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BEACH BBQ WARNING: ‘I had to be carried off the beach’ as burns unit reports rise in injuries
Two people who put their disposable barbecues out and moved them aside were still badly burned by the sand underneath,…
GARDEN VILLAGE: Council buys 141 homes at new estate, 70 for the housing waiting list
Swansea Council has bought the affordable homes at Persimmon's Garden Village development outright, the first time it has done so,…
PORTHCAWL: Son jailed for hiding mother’s body in freezer and claiming £78,000 of her benefits
Christopher Phillips kept Sylvia Phillips in a chest freezer at their home for almost three years after she died, telling…
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…
MUMBLES: “Verdi’s will be back” as owner says fire damage worse than first feared
Ryan Hole says the seafront café came off worse than the family had hoped, with a fuller assessment expected next…
MUMBLES: ‘Absolutely devastated’ Verdi’s closed after overnight fire
Owner Ryan Hole says he is relieved nobody was hurt in the blaze, which the fire service says was confined…
WRU: Council leader calls on Abi Tierney to quit over leaked Ospreys-Scarlets merger tape
Rob Stewart says west Wales has been "betrayed and misled" after the union guaranteed licences to Cardiff and the Dragons,…
WRU: Cardiff and Dragons safe as Ospreys and Scarlets left fighting for one west Wales licence
The union has confirmed its three-team future starts in 2028/29, with guaranteed licences for the capital and east Wales. The…
LEAF BOAT: Castle Square’s missing sculpture is heading for Dylan Thomas’s park
Six months after it was lifted out of Castle Square, Swansea's Leaf Boat sculpture has a new permanent berth —…
HYWEL DDA: Health board has ‘breached its statutory duty’, says NHS Wales chief
A letter from the NHS Wales chief executive, published in papers for Thursday's board meeting, says Hywel Dda has failed…