Swansea
BLACKPILL LIDO: Pool could finally be open by Friday 10 July — with new sprinklers arriving Monday
A council meeting has been told the popular free pool should be refilled and back in use by the end…
SWANSEA: Man who filmed himself raping unresponsive woman while carrying machete jailed for 13 years
Tristan Williams, 22, denied all charges but was convicted by a jury at Swansea Crown Court — where a judge…
SWANSEA FERRY: Report promising 800,000 visitors and £600m heads for scrutiny — as its own numbers face questions
The council-funded report behind the Swansea to south-west England ferry has been published in full — projecting £15 fares, a…
ST HELEN’S: New seafront stand, fan zone and near-7,000 capacity — council sets out full plans for £7.6m rebuild
Swansea Council has set out the full detail of the St Helen's redevelopment in a written answer — including confirmation…
WALES NATURE WEEK: Bug hunts, dune safaris and a green gathering — nine days of nature on your doorstep from tomorrow
Wales Nature Week returns from 4–12 July with a packed programme across Swansea, Neath Port Talbot and Carmarthenshire — kicking…
SWANSEA: The poet and the oil giant — free exhibition reveals Dylan Thomas’s little-known journey through Iran
A new exhibition at the Dylan Thomas Centre traces the Swansea poet's 1951 trip through Iran for the oil company…
HERITAGE AT RISK: Two silent cinemas, two crumbling chapels and a lost village pub — five local landmarks join UK register of buildings in danger of being lost for good
Two cinemas — Swansea's Elysium and Llanelli's Art Deco Odeon — plus two Llanelli chapels and the Dulais Rock pub…
SWANSEA: Elite 999 paramedics now training with the Army — at the city’s Morfa reserve centre
The Welsh Ambulance Service has teamed up with the Army's Welsh medical regiment to train its most highly skilled paramedics…
SWANSEA: ‘Swansea still gets to see me in a dress this year’ — Kev Johns returns to Grand panto as the Dame in the Mirror
Months after his stroke, Swansea's beloved panto dame will be part of the Grand's Snow White after all — appearing…
SWANSEA: Nursery children get new garden and water play area — as school beats thousands to national funding
Parkland Primary and Nursery School has transformed its nursery outdoor space into a garden and water play learning area —…