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Black and white mural of boxer Colin Jones throwing a punch in red gloves and red shorts, on the wall of Penyrheol Boxing Club beneath the club sign.
Art

PENYRHEOL: ‘The Punch’ Colin Jones painted on the wall of his old boxing club

Artist Jenks has painted the Gorseinon-born former British, Commonwealth and European champion on the wall of Penyrheol Boxing Club.

A child's hand with green paint on the fingertips resting on white paper next to a blue painted handprint, on an orange Halloween tablecloth
Action for Children

SWANSEA: ‘Now he says hello to every person we pass’: how four years of support changed eight-year-old Jaiden’s world

His dad gave up work to care for a quiet, withdrawn boy at risk of being removed from school. Family…

The red graffiti-covered shutter of Asia Vape on St Helen's Road, Swansea, with court closure notices taped to it under the shop's purple and pink sign
Cllr Andrew Williams

ST HELEN’S ROAD: Asia Vape shut for a second time in a year as three more Swansea vape shops are closed

Magistrates have closed Vape City and Asia Vape on St Helen’s Road and Vape Zone on Dilwyn Street, the council…

Aerial view of the rebuilt St Helen's ground with its green artificial pitch, white marquees at the Guildhall end, and Swansea Bay and the beach across Mumbles Road
featured

ST HELEN’S: Verdi’s owner takes over the food at the Ospreys’ new ground, and promises ‘Swansea’s biggest party space’

Ryan Hole’s Secret Hospitality Group, which runs The Secret across the road, ROK and The Lighthouse, will run hospitality and…

A crane lifting a curved steel section with a walkway and ladder onto a concrete pier at the Skyline base station site at Landore, with Kilvey Hill behind and a large yellow component on the ground
Cllr Rob Stewart

KILVEY HILL: First steel goes up on Swansea’s cable car base station at Landore

Skyline says the foundations are finished and the superstructure is rising, five months after construction began. The station will take…

A bartender garnishes two cocktails on a dark bar in front of a lit back bar of bottles at a Cosy Club venue
Beaujolais Day

SWANSEA: Hidden terrazzo floor uncovered at the old Pandora’s as Cosy Club opens its books for Beaujolais Day

The marble floor under decades of nightclub coverings will take centre stage when the Exchange Buildings venue opens. The first…

A National Grid engineer in a hi-vis jacket and helmet stands on a lane at night in driving rain beneath a fallen tree brought down across an overhead power line
Amber Weather Warning

STORM AUSTEN: ‘Take extra care on the Friday morning commute’ as the warning stretches to 5pm

Trees are in leaf and likely to come down across roads and railways, the Met Office says. Every council area…

Sandra White in a black off-the-shoulder dress and her husband Martyn in a dinner suit holding her Wales Care Awards gold trophy in front of a blue and green stained glass mosaic
Action for Children

SWANSEA: Children’s homes boss Sandra White takes Wales Care Awards gold after her own staff nominated her

Every one of her staff teams backed the nomination, describing a director who "leads with heart, humility, and unwavering commitment".…

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…

Met Office map showing a yellow wind warning over south Wales and southern England and an amber wind warning over Cornwall and Devon
Amber Weather Warning

STORM AUSTEN: Yellow warning for south Wales extended to 2pm on Friday as Met Office raises the risk, with Cornwall and Devon on amber

Gusts of 50 to 60mph are still forecast for Swansea Bay, with 70mph or more on exposed coasts, but forecasters…