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Wilf Tovey, a teenager in a dark T-shirt, holds a framed Impact Awards winner certificate and wooden RYA Cymru Wales trophy beside Sarah McGovern in front of an RYA Cymru Wales and Welsh Sailing backdrop
awards

MUMBLES: The 16-year-old sailor who’s always last up the beach, and now has an award for it

Wilf Tovey races for Wales in the ILCA 7 and spends his spare minutes in the boat park helping younger…

Swansea Guildhall's clock tower and stone frontage under a bright cloudy sky, with bare winter branches overhead and a Pride flag flying
benefits

SWANSEA: Nearly six weeks for a housing benefit decision as council admits it is short of staff

A new claim for help with the rent took almost 40 days to process this spring, against the council's own…

Six people stand beneath a red and green balloon arch with a ribbon and oversized scissors at the SPAR opening.
Costcutter

SWANSEA: SPAR replaces university’s longstanding Costcutter

The Singleton campus shop has kept its existing team, with additional paid student roles announced and a wider food range…

Andrew Jenkins and physiotherapist Clare Ford smiling together at Morriston Hospital.
Andrew Jenkins

MORRISTON: ‘It’s where my life was saved’: Traitors star returns to say thank you

Andrew Jenkins has reunited with physiotherapist Clare Ford, who helped him recover from devastating crash injuries long before his appearance…

Swansea Guildhall's Portland stone clock tower against a clear blue sky, framed by spring trees, with the Welsh flag flying below
adult services

SWANSEA: Just four in ten reports of abuse against vulnerable adults checked within a week, council figures show

Swansea Council says it should investigate reports that a vulnerable adult is being abused or neglected within seven working days.…

Film crew operating a camera crane on tracks inside the Guildhall's grand corridor in Swansea, with costumed actors beneath the honeycomb ceiling
Catherine Zeta Jones

SWANSEA ON SCREEN: The Civic Centre is a London police HQ, the Guildhall is a bank and No Sign Bar is a London pub in this year’s TV dramas

Ten productions have filmed in the city in the past year, a council report shows, from Netflix and Amazon to…

Bronze statue of Dylan Thomas seated on a chair, with the Dylan Thomas Theatre sign behind
Cllr Elliott King

SWANSEA: Residents tell council the city’s culture is under-funded and too hung up on Dylan Thomas

Residents told the council the city's culture is short of investment, and some said it leans too heavily on Dylan…

Circular steel frame of a pavilion under construction on the Castle Square Gardens site, with diggers and trees behind
Castle Square

CASTLE SQUARE: Swansea is looking for someone to run the cafés in its new gardens

The council has started looking for café and restaurant operators for the two pavilions going up in Castle Square Gardens,…

Chris Bailey in a hi-vis vest leaning on a railing above the conveyor lines inside Amazon's Swansea fulfilment centre
Amazon

SWANSEA: The seasonal temp who joined Amazon in 2010 is now running the whole Swansea warehouse

Chris Bailey started at the Swansea fulfilment centre as a seasonal associate while finishing a master's degree. Sixteen years on,…

Comedian Tom Stade laughing, with curly grey hair and a dark denim jacket over a white T-shirt, against a white background
comedy

SWANSEA: Live at the Apollo’s Tom Stade to tear up the rulebook at the city’s comedy club

The Canadian comic brings Tom Stade Rules, his new show fresh from the Edinburgh Fringe, to the Problematic Pub Comedy…