Fforestfach

A roadside digital sign on New Cut Road, Swansea, reading "poor air quality predicted in Hafod" beside a no-vehicles symbol, with houses and a passing car behind
air pollution

CLEAN AIR: Swansea’s official pollution zone set to be scrapped after 25 years

Homes along the main roads through Hafod, Sketty and Fforestfach have sat inside a legal "bad air" zone since 2001.…

Chris Dower working on a blue mountain bike held in a repair stand in the Cycle CPD training workshop, with benches and bikes behind him
bicycle workshop

FREE BIKE FIXING: Lottery-funded workshops head for schools and clubs across South West Wales

A Swansea trainer is taking work stands and toolkits into schools, community centres and club rooms across five areas, teaching…

A plate of flame-grilled peri-peri chicken with macaroni cheese and corn on the cob at Nando's
Faith in Families

FFORESTFACH: Swansea’s third Nando’s opens with 40 new jobs

The chain has fired up the grills at Parc Fforestfach — with 111 seats, a frozen cocktail machine and a…

The new Nando's restaurant at Parc Fforestfach in Swansea, with red Nando's lettering above a curved timber frontage, black and tan chevron panelling and a red neon cockerel logo on the wall
Fforestfach

FFORESTFACH: Swansea’s third Nando’s opens on July 22 — with the grills already firing at Parc Fforestfach

Swansea's third Nando's opens its doors at Parc Fforestfach next Wednesday — joining the chain's Morfa Shopping Park and Wind…

Jason Partridge (Image: South Wales Police)
criminal property

FFORESTFACH: Drug dealer jailed over £1.5m operation run from ‘modest home’

Jason Partridge ran a drugs operation that saw nearly £1.5m pass through his accounts from an ordinary house in Fforestfach…

Exterior of the Flying Tiger store in Swansea on Princess Way, with the brand's red heart and toy soldier logo on a sign jutting out from the building. Coffee#1 and Zinco Lounge sit alongside, with outdoor seating in the foreground.
Atriwm

FLYING TIGER: Firm behind former WHSmith store closure plans set to buy quirky Danish chain — we reveal what this could mean for Swansea and Carmarthen

Private equity firm Modella is close to completing a takeover of Danish variety retailer Flying Tiger Copenhagen. We reveal the…

A Wingers storefront (Image: Wingers)
Fforestfach

FRIED CHICKEN BOOM: Six major chicken chain openings in 18 months — and now Wingers picks Swansea for its biggest ever UK restaurant

Swansea has become the unlikely epicentre of a south-west Wales fried chicken explosion, with six major chain openings or expansions…

Barratt Homes

Fforestfach: Planning application put in for major housing development

A major planning application for 430 new homes between Fforestfach and Waunarlwydd has been submitted by housebuilder BDW Trading Ltd.

A smiling barber holding a framed certificate reading “2026 Finalist” inside a modern barbershop
barber

Fforestfach: Swansea barber shortlisted for UK Barber of the Year 2026

A Swansea barber has been named among the best in the UK after being shortlisted for a major national award.

The exterior of Parc Fforestfach retail park showing the vacant units 4 and 5 in the foreground, with The Food Warehouse and a Jollyes "coming soon" sign visible to the right, and cars parked in the foreground.
development

FFORESTFACH: Plans submitted for huge new 24-hour gym at retail park – next to a planned new Nando’s

A huge new 24-hour gym could be set to open at Parc Fforestfach retail park, taking over the large unit…

Rear view of a Dyfed‑Powys Police car with bilingual markings and blue emergency lights, parked on the roadside.
A40

Disqualified HGV driver arrested after lorry seen driving on wrong side of the road

A disqualified lorry driver was arrested in Swansea after an HGV was seen swerving onto the wrong side of the…