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Two performers on a stage — one in a full pink feathered showgirl costume with a tall headdress, the other in a blue sequinned jacket — holding hands with arms outstretched under colourful stage lighting.
Arts and Entertainment

She ran away with the circus, swam with sharks and became the ‘Mother of Welsh Burlesque’ — and now her life story is coming to Swansea Grand Theatre

By
Kit Peters
5 Min Read
A wide shot of a public meeting in an ornate hall, with an expert panel of five people seated at a table on a raised stage under a large screen reading "Growing Up Safely in the Online World", with rows of audience members in red chairs facing them.
Science and Technology

SWANSEA: ‘Technology has transformed childhood in ways we’re only beginning to understand’ — packed public meeting hears parents’ fears about social media and their kids

By
Kit Peters
7 Min Read
Drag queen Chae with a C, wearing a black sequinned gown and elaborate feathered headdress, stands on the upper deck of the Swansea Pride open-top bus looking back over the parade, with hundreds of marchers carrying flags and banners visible in the street behind her.
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Arts and Entertainment

SWANSEA: Hundreds fill the streets as Pride 2026 parade returns to the city centre

The annual celebration drew crowds from across south-west Wales on Saturday, with…

By
Kit Peters
8 Min Read
Midwife Michael Nixon in navy scrubs stands on the left alongside Liam John leaning over Shania Jenkins who is lying in a hospital bed, with midwife Leanne Daniel in navy scrubs on the right, all smiling at the camera in a hospital room.
Llanelli

SWANSEA: ‘We couldn’t say his name without getting emotional’ — the Singleton midwife so kind that parents named their baby after him

By
Kit Peters
5 Min Read
Two women in ceremonial civic robes and chains of office smiling together in front of ornate carved wooden doors decorated with climbing flowers — Cllr Penny Matthews in black and gold Lord Mayor's robes on the left and Cllr Susan Jones in red Deputy Lord Mayor's robes on the right.
Swansea

SWANSEA: Schoolfriends reunited as Cllr Penny Matthews becomes Lord Mayor — 60 years after they sat in the same classroom

Two of Swansea's longest-serving councillors have become Lord Mayor and Deputy Lord…

By
Kit Peters
5 Min Read
The exterior of 71/72 Kingsway in Swansea city centre, a multi-storey glass and concrete commercial building with the 71/72 logo visible on the façade, fronted by trees and a green space on The Kingsway.
Business

SWANSEA: Kingsway office block on old Oceana nightclub site named most impressive commercial workplace in South of England and Wales

Swansea Council’s 71/72 Kingsway — built on the site where generations of…

By
Kit Peters
6 Min Read
Sasha Debevec-McKenney smiles as she holds her poetry collection Joy Is My Middle Name in front of a colourful mural featuring a black and white portrait, wearing a black dress and clear-framed glasses with curly hair.
Books & Literature

SWANSEA: American poet wins £20,000 Dylan Thomas Prize with debut collection described as ‘an antidote to our tricky times’

Sasha Debevec-McKenney has been named the winner of the 2026 Swansea University…

By
Kit Peters
4 Min Read
A group of women in colourful traditional Indian saris pose together inside a decorative photo frame reading "Mela 2024", adorned with fabric flowers and greenery, with a sign for the Indian Society of South West Wales visible in the centre.
Arts and Entertainment

SWANSEA: Indian Mela returns to Brangwyn Hall next month with dance, food, henna and a full day of colour and culture

By
Kit Peters
4 Min Read
Five members of the Stephen Evans Optometrists team smiling outside their Kings Road practice in Swansea's SA1 Waterfront (left to right): Stephen Evans, Henry Evans, Caroline Paul, Ben Packer and Chrissy Evans, with the practice's award-winning signage visible in the background.
Charity

SWANSEA: Opticians team lace up for Race for Life in memory of colleague Chris who gave more than 20 years to the practice

By
Kit Peters
5 Min Read
A giant inflatable in the shape of a poo on a beach, branded with the Surfers Against Sewage logo and the hashtag #EndSewagePollution, with surfers standing nearby in the shallows.
Environment and Farming

GOWER: Protesters to rally at Caswell Bay this Saturday — one of Swansea’s Blue Flag beaches — as new data reveals Welsh Water’s worst decade for pollution

By
Kit Peters
8 Min Read
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