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A National Grid engineer in a hi-vis jacket and helmet stands on a lane at night in driving rain beneath a fallen tree brought down across an overhead power line
Amber Weather Warning

STORM AUSTEN: ‘Take extra care on the Friday morning commute’ as the warning stretches to 5pm

Trees are in leaf and likely to come down across roads and railways, the Met Office says. Every council area…

Met Office map showing a yellow wind warning over south Wales and southern England and an amber wind warning over Cornwall and Devon
Amber Weather Warning

STORM AUSTEN: Yellow warning for south Wales extended to 2pm on Friday as Met Office raises the risk, with Cornwall and Devon on amber

Gusts of 50 to 60mph are still forecast for Swansea Bay, with 70mph or more on exposed coasts, but forecasters…

The entrance to Ysgol Heol Goffa special school in Llanelli, a single-storey brick building with a green flag flying outside
Anna Brychan MS

YSGOL HEOL GOFFA: Four pupils have died in six months, says councillor, and still no nurse

Health chiefs could give no guarantee and no deadline for a nurse at the Llanelli special school, campaigners say, and…

A grey Hyundai SUV with its front against a damaged brick wall and railings on Coity Road, Bridgend
Bridgend

BRIDGEND: Woman, 47, dies and man, 61, arrested on suspicion of murder after Coity Road crash

Police say the 47-year-old driver's injuries were not caused by the crash. A 61-year-old man is in custody after an…

Buses lined up at Swansea bus station with the former Debenhams building behind
Adventure Travel

FREE BUSES: Swansea’s buses are free on 19 days this Christmas, starting on parade weekend

Free travel starts in time for Santa and runs right through to New Year's Eve, but there is a cut-off…

The Gothic stone building of Swansea Mosque and Islamic Community Centre with its tall pinnacled tower and a modern grey extension
Adam Price MS

SWANSEA MOSQUE: Energy savings to fund winter warm packs for food bank users

The centre on St Helen’s Road is getting battery storage and a new heating system. It also runs a baby…

Aerial view of the Port Talbot waterfront at Harbourside, with industrial yards and scrubland beside the water and the town and hills behind.
Adam Price MS

PORT TALBOT: £9.2m to turn waterfront land into six business units and room for floating wind

Two of the four Celtic Freeport projects sharing £18.4m are in Port Talbot. Neither has a start date or a…

Police officers, council officials and partners standing together in Dyfatty, Swansea, during the launch of a crime reduction project
antisocial behaviour

SWANSEA: Council housing officers given powers to shut ‘cuckooed’ homes

Cabinet has signed off powers the council adopted in 2018 but never built into its housing work. Its report said…

A volunteer carries a box of meals into the Goods Shed in Llanelli, under a sign reading Sied Nwyddau Goods Shed
Antioch Centre

LLANELLI: Home-cooked meals for £2 from a freezer at the town’s old railway goods shed

It’s pay what you can, with meatballs, stews and lasagne cooked from scratch by volunteers. The freezer is open four…

Guests cut a red ribbon to open Mowbray Yard in Swansea city centre
71/72 Kingsway

SWANSEA: New city centre garden opens in memory of the council officer behind the arena

It links the Kingsway and Oxford Street, with trees, benches and a giant mural. His daughter says it’s somewhere for…