over the lion’s pride
Katie Morrissey had never sculpted on this scale before. The keeper who knew Hugo best chose her design from eight.
MEIDRIM: Village school will close at Christmas after councillors vote it through
Ysgol Meidrim's 24 pupils move to Hafodwenog or Ysgol Griffith Jones in January, and Ysgol Y Fro, which has none…
NEATH PORT TALBOT: “Nearly all” specialist places are full, so the council wants 32 more for autistic pupils at its two new schools
Sixteen places each inside the new Ysgol Gynradd Gymraeg Rhosafan in Sandfields and the rebuilt Llangatwg in Cadoxton, running costs…
CARMARTHENSHIRE: Parents get one week to have their say on Welsh-medium switch at four primary schools
Two of the four schools are the ones lined up to take in children from village schools facing the axe.
LLANELLI: Ysgol Pen Rhos pupils kept indoors all afternoon as bomb disposal team deals with suspected shell at the fly-plague waste site next door
The primary school told parents the find was well away from its 3G pitch and it was safe to stay…
ALN FUNDING: Plaid and Labour strike £60m deal to revive the budget that fell in July
Labour asked for £100m this year and walked away from £40m. The number the two sides have settled on sits…