South Wales Police have been criticised in an independent report into the Mayhill riot that took place on 20 May 2021. The report says that “residents...
Swansea icon and panto star Kevin Johns MBE is set to get Honorary Freedom of the City – oh, yes he is! Mr Johns is being...
Conditional planning permission for a new development team to take forward the transformational Afan Valley adventure resort project has now been granted after the signing of...
Proposals for a new central Swansea location for the city’s main library and other key services took a big step forward today. The plans, for Oxford...
A plan to return Wales to alert level zero measures will today be set out by First Minister Mark Drakeford. The move comes as the latest...
The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) has published a report into the derailment and fire of a tanker train at Llangennech in Carmarthenshire on 26 August...
Work to build almost 140 houses on Aberavon seafront is set to start shortly. Persimmon say they are breathing fresh life into the former Afan Lido...
Tributes have been paid to Cllr Mair Stephens, Deputy Leader of Carmarthenshire County Council, who has sadly died. Cllr Stephens, who led the Independent Group of...
Wilko has confirmed that it intends to close it’s St Elli Centre store in Llanelli town centre in August. The retailer said that “with regret”, it...
The Welsh Ambulance Service has revealed the most inappropriate calls made to 999 in the past year. Among them was someone who had eaten a mouldy...
First Minister Mark Drakeford has confirmed alert level 2 measures will stay in place in Wales following the outcome of the latest regulations review. The Welsh...
GMB union has accused Carmarthenshire Council of playing ‘Russian roulette’ with residents’ safety over a gritter strike. The claims came as the council issued their own...
Welsh Health Secretary announces ‘reluctant’ relaxation of testing for international travellers, to bring Wales in-line with recently announced changes in England Eluned Morgan MS warned against...
Sylvia Pope, 79, has a colossal collection of Christmas baubles. It’s so large in fact, that she has broken the record for the world’s largest collection of...
The owner of a Swansea independent cinema who refused to follow COVID rules has been given a 28 day suspended prison sentence and fined £15,000 at...
First Minister Mark Drakeford has said that all eligible adults in Wales will get an appointment for a booster vaccine by the end of December. He...
Tributes have been paid to colourful BBC3 The Call Centre star Nev Wilshire who died on Saturday morning aged 61. Mr Wilshire found fame on the...
A greener, more welcoming future for a major Swansea focal point could move a big step closer next week Swansea Council’s cabinet is set to discuss...
City centre shoppers are enjoying a sociable and relaxing new experience in Swansea Market. The iconic venue has just become yet more welcoming. The Market Garden...
Fourteen schools in Wales will trial providing additional hours this academic year, with up to £2m of funding available to support the scheme, Education and Welsh...
Ospreys hooker Ifan Phillips has been involved in a serious road traffic accident. The 25-year-old is the son of Neath rugby legend Kevin Phillips South Wales...
Police officers in South Wales and Gwent are to become the first in the UK to develop and use technology to identify wanted individuals in real...
A case of the Omicron variant of concern has been confirmed in Wales. The case is in the Cardiff and Vale University Health Board area and...
Brand-new trains have arrived in Wales that Transport for Wales say will herald a new era of transformational train travel – including more capacity and improved...
Proposed designs have been unveiled for a new central Swansea location for the city’s main library and other key services. The drawings by architects Austin-Smith:Lord Ltd ...
A judge at Swansea magistrates court has ordered Independent Swansea cinema Cinema & Co to close for failing to protect the public against COVID In summing...
A huge clear up operation is still underway in Carmarthenshire following Storm Arwen which hit the county hard over the weekend. Carmarthenshire County Council’s highways team...
South Wales Police and Swansea Council have evacuated homes near to Heol y Cyw in Birchgrove in Swansea this morning (29 November) after an suspected unexploded...
Swansea West has the highest unemployment rate in Wales – over double the national average according to new figures. Figures from the Senedd (Welsh Parliament) research...
The first act to play Swansea’s brand new Arena on Tuesday 8 March has been announced as rock duo, Royal Blood. To date, Royal Blood have...
Margam Country Park has been voted among the top ten most popular parks and green spaces in Britain following a public vote – the only one...
Cinema owner, Anna Redfern failed to show at a Swansea Magistrates hearing this morning. The hearing was brought by Swansea Council after Redfern ignored a closure...
Swansea is set to be a Queen’s Green Canopy Champion City as part of celebrations of the monarch’s Platinum Jubilee. The Queen’s Green Canopy has announced that...
An anti-racism group has written an open letter to the owner of a Swansea independent cinema that refuses to follow Government COVID measures. The letter by...
