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Two firefighters in yellow protective gear and breathing apparatus directing a hose into smouldering debris at the Port Talbot Dock Road fire site
Afan Way

PORT TALBOT: Fire enters controlled phase as road closures lifted and air quality monitoring deployed

The major fire at Water Street in Port Talbot is entering a controlled phase and de-escalating, with both road closures…

Aerial view of a large wildfire burning across Fairwood Common on Gower, with a line of orange flames advancing across dry grassland and a thick plume of grey smoke rising into the sky, with a road and fields visible in the distance
AONB

GOWER: Fire crews tackle two wildfires in 24 hours -Fairwood Common and Cefn Bryn – as bank holiday fire risk soars

Fire crews have tackled two major wildfires on the Gower Peninsula within 24 hours — a four-hectare blaze at Fairwood…

A woman sits on a large limestone rock on Cefn Bryn common on the Gower Peninsula, watching a golden sunset over the Bristol Channel, with rolling green grassland and scattered rocks stretching into the foreground
AONB

GOWER: The UK’s first Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty turns 70 – here’s why it’s still one of Britain’s most special places

The Gower Peninsula turns 70 this month as the UK's very first Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty - a designation…

Map outlines Persimmon’s proposed 216‑home Fairwood Terrace development in Gowerton, now at appeal after council refusal over traffic concerns.
Burry Inlet

GOWERTON: Persimmon’s Fairwood Terrace plans dealt massive blow as Welsh Government orders full environmental assessment

Campaigners fighting Persimmon Homes' proposed 216-home development at Fairwood Terrace in Gowerton have won a landmark ruling after a Welsh…

Five firefighters from Kidwelly Fire Station holding rescued lambs at night after culvert rescue.
animal rescue

KIDWELLY: Firefighters rescue three lambs trapped 20 metres underground in stone culvert

Crews from Kidwelly Fire Station rescued three lambs trapped 20 metres down an underground stone culvert, digging through mud in…

Surface water flooding across the Killay Square junction, with cars driving slowly through deep pooled water.
A4118

FLOOD FIX: Funding confirmed to finally tackle Killay Square and Gower road misery after years of chaos

An £800,000 drainage scheme at Killay Square is set to go ahead this year — while the long-suffering A4118 on…

Ben Williams in the laboratory at Swansea University's Medical School.
British Pharmacological Society

Worm researcher from Llanelli wins £110,000 scholarship to study how medicines pollute our rivers

Ben Williams thought he was just applying for a scholarship. He ended up becoming one of only four people in…

A long wall of orange flames burning across dry moorland vegetation at Cefn Bryn in Gower, with dark smoke rising into a cloudy sky.
Cefn Bryn

GOWER: Seven fire crews tackle 120-hectare blaze on Cefn Bryn as windy conditions hamper efforts

Seven fire stations were called to a major grass fire on Cefn Bryn in Gower on Tuesday, with crews spending…

fox on farm
animal cruelty

PONTARDDULAIS: Man handed suspended sentence in first conviction in Wales for illegal animal snares

A Pontarddulais man has become the first person convicted in Wales for setting illegal animal snares — more than two…

Wind sock on a breezy day
Amber Weather Warning

STORM DAVE: Coastal gales and danger to life warnings for Wales tonight — but 20°C sunshine on the way

Gale-force winds and coastal danger warnings are in place for Wales tonight as Storm Dave crosses the UK — but…