Cllr Andrea Harrington
SWANSEA: Council housing officers given powers to shut ‘cuckooed’ homes
Cabinet has signed off powers the council adopted in 2018 but never built into its housing work. Its report said…
SWANSEA: Council housing officers could get powers to shut ‘cuckooed’ homes and bar troublemakers
Swansea Council adopted the powers in 2018 and its housing service never built them into day-to-day work. Cabinet is now…
SWANSEA: Rooftop gardens and bee ‘buzz highways’ put the city in a global club with Singapore
A new report counts 16 green roofs and living walls across the city centre, the planting that won Swansea a…
SWANSEA: Beachfront and Dyfatty brought under street rules as cabinet backs e-bike crackdown
Swansea Council's Cabinet has agreed a new three-year Public Spaces Protection Order reaching the Promenade, foreshore, Civic Centre grounds, the…
TAKE BACK CONTROL: Swansea demands power to block new vape shops after Mansel Street raids
Councillors backed a call for England-style planning powers over vape shops as a cabinet member revealed six arrests in raids…
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: The peace project started here after 9/11 has won its founder an international award
Pam Evans MBE, who set up Peace Mala in 2001, was presented with a Leadership and Excellence Award at the…
DYFATTY CRIME CRACKDOWN: Major police operation targets Swansea hotspot
A major crackdown on crime has been launched in one of Swansea’s most troubled neighbourhoods — with police and partners…