Cllr Penny Matthews

Council leader Rob Stewart and the Lord Mayor of Swansea in black and gold robes stand with veterans and guests in Swansea Market as a piper plays in the foreground.
Swansea

SWANSEA: Where to get your poppy, as the Royal British Legion appeal launches at Swansea Market

A garden of crosses has gone up among the market stalls. From there, it’s just over three weeks to Remembrance…

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Five people leaning on a glass balcony rail outside the stone-fronted Mansion House in Swansea
Cllr Penny Matthews

SWANSEA: “He saved three people’s lives that night”: the families who said yes to organ donation, thanked at the Mansion House

Phillip Gamble and Judy Finley each gave organs to three people. Their families were among those thanked by the health…

Dozens of children in blue race t-shirts and numbered bibs sprinting from the start line, with adults running behind
10k run

SWANSEA BAY 10K: Sold out again with 5,000 runners, and entries for next year open on Wednesday

Kadar Omar and Louise Small won Sunday's 45th race, the first from its new start outside the Brangwyn Hall. Next…

Cllr Rob Stewart and Lord Mayor Cllr Penny Matthews sitting at a table signing the Bonnie Tyler book of condolence inside Y Storfa library
Bonnie Tyler

BONNIE TYLER: Book of condolence opens in Swansea city centre on Monday

Swansea Council is opening a book of condolence for Bonnie Tyler at Y Storfa on Oxford Street from Monday, running…

Two women in ceremonial civic robes and chains of office smiling together in front of ornate carved wooden doors decorated with climbing flowers — Cllr Penny Matthews in black and gold Lord Mayor's robes on the left and Cllr Susan Jones in red Deputy Lord Mayor's robes on the right.
Brangwyn Hall

SWANSEA: Schoolfriends reunited as Cllr Penny Matthews becomes Lord Mayor — 60 years after they sat in the same classroom

Two of Swansea's longest-serving councillors have become Lord Mayor and Deputy Lord Mayor in the same year — in a…