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Artist's impression of a gold-clad hotel tower with a rooftop bar beside the white curved wall of Swansea Arena, with people walking in the square below
Cllr Andrew Williams

SWANSEA: The council’s own study says the city needs more hotels. The one it promised beside the arena is still grass

Two and a half years after Rob Stewart said Swansea needed three new hotels, and two years after a developer…

A tarmac shared-use path with timber edging running straight ahead between trees in full leaf, dappled with sunlight
Active Travel

CYCLE PATH UPGRADE: Popular Dunvant to Gowerton route to get £500k revamp

The 1.75km between the two villages is next in line for widening after the Blackpill to Dunvant stretch. Sections will…

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ALGORITHM OFF SWITCH: Gower’s MP wants you to be able to turn off what Facebook and TikTok decide you see

Tonia Antoniazzi has signed a letter from around 40 MPs asking the Culture Secretary to make social media firms offer…

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Christmas

CHRISTMAS PARADE: Santa’s back on Sunday 22 November, and the council’s new float hint points to infinity and beyond

Swansea's award-winning parade returns at 5pm on 22 November on last year's route from the Guildhall to Princess Way, with…

A white National Express coach parked on dry ground at the Glastonbury Festival coach station under a blue sky
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GLASTONBURY 2027: Coach tickets from Swansea go on sale on Sunday, the same morning as the festival tickets

National Express will run direct services from Swansea to Worthy Farm from £24 one way, with sales opening on 4…

Aerial artist's impression of three blue padel courts and a landscaped car park on the former tennis courts beside the Oyster House, with Mumbles beach and the bay beyond
Cllr Andrew Stevens

MUMBLES: Padel courts to replace the old seafront tennis courts, and the car park is coming back

Three fenced courts between the Oyster House and the bowling green, a car park with charging bays and a path…

Ellie Jones standing behind her market stall of polymer clay earrings on a blue gingham cloth, with an Ear Candy Handmade UK banner and a price list
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SWANSEA: The earring maker who still takes cash at markets, and the hour it costs her to bank it

Ellie Jones sells handmade earrings at markets across Wales around a full-time job. Cash saves her the card fees. Banking…

Bethan Evans smiling, seated in an armchair in a pink blazer and striped silk scarf
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SWANSEA: The care group boss behind two Swansea care homes is leading a national vote, and it closes today

Bethan Evans runs the company behind Hawthorn Court in Sketty and Ocean Living on the Mumbles seafront. She has been…

Aerial satellite view of Swansea Docks, showing the marina, docks and waterfront from above
Bristol Channel ferry

SWANSEA FERRY: Councillors get their date to grill the leader on the £25,000 report

A council-funded study promised a high-speed ferry from Swansea to the south west of England, 800,000 visitors and a first…

Two-storey red-brick former working men's club on Brighton Road, Gorseinon, with G.W.C. carved above a shuttered doorway and windows boarded
Dawson's

GORSEINON: The workies that served the town for 100 years is being knocked down for houses

It shut just before Christmas 2023 with a "heartbreaking" post to its members, and went under the hammer. Now the…