With Christmas just days away, South Wales Police is urging its communities to continue doing the right thing by complying with Welsh Government rules to enjoy...
Marston’s have announced that they are to take over the running of all of SA Brains’ 156 Welsh pubs, safeguarding around 1,300 jobs. The move comes...
A Llanelli bus driver, who is known as ‘Mr Selfie’, has set himself another challenge of taking a selfie every day for a year to raise...
South Wales Police will be utilising additional powers to conduct random vehicle checks over the Christmas period, following the Welsh Government move to place the whole...
With the festive season well and truly upon us, new Royal Mail research reveals that seven per cent (over 23,000) of the nation’s named homes sport...
Low Cost Vans, one of the UK’s leading providers of commercial vehicles, has teamed up with automotive lifestyle vlogger, social media influencer and Drift racing driver, Becky...
Contractors building a new £9.9m school in Swansea have given primary school pupils a bit of construction work to do. Kier is currently on site and...
A team of International student volunteers at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David have created a support network to ensure students staying on or near...
Mumbles Community Council have been successful in securing a grant of £39,900 from the Local Places for Nature National Heritage Lottery Fund to create a second...
Escaping into a winter wonderland would usually be something hospital patients could only dream of over Christmas. But now thanks to the hard work of staff...
Schools in Swansea will begin reopening on Wednesday January 6 after the Christmas break and it is expected most schools will have resumed face-to-face teaching by...
Hospital patients with dementia will be able to have visits from their loved ones in comfort over the festive period and beyond. Only outdoor visiting has...
People looking to enjoy Christmas and New Year are being encouraged to use the correct NHS service should they become injured or unwell. Swansea Bay University...
Swansea-based estate agent, Belvoir, is celebrating 10 years of finding the perfect home for Swansea Bay residents. The multi award-winning sales and lettings property firm was...
A popular family-run business has been named the best-looking stall in Swansea Market this Christmas. The festive decorations at the Country Quality Meats and Delicatessen –...
Keith Morgan Thomas (81), who ran a concrete services company from Llanelli, has been disqualified for 6 years. He is now banned from acting as a...
People in Swansea are being urged to play their part in helping to keep health and social care from being overwhelmed. Swansea has one of the...
With under a month to go until the UK leaves the EU, one of Wales’ leading independent accountancy and financial planning firms is warning that many...
A Swansea University student and world kickboxing champion is finishing 2020 on a high after graduating in her master’s. Tennessee Randall, 22, secured a distinction in...
The number of deaths of people who tested positive for Coronavirus in Swansea Bay hospitals has tragically hit a new high says the local health board....
Measures are being put in place to help homeless people across Swansea through the holiday season. Swansea Council is working hard with partners to ensure that...
A Swansea businessman has been ordered to pay over £1,000 after his rubbish was found dumped in Llanelli. Ian Powell, admitted failing to ensure the waste...
Visitors to two Swansea parks are enjoying the spectacular sight of 100 new cherry blossom trees. They are gifts to the city from a project linked...
Lord Mayor of Swansea, Cllr Mark Child paid a visit to sixteen new council properties at Parc yr Helyg in Birchgrove to have a look around...
Swansea Bay University Health Board is postponing some planned care in response to Covid-19 pressures. In a statement, Chris White, Chief Operating Officer for the health...
SWANSEA Council is to consult residents and businesses on plans to introduce new powers to tackle anti-social behaviour in some areas of our city. If approved...
A Pontardawe pub, where a party appeared to be going on with no social distancing on the day Welsh Government rules were brought in restricting alcohol...
Pupils at schools in Swansea and South Wales are learning about textile design by making Christmas stockings using cloth kits created by students at the University...
Work is taking place to increase biodiversity at the sand dunes near Swansea Marina and to prevent non-native species from damaging the habitat. Swansea Council manages...
A 1MW solar farm at Killan Fach farm in Dunvant now has a fully operational battery, releasing green energy from locally-harvested sunshine onto the national grid....
Plans for family-friendly Wind Street set to take big step forward as Swansea Council’s cabinet is set to approve an investment of almost £3m to improve...
Planning permission has been granted for the restoration and conversion of Swansea’s historic Palace Theatre building. The plan will see the 132-year-old six-storey structure become home...
Three months on from the Llangennech freight train fire, remediation work to remove and replace 12,000 cubic metres of diesel contaminated soil around the site has...
Dyfed-Powys Police is increasingly concerned for the welfare of David Phillips – known locally as Noz – who is still missing from his home in Llandysul....
