Cllr Rob Stewart

Swansea Council leader Rob Stewart and chief executive Martin Nicholls with health board and project staff in hard hats at the PET-CT centre construction site at Singleton Hospital
Cllr Rob Stewart

SWANSEA: £15m cancer scanner centre rising at Singleton, with first patients in early 2027

A permanent PET-CT scanning centre is being built at the South West Wales Cancer Centre, replacing the mobile unit that…

Swansea Council's Chamber in the Grade I listed Guildhall
Cllr Rob Stewart

SWANSEA: Nine social homes recovered and £1.2m identified in council fraud crackdown

Swansea Council's fraud team says it identified £1.2m in overpayments and savings in 2025/26, prosecuted four cases and investigated 13…

The clock tower of Swansea's Guildhall rising above trees, with cars parked in front of the building
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ALN FUNDING: ‘Absolutely damning’, Swansea leader rounds on Plaid over the £44m schools never saw

Councillors overwhelmingly approved the demand for the city's share of Wales's £322m windfall, as Rob Stewart accused ministers of telling…

Rows of brightly coloured disposable vapes in assorted flavours lined up on display
Andy Burnham

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…

Rows of brightly coloured disposable vapes in assorted flavours lined up on display
Andy Burnham

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…

The clock tower of Swansea's Guildhall rising above trees, with cars parked in front of the building
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SWANSEA COUNCIL: Labour and opposition unite to demand city’s slice of £322m ALN cash from Welsh Government

Swansea Council's Labour cabinet, the Conservative, Lib Dem and Uplands Party group leaders and an independent will join forces on…

A group of children posing and pulling faces on an artificial pitch at the Phoenix Centre summer club, with coloured balls on the ground
Cllr Rebecca Fogarty

TOWNHILL: Breakfast, a mile-long walk and dodgeball, what £700,000 of summer funding looks like on the ground

The Phoenix Centre summer club is one of hundreds of projects sharing the council's holiday fund, which pays for food…

WRU Chairman Richard Collier-Keywood and CEO Abi Tierney at press conference alongside Rob Regan former Principality Building Society COO challenging Welsh Rugby Union leadership
Abi Tierney

WRU: Board stands firm as calls grow for all 11 members to resign

The Welsh Rugby Union board says it has affirmed the decision to cut Wales to three professional clubs, and condemned…

Aerial artist's impression of Castle Square Gardens, showing lawns, planted terraces, a fountain, a big screen and a copper-clad pavilion beside the castle ruins
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CASTLE SQUARE: New images show the copper and stone pavilions, as opening slips to the second half of 2027

Fresh images reveal the two cafe pavilions, the play fountain and the big screen coming to Swansea's Castle Square Gardens.…

A split-screen image showing WRU CEO Abi Tierney, a woman with blonde hair in a purple jacket, and Swansea Council Leader Rob Stewart, a man with short brown hair in a blue suit.
Abi Tierney

WRU: Council restarts legal fight after union ‘broke assurances’ over Ospreys

Swansea Council says it paused its High Court challenge in May only after the WRU promised no decisions had been…