Crowds filled the streets of Swansea yesterday evening for the city’s first Christmas light switch-on for two years. Magical floats and marching bands wowed the thousands...
Barclays has confirmed the permanent closure of its Gorseinon and Port Talbot bank branches as part of its swath of almost 50 branch closures across the...
Street artist Banksy’s mural ‘Season’s Greetings’ that appeared on a garage in Port Talbot in 2018 is to leave the town for an exhibition in Peterborough...
Swansea Council’s licensing and trading standards officers issued a 28 day closure notice to independent cinema Cinema & Co last night (Thursday 18 November). The move...
A brand new Aldi store in Neath opened its doors to customers this morning at 8am, with Team GB Olympic Rugby hero Sam Cross, cutting the...
Neath Port Talbot Council engineers are currently carrying out additional inspections of Port Talbot’s 118-year-old Newbridge Road Bridge which was closed to vehicles in 1972 and...
Three eye-catching road rainbows will add colour and further vibrancy to Wind Street, Swansea’s emerging new all-day destination. The multi-coloured designs will span a newly-laid road...
Seats are now being installed inside Swansea Arena’s auditorium as construction of the city’s new Copr Bay district continues to make progress. New behind-the-scenes photos also...
Transport for Wales have released details of their proposed Swansea Bay and West Wales Metro, and in addition to new stations and rail lines it could...
Visitors heading for this year’s Christmas parade on November 21 will be able to get there by bus for free as Swansea Council’s free bus offer...
Free Christmas parking has been approved for Neath, Port Talbot and Pontardawe town centres from Saturday, December 11th 2021 to Saturday, January 1st, 2022. Members of...
Budget supermarket Lidl have submitted plans to build a new store on the site of the former Halfway Garage on Mumbles Road in Blackpill. After initially...
The family of Mandy Power, her daughters Katie and Emily, and Doris Dawson who were brutally murdered over 20 years ago have issued a rare public...
New proposals for sea defences in Mumbles have been unveiled by Swansea Council – which they say have been developed using the views of the public...
The families of the three people who died following an incident on the River Cleddau in Haverfordwest on Saturday have paid tribute to their loved ones....
Dyfed Powys Police are reporting that three people have died and another remains in hospital following a multi-agency river rescue in Pembrokeshire yesterday. Calls for help...
First Minister Mark Drakeford has announced strengthened Alert Level Zero measures due to rising COVID infection figures – and warns of stricter measures to come unless...
A stunning new fly-through shows how Swansea’s new-look, family-friendly Wind Street will look once its £3m upgrade is finished. Wind Street is the city’s best-known street...
Hywel Dda health board which runs health services in Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire and Ceredigion has said that they are temporarily suspending non-essential visiting to all of their...
The Welsh Government is calling for more funding to help emergency preparedness after releasing new data on the number of coal tip sites – with Neath...
A £1.7bn renewable energy proposal for Swansea includes a newly-designed tidal lagoon, featuring state-of-the-art underwater turbines generating 320 megawatts of renewable energy from the 9.5km structure. ...
South Wales Police have said that they have identified the human remains discovered on Tuesday (19 October) at an area of marshland near Llannant Road, Gorseinon...
A joint statement from Hywel Dda Health Board, Welsh Ambulance Trust and Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire and Ceredigion Councils is calling on families of recovering hospital patients to...
Preparations are being made for the return of Swansea’s Christmas Parade – and the council says it’s set to be one of the best yet. The...
Bus operator First Cymru has announced another raft of cuts to their services in Swansea and Llanelli due to an ongoing shortage of drivers. The move...
A review of issues relating to the conviction of David Morris for the murders of Mandy Power, her two daughters Katie and Emily and her mother...
Richmond Primary School in Carmarthen has issued a warning to parents after reports of Year 4 children attending the school had either watched Squid Game on...
Swansea’s spectacular annual fireworks show is set to return this year. Just not on 5 November. It will be free to all though, and will take...
Major work by Swansea Council to improve sea defences at Mumbles is to be boosted by a Welsh Government grant of more than £1.7m. The funding...
The 80-year old man who died following a single-vehicle road traffic collision on Monday (11 October) in Pontardawe has been named as Thomas Edward Thomas, known...
A new delivery team has been given conditional planning approval to take forward the transformational Afan Valley leisure resort project which the council say could create...
The parents of a six-month-old baby killed in a collision in Llanelli on Friday (8 October) have paid tribute to their “perfect baby girl” who they...
South Wales Police are appealing for information after an 87-year old man died in a single vehicle collision in Pontardawe. The accident occurred around 2.30pm on...