All schools in Swansea will move to blended learning from Monday following the latest Welsh Government advice. But they will remain open until December 18 for...
Secondary schools in Wales will move to online learning from Monday, December 14 as part of a ‘national effort to reduce transmission of coronavirus’ Education Minister...
Road improvements and repairs are set to get a £2m cash injection over the coming months under proposals being seen by Swansea Council’s Cabinet next week....
A BUSINESS organisation that has helped play a critical role in seeing Swansea city centre through the Covid-19 pandemic is set to ballot its members for...
Swansea Bay University Health Board have paid tribute to health care support worker Beverley Ford, who has died following a positive test for COVID-19 In a...
Shutting schools in Swansea early would likely increase the spread of coronavirus and lead to even higher infection rates, more people having to isolate, more hospital...
Volunteers who give up their time to support children’s play opportunities across Swansea have been thanked by the Lord Mayor. Usually they are invited to an...
Manufacturing businesses across Wales can remain at the forefront of innovation, thanks to £4 million of EU funding announced by the Welsh Government. The extra support...
Education, arts, sports and outdoor facilities at a thriving comprehensive in Swansea are being revamped and updated to improve the school for environment for pupils, staff...
A well-loved beauty spot in Swansea has been given an ‘Access to Water’ grant of £103k from Welsh Government that will enable a range of improvements...
A public consultation has started today as part of a process that could see a skate park developed at a seafront site in Llwynderw, West Cross....
Swansea Council has signed an agreement with Pobl Group, Wales’ largest Registered Social Landlord, to manage 33 affordable apartments as part of Phase One of the...
A £55 million investment that will help future-proof the Swansea Bay City Region’s digital infrastructure has taken a major step forward. The Swansea Bay City Deal’s...
Pupils and staff at Swansea schools have been praised for their commitment to abiding by Covid-19 regulations following spot inspections by the Health and Safety Executive....
A health expert has warned coronavirus levels in the Swansea Bay area could soon reach catastrophic levels unless people follow the rules on social distancing during...
Three research projects that could help the steel industry become smarter and greener have been given the go-ahead as part of a national steel research programme...
In the year Elaine Sommers started work at Penyrheol Primary School, Ronald Reagan was elected President of the United States, Abba were top of the charts...
Nextcolour Developments Limited is behind the latest development which is expected to open in 2021. With a £2 million investment from the Development Bank of Wales...
A plan for new climbing equipment for teenagers and a community e-bike scheme have attracted financial support from Swansea Council. They were selected for the boosts...
Students and staff at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David (UWTSD) are working on an innovative project to help the homeless, turning crisp packets into...
The leaders of three major Welsh councils are calling for a comprehensive and significant support package to help cities through the pandemic. Those who head Cardiff...
Over 200 vehicles were stopped and fines issued for Coronavirus offences during a policing operation in South Wales at the weekend. Eight people were issued with...
A set of new coronavirus restrictions for the hospitality and leisure sectors in Wales has been announced by First Minister Mark Drakeford. From Friday, pubs, bars,...
Charities and volunteers aiming to transform lives by helping to put food on the tables of families facing hardship have the chance to do even more...
After the lockdown in England ends on Wednesday 2 December, the UK Government has proposed a week-long window from Thursday 3 to Wednesday 9 December to...
The University of Wales Trinity Saint David (UWTSD) has appointed Jessica Leigh-Jones, MBE, co-founder and Chief Executive of the CareerTech company iungo, as a Visiting Professor...
A community café in a Swansea park and juniors at Llangennech RFC are both celebrating after bagging donations from a leading housebuilder. The Friends of Ravenhill...
South Wales Police have joined forces with Swansea and Neath Port Talbot Council’s to help hospitality and other businesses slow the spread of Covid-19 As communities...
A Swansea University project’s ground-breaking work to improve diagnosis and treatment of ovarian cancer has helped it secure more than £3 million of investment from industrial...
Improvements have been made to a Swansea road that leads from a key multi-story car park to the main Oystermouth Road. Swansea Council has worked with...
In July, following the death of George Floyd and a month of action by the Black Lives Matter movement, Welsh Government First Minister Mark Drakeford ordered...
Swansea Council’s award-winning pension fund is on course to cut its carbon footprint to 50% of index levels by next year, Full Council will be told...
Swansea businesses and other organisations that occupy scores of council-owned property are to be given an extra rent break to help cope with the cost of...
University of Wales Trinity St David (UWTSD) Industrial Design Master’s student Adam Higgins is one of only two Welsh entrants amongst 100 chosen submissions to be...
