A whole new neighbourhood planned for the St Thomas riverside, a dozen betting shops waiting on their fate, and the Welsh Robin Hood whose cave you can still walk to. Here’s Wednesday’s news from across Swansea Bay in one place.
ST THOMAS: 124-home riverside neighbourhood planned for empty railway land
124 homes, half of them affordable, on the land where St Thomas station once stood, and the plans go on show next week.
BETFRED: The dozen south west Wales betting shops waiting to learn their fate
132 shops are closing and more than 600 jobs are going, but no list has been published.
NEATH: Rebuilt Briton Ferry Road Lidl reopens next week, almost double the size
Doors open at 8am next Thursday, with freebies for the early birds.
BROADBAND: How your county scores as full fibre reaches 90% of Swansea homes
Swansea passes the Welsh average, and one county has jumped 30 points in two years.
CYCLING: The Tumble firefighter crowned Welsh time trial champion at 20
Siôn Jones covered 10 miles at nearly 30mph, ten months after answering a recruitment ad.
TWM SIÔN CATI: The real Welsh Robin Hood whose cave still hides above the Towy
Nottingham’s outlaw is probably fiction. Ours left a royal pardon, and a free walk to his hideout.
LLANELLI: Safer walk to school promised as missing pavement gets filled in from Monday
The grass verge on the Ysgol y Strade route becomes a proper pavement, with a fortnight of temporary lights.
LLANDEILO: Five £3m business units open to tenants at Beechwood
The Ten Towns units are ready for their first businesses.
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