Morriston

Split image showing Mumbles pier and lighthouse on the left and Morriston's Tabernacle chapel on the right
by-election

SWANSEA: Everything you need to know as Morriston and Mumbles head to the polls next Thursday

Voters in two Swansea wards will choose new councillors on Thursday 18 June, as a month of by-elections in the…

Anita Steel in blue scrubs smiling beside a robotic surgery machine in a hospital theatre.
HM King Charles III

MORRISTON: The scrub nurse who has served the NHS for 52 years — and was handed her qualification by the future King

A supermarket chat at 17 set Anita Steel on a path to more than half a century in NHS theatres…

Exterior view of Morriston Hospital in Swansea, showing the main building and entrance area.
Eluned Morgan MS

MORRISTON: Crane lift weekend approaches as £10m vascular hybrid theatre takes shape — the latest milestone in a quiet decade-long Morriston transformation

The new £10 million state-of-the-art vascular hybrid operating theatre at Swansea's Morriston Hospital takes a major step forward in early…

harassment

MORRISTON: Stalker jailed after resuming campaign of terror against ex-partner within weeks of release

A Swansea man who bombarded a former partner with dozens of calls a day, turned up at her children's school…

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.
Cllr Rob Stewart

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, has died. Council leader Rob Stewart led the…

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
Affordable Housing

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 Lan school in Morriston and replace it with…

The Morriston Hospital cardiology team with the Volt PFA system. From left: Monica Angeles, Melissa Madden, Lizzie Murphy, Eve Burns-Thomas, Anne-Marie Davies, Tamsin de Bude, Dr Dewi Thomas, Emily Church, Sam Peddie, Harry Mahoney and Claire Warren. Image: Swansea Bay University Health Board
Atrial Fibrillation

SWANSEA: Morriston Hospital becomes first in Wales to perform pioneering heart procedure using cutting-edge pulse technology

Morriston Hospital's cardiology team, led by Dr Dewi Thomas, has become the first in Wales to treat patients using Volt…

Aerial view of Danbert House in Morriston, Swansea, showing the dilapidated Victorian building with a damaged roof, broken windows and overgrown vegetation surrounding the structure.
Cllr David Hopkins

MORRISTON: Work begins to save crumbling historic house

Scaffolding goes up at long-derelict Danbert House as hopes grow for its future

Police custody image of Kyle Jones, 42, from Morriston, released by South Wales Police following his conviction for offences involving indecent images.
child protection

Morriston man jailed after police uncover thousands of child abuse images

A Morriston man has been jailed after detectives uncovered more than 3,000 illegal images and videos of children and animals…

A smiling woman with long dark hair, wearing a white salon uniform and black gloves, sits in a modern white salon chair in a brightly lit room.
beauty

MORRISTON: Salon owner from travelling community named national beauty finalist

A Morriston salon owner who is proud of her travelling community roots is celebrating after being named a finalist in…