An international consortium of investors, led by Bridgend based DST innovations is planning on developing an energy producing artificial island in Swansea Bay, combining wind, solar...
A Shared Goals Agreement between Microsoft and the University of Wales Trinity Saint David (UWTSD) aims to ensure that the University’s students are equipped with the...
For the first time in its history, British Airways has decided to unlock the doors to its warehouse this Christmas to give customers and aviation fans...
Staff and learners in secondary schools and colleges will be expected to wear face coverings in all areas outside the classroom and on school transport. The...
City residents are getting the chance to enjoy a safe and festive visit to Christmas attractions at Museum Park in Swansea’s city centre. Sayers Events is...
Temporary ‘pods’ are being provided to care homes across Wales to better facilitate visits over Christmas and the winter months, the Health Minister has announced today...
People in Swansea are being urged to avoid high interest charges on Christmas loans and to use the city’s credit union instead. Credit unions are not-for-profit...
Representatives from all four UK nations have met to agree consistent rules for family Christmas gatherings during the coronavirus pandemic. While an agreement has yet to...
One of Wales’ most high-profile black entrepreneurs has praised Swansea Council for being the first local authority to publicly support Black Pound Day – and has...
A new car parking incentive scheme introduced in Swansea city centre is to be extended by a further two months. Swansea Council launched the parking offer...
Licensed premises across Swansea have been thanked for working closely with the council and South Wales Police during Beaujolais Day. In the build-up to Thursday all...
Two inspirational teachers in Swansea are finalists in this year’s Welsh Government Professional Teaching Awards. Chris Mitchell, from Pontarddulais Comprehensive School, is shortlisted in the Secondary...
Work is set to get underway on the UK’s largest ever energy retrofit project of its kind, that will see almost 650 homes in a Swansea...
Swansea traders are urging people to continue shopping local through and beyond lockdown as they work with Swansea Council to launch a #ShopLocalShopSwansea campaign this weekend –...
Enterprising Welsh pig producer, Cwm Farm Charcuterie Ltd, has received a top award in the prestigious National Pig Awards 2020. Organised by the National Pig Association’s...
Swansea Council’s Cabinet has agreed to offer new support to help Wales National Pool Swansea through the Covid-19 crisis. The backing will help ensure Wales’ national...
Swansea could go net carbon zero by the middle of the century under an ambitious vision agreed by the council’s Cabinet. Swansea Council has already set...
Since Swansea Council acquired the structure – in a horribly distressed state – in the months before the pandemic struck, officers and partners have made progress to...
A new study from the UK’s biggest property website Rightmove has revealed that the scenic Welsh town of Mumbles is Britain’s top coastal price hotspot. The...
A pilot recycling scheme launched in Swansea city centre in 2019 has led to a huge increase in recycling. Shoppers in the city centre helped Swansea...
The Wales Air Ambulance Charity announced the appointment of Dr Sue Barnes as its new Chief Executive. Swansea-born Dr Barnes, who has worked in London and...
Work is progressing well on five major school investment projects underway in Swansea. More than £50m is currently being spent on new buildings and improved facilities...
A new EP by multi award-winning Swansea-based pianist, composer and songwriter Ify Iwobi, co-produced with Dai Griffiths, a student from the University of Wales Trinity Saint...
AB Glass, a specialist in the technology and installation of glass and aluminium products and access control solutions, has created seven new jobs and unveiled a...
A brand new exhibition on Richard Burton’s life reveals the man behind the headlines – the husband, father, reader, writer and passionate Welshman. Becoming Richard Burton,...
Every councillor in Swansea is being invited to a share of £1m to improve play facilities across the city. In September Swansea Council’s Cabinet agreed to...
Welsh Government today published its new draft transport strategy pledging a major reduction in carbon emissions from the transport network in Wales. Transport currently make up...
Dylan Thomas Community School is set to become the latest comprehensive in Swansea to benefit from an all-weather pitch. Swansea Council’s cabinet is being asked to...
Around 25,000 people logged on to watch Swansea Council’s countdown to Christmas begin with a Virtual Christmas Parade. The viewing figures were possibly three or four...
People who have been told they must self-isolate as they have Covid-19 or have been in contact with someone who has it may be entitled to...
A milestone moment in one of Wales’ most high-profile current regeneration schemes was marked by the online release of a dramatic video today. The topping out...
Transport for Wales and Network Rail are working together to deliver major improvements to Swansea station for rail passengers. Network Rail and their partners Alun Griffiths...