A man has been sentenced to 30 years – 22 years in prison with an eight-year extended period on licence – for the sexual abuse and...
Swansea BID (Business Improvement District) is urging shoppers and visitors to show their love for Swansea city centre businesses by backing its new Big Heart of...
23 year-old Lucy Dyer, of Heulwen Terrace, Llanelli was charged with causing death by dangerous driving after a child was killed in a road traffic accident....
A number of popular South Wales pubs are due to be sold by family-owned Welsh brewer SA Brain. The venues are amongst 99 across South Wales...
110 Defence personnel will deploy to support the Welsh Ambulance Service NHS Trust (WAST) from 14th October, working as non-emergency drivers. The task is expected to...
Swansea city centre welcomed thousands of college and university students to its Student Night event on Tuesday (Oct 5), its first major shopping event since October...
A landlord refused a Rent Smart Wales licence to carry out letting and management activities has been found guilty of managing his properties illegally. Derrick Morgan,...
A MAN who murdered his mother with a hammer and continued to live in her home with her body for two months has been sentenced to...
As 12 to 15-year-olds across Wales start to receive their Covid-19 vaccinations, the Welsh Health Minister today (4 October) confirmed they will all be offered a...
Carmarthenshire County Council has appointed Bouygues UK to design and build Zone One of its Pentre Awel development. Pentre Awel is the first development of its...
A new law on food labelling comes into effect today (Friday, October 1st) to help protect the estimated two million plus people living with a diagnosed...
Almost as many children aged 15 and under have been in hospital with Covid-19 in Swansea Bay over the last three months than the whole of...
Comedian John Bishop and Strictly dancer Oti Mabuse are the latest big names announced to play Swansea’s new arena. John Bishop’s eighth stand-up comedy touring show ‘Right...
Swansea Council have appointed regeneration company Urban Splash as its preferred development partner for a number of key sites, including the Civic Centre, Swansea Central North...
Young Freya Bevan today unveiled a train named in her honour as Great Western Railway paid tribute to her unstinting bravery. The nine-year-old, who is currently...
Runners and spectators took to the streets of Swansea on Sunday (19 September) for the Admiral Swansea Bay 10k – with a colourful 1980s theme. Around...
People will have to show a NHS COVID Pass to enter nightclubs and attend events in Wales from next month, the First Minister announced today. The...
This Sunday is due to see the return of the award winning Admiral Swansea Bay 10k. The 40th anniversary staging of the annual race starts at 11am...
Swansea Arena has today announced that Alice Cooper and The Cult, Diversity, Katherine Ryan and Rob Brydon will be the first shows to go on sale for the hotly anticipated...
Bus company First Cymru has announced some major changes to their network, reducing the frequency of services and outsourcing some routes to other operators due to...
Swansea Council are planning a month of weeknight partial closures of the main A4067 Oystermouth Road in the city centre between West Way and Princess Way....
Dyfed Powys Police are appealing for information after a burglary at a Llanelli restaurant on Wednesday (8 September). The break-in took place in the early hours...
Poundland is making a comeback to Oxford Street in Swansea, bringing its latest PEP&CO clothing and homeware ranges to the city centre. The new store at...
Rugby giants the Ospreys have backed a Swansea Bay campaign to get as many men as possible aged under 40 vaccinated in Swansea and Neath Port...
Major plans for a new £132m life science, well-being and sports campuses project in Swansea that’s expected create over 1,000 jobs are gathering pace. The project...
Swansea’s free bus promotion is set to return during the school holidays in October and at Christmas. During August the initiative funded by Swansea council saw...
3M has announced that it has concluded consultation with employees at its site in Gorseinon Road, Penllergaer. Discussions started on 8 July, when the company shared proposals for the closure of...
Llansamlet Park threw open its gates extra wide recently to welcome dozens of young children and families helping to celebrate the official opening of its upgraded...
HM Coastguard based at Mumbles have issued a strongly worded statement condemning the actions of a Jet Ski and Powerboat who were reported to have been...
South Wales Police were called to Tesco Express on Neath Road in Britton Ferry at 10.45pm last night (Tuesday 24 August) following reports of an armed...
Benjamin Pritchard is in Tokyo as a member of the Great Britain Paralympic Rowing Team. He competes in the PR1 men’s single scull at the Paralympics on 27,...
Japanese ramen bar-style restaurant Wagamama is to open their first Swansea restaurant at The City Gates on the corner of Wind Street and Victoria Road. The...
Music lovers from Swansea and Neath Port Talbot who attended the recent 50,000-strong Boardmasters music festival in Cornwall are being urged to get tested for Covid-19...