Swansea
SWANSEA: Councillors want the power to say no to more vape shops, barbers and nail bars
A barber, a vape shop or a nail bar can open on any Swansea street without asking, and the council…
SWANSEA: Wing walks and three peaks: building society staff hand £10,000 to Prostate Cymru
The partnership began when an area manager with no symptoms was diagnosed at a PSA test day with the Swans.…
SWANSEA COUNCIL: Labour and opposition unite to demand city’s slice of £322m ALN cash from Welsh Government
Swansea Council's Labour cabinet, the Conservative, Lib Dem and Uplands Party group leaders and an independent will join forces on…
KILVEY HILL: Skyline will mean fewer wildfires once it’s built, council says
Lib Dem councillors asked whether thousands more visitors would mean more fires on a hill that has burned three times…
POTHOLES: Reports drop by more than 80% since Christmas, but repair costs rocket as asphalt jumps 10% in a month
Weekly pothole reports in Swansea are down from 350 to about 60. The bill for the big road repairs the…
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…
SWANSEA: He painted Bonnie Tyler to hand it to her in person. Now it’s the centrepiece of his first exhibition
Ian Hendry, the Swansea pop artist known as PopDragonArt, was due to give Bonnie Tyler an original portrait shortly before…
THREE CROSSES: Back from maternity leave and open three days a week, Lucy’s home salon has just been named the best in the UK
Lucy Hellyer Jones runs Lucy's Beauty Studio from her house on Cilonnen Road on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. On 15…
BOXING: Undefeated Jolly claims credible draw with Vianello at the O2
The Swansea heavyweight took the fight on two weeks' notice and came away unbeaten, with many at ringside feeling he…
SWANSEA: Warning over garden furniture cold callers working rural communities
Trading Standards says one resident pulled out of a sale after spotting the invoice didn't match the van, and the…