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The filled paddling pool at Parc Howard, Llanelli, surrounded by trees with families sitting at the poolside
Carmarthenshire Council

LLANELLI: Free paddling pools reopen for the summer holidays from today

Three free paddling pools and two splash pads across Llanelli open for the school summer holidays from Monday — free…

Brockhole Stream running through Clyne Gardens
Brynmill Park

SWANSEA: Nine parks and green spaces named among the best in Wales — as Botanical Gardens marks its centenary

From Clyne Gardens to Cwmdonkin Park, nine of Swansea's parks and green spaces have kept their Green Flag status for…

A sunflower in close-up against a sunlit sky at the Rhossili fields, with a field of blue cornflowers to the right
family days out

RHOSSILI: Sunflower fields open for summer today — but for the next fortnight it’s the lavender stealing the show

The flower fields at the Vile reopen this morning with a soft launch — and while the near-400,000 sunflowers are…

A woman and two children walking beside an underground river inside the floodlit Dan-yr-Ogof showcaves
cost of living

SUMMER SAVINGS: Cheaper days out and kids’ meals at the click of a button — with Dan-yr-Ogof among the attractions signed up

A new postcode-search website shows families where the Chancellor's summer VAT cut is being passed on — covering children's meals,…

The Superferry in Swansea Cork Ferries livery berthed at Swansea Ferry Port
Bristol Channel ferry

SWANSEA FERRY: Halfpenny rowboats, paddle steamers and the night boat to Cork — the many ferry ages of Swansea

As councillors scrutinise plans for a high-speed passenger ferry across the Bristol Channel, we look back at the crossings that…

Blackpill Lido
Blackpill

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…

Elysium Training Club co-founders Peter Crudge and Andrew Finnegan stand smiling in front of a tree-of-life mural at their new Swansea gym.
Andrew Finnegan

SWANSEA: New functional fitness gym to open in SA1 with free community launch weekend

Elysium Training Club, a coached functional fitness gym set up by two Swansea locals, opens at SA1 Business Park on…

A man in a red, green and white Wales dragon running shirt jogs along a path, beside an aerial view of Swansea's marina and the River Tawe.
City of Sanctuary

SWANSEA: ‘I came as a guest, I stayed as a citizen’ — the Baghdad boy who made Wales his home

Tahir was 18 when he left Iraq for Swansea in 1979. More than four decades on, his journey from the…

The Lord Mayor of Swansea, wearing her chain of office, looks at planting in the Botanical Gardens with two other women.
Botanical Gardens

SWANSEA: A green jewel turns 100 — how Singleton’s Botanical Gardens grew from kitchen plot to city treasure

Swansea's Botanical Gardens have marked their centenary with a new commemorative panel — celebrating a century as a free, much-loved…

blue luggage with folded clothes
Civil Aviation Authority

SUMMER GETAWAY: The packing mistake that could set your flight on fire — and how to avoid it

With the school holidays almost here, the aviation regulator is urging everyone heading off this summer to keep one type…