education

Group of pupils, council officials and construction workers in high-visibility jackets at a school building site with an excavator behind them in Townhill, Swansea.

BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE: £4.9m school boost gets underway in Townhill

Bulldozers are rolling and hard hats are on as work begins on…

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Two visitors looking closely into a zoo enclosure at Plantasia’s new venom and poison exhibit in Swansea

Pets and Animals

Inside Swansea’s deadly new zoo exhibit where venom could help cure cancer

A new “deadly” attraction has opened in Swansea — but instead of…

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Children sitting on the floor of a library reading a colourful book together, with other children browsing shelves in the background.

Books & Literature

Neath Port Talbot library service crowned best in Wales

Neath Port Talbot has been named the best library service in Wales,…

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Swansea University Bay Campus aerial view Computational Foundry Google DeepMind AI research programme

SWANSEA: City’s university joins £65m national mission to overhaul UK nuclear power

Swansea University has been selected to join a major £65.6 million national…

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Montage showing Ysgol Llansteffan, Ysgol Meidrim, Ysgol Pontiets and Ysgol Y Fro, the four Carmarthenshire schools proposed for closure.

Carmarthenshire

RURAL SCHOOLS UNDER THREAT: Carmarthenshire communities face ‘piecemeal closures’ as Council defends tough decisions

Carmarthenshire communities are grappling with the harsh reality of rural school closures,…

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The modern exterior of Ysgol Maesydderwen comprehensive school in Ystradgynlais on a sunny day, showing the school's yellow and grey facade.

Dyfed Powys Police

ARREST MADE: Teenager held over Ysgol Maesydderwen threats that sparked school shutdown

A 17-year-old boy has been arrested in connection with the chilling threats…

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A wide-angle exterior shot of the Senedd building in Cardiff Bay at twilight, showing its massive glass walls and the iconic, illuminated undulating wooden ceiling supported by slender columns.

FANTASY FOOTBALL? Politics experts launch ‘game-changing’ Senedd election platform

Move over Fantasy Premier League – politics experts at Swansea University have…

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Protesters outside Carmarthen County Hall holding banners against Ysgol Llansteffan school closure

‘Devastated’ parents hit out as council votes to AXE village school despite rising numbers claim

Furious parents and language campaigners have hit out at "devastating" plans to…

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A group of people gathered around a wooden table inside a rustic shed, carefully planting seeds into small black plastic pots.

City leaders get hands-on in Gower to back ‘farm to fork’ food revolution

Senior leaders from across Swansea have swapped their suits for wellies to…

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