Uplands

The turquoise-fronted former Rainbow childrenswear boutique at 29 Uplands Crescent, next to The Bookshop cocktail bar, in a terrace of gabled Victorian shops
Post Office

UPLANDS: Post Office wants to move out of Uplands News and into the old Rainbow childrenswear shop

The branch would go 130 metres up Uplands Crescent to the empty boutique at number 29, refurbished with a convenience…

The steel and glass Leaf Boat sculpture standing in the refilled ornamental pond at Cwmdonkin Park, Swansea
Art

LEAF BOAT: The sculpture is back in the water, and the artist who made it has seen it home

Amber Hiscott has been reunited with her Leaf Boat at Cwmdonkin Park, where a leaking pond has been repaired and…

A man in a checked shirt stands beside the steel and glass Leaf Boat sculpture, mounted on plinths in a drained pond at Cwmdonkin Park, Swansea
Art

LEAF BOAT: Castle Square’s lost sculpture takes shape in Dylan Thomas’s park

Eight months after it was lifted out of Castle Square, Swansea's Leaf Boat is being installed at the Cwmdonkin Park…

Split image of Cllr Peter May in a hi-vis jacket and the Leaf Boat sculpture in the Castle Square pool
Castle Square

UPLANDS: Leaf boat move should have paid for Victoria Park toilets, says councillor

Cllr Peter May says he welcomes the Leaf Boat's new Cwmdonkin Park home, but argues the money he challenged at…

The Leaf Boat, a large curved glass and steel sculpture shaped like a leaf, beside the water feature in Swansea's Castle Square
Castle Square

LEAF BOAT: Castle Square’s missing sculpture is heading for Dylan Thomas’s park

Six months after it was lifted out of Castle Square, Swansea's Leaf Boat sculpture has a new permanent berth —…

The green and white pavilion in Cwmdonkin Park with the Dylan's Coffee Shop sign at its entrance
coffee shop

UPLANDS: Free family party in Cwmdonkin Park on Sunday — as the pavilion café becomes a community venture

Dylan's Coffee Shop in Cwmdonkin Park throws a free summer party from 3pm on Sunday — celebrating the pavilion's new…

Six people standing on the concrete bowl of the new Victoria Park skatepark, two holding skateboards, with houses and trees behind.
BMX

SWANSEA: Three more skateparks open as £3m wheeled sports drive rolls on

Riders are already trying out the new and upgraded parks at Victoria Park, Townhill and Penlan — with a string…

Custody photograph of Antonjo Kodheli, a middle-aged white man with dark hair and a beard, from South Wales Police
Cannabis

SWANSEA: Man found hiding in cupboard jailed after police uncover 539-plant cannabis farm in Uplands

A man found hiding in a cupboard during a police raid on a Swansea property has been jailed after officers…

The exterior of Truffle restaurant on King Edwards Road in Uplands, Swansea, showing the distinctive striped awning and gold lettering
Business

UPLANDS: Swansea’s beloved Truffle restaurant put up for sale as owners step back after nine years to focus on family

Jonathan Cox and Jodie Barlow-Haynes have put Truffle — one of Swansea's most highly rated independent restaurants — on the…

Police mugshot photo of Darren Williams
criminal damage to property

Uplands man jailed just two days after car theft

Quick police work lands Uplands man in prison after brazen vehicle break-in - just TWO DAYS after the offence.

Welsh Liberal Democrat leader Jane Dodds MS with Swansea councillors Sandra Joy, Allan Jeffery and Sam Bennett in front row, surrounded by party supporters holding orange Liberal Democrat campaign signs at Brynmill Community Centre
Cllr Allan Jeffery

Uplands councillors join Liberal Democrats as former party leader hits back

Two Swansea councillors have joined the Welsh Liberal Democrats in their second party switch since last July, a move that…