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The exterior of The Sandpiper Brewers Fayre pub restaurant on Sandy Road in Llanelli, showing the Brewers Fayre branded frontage with an outdoor beer garden with wooden picnic tables and parasols on a sunny day
Brewers Fayre

LLANELLI: Town’s Premier Inn goes up for sale with the Sandpiper as Whitbread seeks ‘whole site exit’

Whitbread has told Swansea Bay News it is marketing the hotel and the closed lakeside restaurant together as a going…

Passengers with luggage queuing at check-in desks inside Cardiff Airport, with a WestJet sign advertising direct flights to Toronto
Bristol Airport

FLIGHT CHAOS: Hundreds of flights cancelled in air traffic failure, with Cardiff and Bristol affected

A fault in NATS's flight-processing system grounded departures across the UK this afternoon. The system is recovering, but airlines warn…

Two coaches and college minibuses parked in front of the long low Coleg Sir Gâr building in Ammanford, with cars in the car park and a stone wall by the road
Carmarthenshire Council

SCHOOL BUS SHAKE-UP: Catchment-only free transport signed off for 2027

Carmarthenshire's cabinet has approved the policy ending free transport to your nearest school where it isn't your catchment school, taking…

The Sandpiper Brewers Fayre at Sandy Water Park in Llanelli with its entrance doors closed and the menu display case beside them empty
Brewers Fayre

BREWERS FAYRE: Last orders after 45 years, with the Sandpiper’s doors already locked

All 89 remaining Brewers Fayres served their final meals on Monday night, ending a 45-year brand. In Llansamlet, Swansea Vale…

A panoramic view over Mumbles from the park above Oystermouth, with the village, beach, pier and lighthouse stretching along the curve of Swansea Bay under a blue sky
Carmarthen

HOTEL HUNT: Premier Inn wants new hotels in Mumbles, Carmarthen and Milford Haven

The owner of Premier Inn has named Mumbles, Carmarthen and the Milford Haven and Pembroke area among the places it…

Composite image of Swansea Crown Court with an inset South Wales Police custody photograph of Terrence O'Connor
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SWANSEA: ‘Unforgivable’ fraudster stole £200,000 from his own family then fled to Turkey

Terrence O'Connor drained his widowed grandfather's life savings among more than £200,000 taken from his parents, brother and sister, then…

Aerial masterplan graphic of Burry Port harbour with labelled sites including A1 Food Store Opportunity, Commercial Leisure Opportunity, Enterprise Village and Residential Site
Burry Port

BURRY PORT: The land Tesco never built on is up for grabs, and a supermarket is back on the cards

Carmarthenshire Council is inviting developers to bid for the 3.7-acre field by the station, with its own planning advice saying…

Aerial view of a long red banner coiled in concentric rings around a flagpole lawn outside Swansea Guildhall, held by marchers
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SWANSEA: Hundreds carry the Red Line for Palestine through the city centre

A red banner stretching the length of Oxford Street was carried from the Guildhall through the city centre and over…

Fruit and vegetables displayed on the WD Seward and Sons stall inside Llanelli's indoor market, with produce stalls and a shopper along the aisle
Andrew Scott Ltd

LLANELLI: Market traders push back on upstairs stalls, saying every one they asked said no

A letter from one of the indoor market's businesses to councillors challenges a claimed 85 to 90 per cent trader…

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…