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SWANSEA BAY: Hospitals will be up to 140 beds short this winter, and there is no extra money to fix it
The health board's own plan says demand for medical beds will outstrip what it has from now until spring, even…
NATURE RESERVES: The 14 Swansea green spaces about to get protected status, from Port Eynon to Pontarddulais
Clyne Valley, the Mumbles cliffs, Loughor foreshore and the Lower Swansea Valley are among 14 council-owned sites the council says…
DEREK THE WEATHER: The forecaster who walked Three Cliffs and the Llanrhidian marsh is signing off at Christmas
After nearly 30 years of "shwmae" and "nos da" on Wales Today, Derek Brockway says he will leave BBC Wales…
LITTLE WIND STREET: Makeover approved for Swansea’s nightlife lane
The murals come off, the street poles go, and a corroded-steel gateway goes up at the York Street end after…
SWANSEA HOUSE PRICES: Mumbles down 5.7%, Castle up 7.8%, and the map that shows what your street sold for
The middle of the Swansea market barely moved in the year to April, up 1.5% to £203,000, according to a…
CLEAN AIR: Swansea’s official pollution zone set to be scrapped after 25 years
Homes along the main roads through Hafod, Sketty and Fforestfach have sat inside a legal "bad air" zone since 2001.…
NEATH PORT TALBOT: Council leader Steve Hunt quits and admits he got so drunk he fell over
Cllr Steve Hunt says he had already decided to step down for personal reasons before a coalition meeting about his…
BRIDGEND: Council may skip tendering rules to keep the bins emptied when it takes over collections next July
Bridgend wants to keep using some of its contractor's 130 suppliers without putting the work out to tender. Its own…
SWANSEA: Rooftop gardens and bee ‘buzz highways’ put the city in a global club with Singapore
A new report counts 16 green roofs and living walls across the city centre, the planting that won Swansea a…
GOWERTON: Flood regulator says 216-home site ‘did not fully comply’ with flood guidance, then agrees flooding can be left out of the study
Natural Resources Wales has backed Persimmon on flooding, contamination and landscape, while joining the council in questioning the age of…