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Cherrie Bija with her IoD Wales Director of the Year award. Picture: Faith in Families
Charity

SWANSEA: Faith in Families CEO Cherrie Bija named IoD Wales Director of the Year in public and third sector category

Cherrie Bija, chief executive of Swansea Bay charity Faith in Families, has…

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Cllr Robert Francis-Davies, a white-haired man in a navy blazer and checked shirt, smiling on the pitch at the Swansea.com Stadium with the stands and advertising hoardings visible in the background.
Morriston

SWANSEA: Cabinet member Robert Francis-Davies dies — tributes paid to ‘true Swansea legend’ after 43 years of service

Cllr Robert Francis-Davies, Swansea's cabinet member for investment, regeneration, tourism and events,…

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3 Min Read
The Gŵyr Abertawe Senedd election count at Swansea's Brangwyn Hall (Image: Swansea Council)
Politics

GWYR ABERTAWE: Plaid Cymru top the poll as Reform UK and Labour also take seats — Mike Hedges holds for Welsh Labour

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9 Min Read
The Brycheiniog Tawe Nedd results being announced by Powys County Council
Neath Port Talbot

BRYCHEINIOG TAWE NEDD: Reform UK tops the poll as Jane Dodds holds on for the Welsh Lib Dems — Welsh Labour wiped out

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5 Min Read
Eluned Morgan addressing the Labour Party conference from the lectern, outlining Welsh Labour’s vision for stability and delivery ahead of the Senedd election.
Pembrokeshire

SENEDD ELECTION: First Minister Eluned Morgan loses seat and resigns as Welsh Labour leader

First Minister Eluned Morgan has lost her seat at the Senedd election…

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7 Min Read
Six newly elected Members of the Senedd stand on stage at the Sir Gaerfyrddin count, with Plaid Cymru's Cefin Campbell standing at a wooden podium delivering remarks and Reform UK's Gareth Beer standing behind him. Lined up to one side in order of election are Plaid Cymru's Nerys Evans, Reform UK's Carmelo Colasanto, Plaid Cymru's Adam Price and Reform UK's Sarah Edwards.
Carmarthen

SIR GAERFYRDDIN: Reform UK and Plaid Cymru take three seats each as Welsh Labour wiped out — Adam Price returns to the Senedd

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6 Min Read
A street view of the former Ysgol Gymraeg Tan Y Lan school site in Morriston, showing the Victorian stone building with its distinctive gable end and arched window behind a single-storey timber-clad extension, with a Lambert Smith Hampton "For Sale" board mounted on the wall facing the road and a no-entry sign in the foreground
Morriston

MORRISTON: Plans submitted to demolish former Tan Y Lan school for 24 affordable flats — with Victorian building set to be lost

Plans have been submitted to demolish the former Ysgol Gymraeg Tan Y…

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6 Min Read
photo of a woman talking to a man in a brown shirt
Carmarthenshire

Neath Port Talbot tops Welsh league for homelessness applications linked to relationship breakdowns

Neath Port Talbot has recorded more homelessness applications linked to relationship breakdowns…

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6 Min Read
TSB bank on Union Street in Swansea (Image: Google Maps)
Bridgend County

TSB brand to disappear from south-west Wales high streets after Santander completes £2.9bn takeover

TSB customers in south-west Wales face the prospect of their bank disappearing…

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7 Min Read
A close-up of the TGJones storefront inside the Quadrant Shopping Centre in Swansea, showing the chain's blue signage to the left, a red Post Office sign in Welsh and English ("Swyddfa'r Post") in the centre and a Toys R Us giraffe display to the right
Retail

TGJONES: Post Office promises to update communities if any branches are forced to relocate amid TGJones store closures

The Post Office has reassured customers in south-west Wales that they can…

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