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Custody photograph of Christopher Williams, a grey-haired man in his seventies, issued by South Wales Police
Cardiff Crown Court

MAESTEG: Man, 73, jailed for almost 12 years for sexual offences against children spanning 30 years

Christopher Williams admitted 15 offences against several victims and was sentenced at Cardiff Crown Court on 21 October.

Aerial view of Porthcawl seafront, with the town in the foreground, the harbour on the right and a wide sandy beach curving away towards caravans in the distance
Bridgend County Borough Council

PORTHCAWL: Padel, crazy golf and street food could fill the old Coney Beach site next summer

The council wants local businesses to pop up on the seafront while the bigger plans take shape, and the ones…

Head-and-shoulders photo of Clifford Foster, a grey-haired man in a white hooded top, against a cream wall
Bridgend

BRIDGEND MURDER: Man charged with Eleanor Barnfield murder appears in court

He will appear at Cardiff Crown Court on Monday. The ambulance service has found no record of a 999 call…

Eleanor Barnfield smiling in a navy puffer jacket and blue rucksack on a rocky path beside a waterfall
Bridgend

BRIDGEND MURDER: Clifford Foster, 61, charged over the death of Eleanor Barnfield

He is due before Newport magistrates on Friday morning. Police say the case is not being investigated as a domestic…

A grey SUV against a wall on Coity Road, Bridgend, with police tape and cones across the road and an officer by the Ty Ogwr building
Bridgend

BRIDGEND MURDER: Ambulance service says delayed-response rumours are ‘factually untrue’

A rapid response car reached Coity Road seven minutes after the 999 call on Monday, the Welsh Ambulance Service says,…

Eleanor Barnfield smiling in a navy puffer jacket and blue rucksack on a rocky path beside a waterfall
Bridgend

BRIDGEND MURDER: Police name Coity Road victim as Eleanor Barnfield, 47, ‘our rock’ to her family

The Valleys to Coast worker died in hospital after her car hit a wall on Monday. A 61-year-old man remains…

A grey Hyundai SUV with its front against a damaged brick wall and railings on Coity Road, Bridgend
Bridgend

BRIDGEND: Woman, 47, dies and man, 61, arrested on suspicion of murder after Coity Road crash

Police say the 47-year-old driver's injuries were not caused by the crash. A 61-year-old man is in custody after an…

Three shopfronts inside the Quadrant Shopping Centre — a TGJones store on the left, the Post Office and Swyddfa'r Post in the middle, and a Toys R Us store on the right, with two shoppers walking past on a polished tiled floor.
Bridgend

SWANSEA: TGJones confirms closure date for the Quadrant’s old WHSmith

Swansea's former WHSmith in the Quadrant has been given a closing date. The Post Office inside it will shut days…

Maria Bailey and two others holding armfuls of pink Bailey's Bags backpacks outside the Swansea Bay Health Charity office
cervical cancer

BAILEY’S BAGS: Maria hoped to raise £500 for chemo grab bags. She’s passed £4,000

She finished her own treatment in August. Now the bags she packed during it are reaching women just starting theirs.

Artist's impression of The Buccaneer as a curved white three-storey building with gold lettering, a glass rooftop terrace and people at café tables outside
Bridgend County Borough Council

PORTHCAWL: The Buccaneer is saved, and getting its 1930s ocean liner look back

The seafront bar was due to be demolished. Now the council plans to restore it, possibly as a restaurant, café…

South Wales Police custody photograph of Michael Davies, a grey-haired man with a beard
Bridgend

BRIDGEND MURDER: Husband who strangled Tracey Davies at their Cefn Cribwr home jailed for life

Michael Davies, 57, must serve at least 14 years. Tracey's family say no sentence will ever reflect the one they…