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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.
Bynea

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

When Shania Jenkins haemorrhaged after a premature birth at Singleton Hospital, midwife Michael Nixon stayed by her side through the…

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.
Brangwyn Hall

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 Mayor in the same year — in a…

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.
71/72 Kingsway

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 Swansea revellers partied at Oceana — has won…

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.
culture

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 Dylan Thomas Prize for her debut poetry collection…

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.
Brangwyn Hall

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

The Indian Society of South West Wales is bringing its annual Mela back to Swansea’s Brangwyn Hall on Saturday 6…

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.
Cancer

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

Six members of staff at Stephen Evans Optometrists on Kings Road are running the Swansea 5K Race for Life on…

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.
Blue Flag

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

Campaigners will gather at Caswell Bay and other locations across Wales on Saturday as part of a record-breaking national day…

Kirstie Logan-Townshend
AI

OPINION: ‘It was about as close to a strategy as padding a pillow with iron filings’ — Kirstie Logan-Townshend on the Online Safety Act

Swansea-based communications consultant and former government AI adviser Kirstie Logan-Townshend argues that the Online Safety Act was built to fail…

Artist's impression of the completed Skyline attraction on Kilvey Hill (Image: Skyline)
cable car

SWANSEA: Construction begins on Skyline Swansea — the £49m cable car and luge attraction that’s been years in the making

Work has started on the Skyline Swansea project, with earthworks beginning on Kilvey Hill and groundworks getting under way at…

An architect's cross-section illustration of the proposed Swansea City fan zone, showing rows of bierkeller-style bench seating facing a large screen, club song lyrics printed on the back wall, an elevated viewing gallery on both sides and food and drink kiosks at the entrance
Fan Zone

SWANSEA CITY: Planners give fan zone the green light in principle — but the club has got some work to do

Swansea Council planners have completed their response to Swansea City FC’s pre-application for a fan zone outside the South Stand…