Porthcawl
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…
PORTHCAWL: Man who ran into the sea to escape arrest is jailed for sexual offences
Officers followed Gavin Bennett into the dark water off Porthcawl seafront to bring him out. He has now been jailed…
PORTHCAWL: Lifeguard, 21, helped design the RNLI’s new beach huts. Now she works out of one at Trecco Bay
Beth Morgan started lifeguarding at 17. This year the engineering student was invited to the RNLI's design team to help…
PORTHCAWL: Tower crane rises over the Grand Pavilion as the rebuild begins
A tower crane now stands beside the Grade II listed seafront landmark, with the steel frame for its new extension…
PORTHCAWL: Son jailed for hiding mother’s body in freezer and claiming £78,000 of her benefits
Christopher Phillips kept Sylvia Phillips in a chest freezer at their home for almost three years after she died, telling…
PORTHCAWL: ‘Porthcawl Eye’ big wheel opens over the seafront for the summer holidays
The giant white observation wheel at Salt Lake is the centrepiece of the town's new seasonal funfair, in Porthcawl's first…
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…
RICS AWARDS: Y Storfa named Wales’ Project of the Year — as Llanelli’s Pentre Awel and Porthcawl’s Sker House complete a near clean sweep
The former BHS reborn as Swansea's civic hub took the top prize at the Wales property awards — with three…
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…