Porthcawl
PORTHCAWL: Floodlit 3G pitch planned at the comprehensive, with club hire from £22.50 an hour and grants lined up to pay for it
A seven-a-side artificial pitch would replace the school's worn-out one, open to clubs on evenings, weekends and in the holidays.…
PORTHCAWL: Tower crane rises over the Grand Pavilion as the rebuild begins
A tower crane now stands beside the Grade II listed seafront landmark, with the steel frame for its new extension…
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…
PORTHCAWL: ‘Porthcawl Eye’ big wheel opens over the seafront for the summer holidays
The giant white observation wheel at Salt Lake is the centrepiece of the town's new seasonal funfair, in Porthcawl's first…
RICS AWARDS: Y Storfa named Wales’ Project of the Year — as Llanelli’s Pentre Awel and Porthcawl’s Sker House complete a near clean sweep
The former BHS reborn as Swansea's civic hub took the top prize at the Wales property awards — with three…
PORTHCAWL: Quentin Tarantino becomes Vice President of town’s male voice choir
The Hollywood director worked with Porthcawl Male Voice Choir members while filming in the town last month — now he's…
RUTH JONES: Cameras roll on new BBC comedy ‘Better Later’ — 35 years after star first met her co-writer
Filming has begun on a warm new BBC comedy co-written by and starring Porthcawl-raised Ruth Jones and her long-time friend…
PORTHCAWL: End of the road for donkey rides on Coney Beach as council’s summer animal ban rules them out for good
Donkey rides are banned from Coney Beach in Porthcawl after Bridgend County Borough Council extended its seasonal animal restrictions —…
JAILED: Llanelli man who ignored victim’s pleas during flat attack sentenced to six years
A 48-year-old man has been jailed for six years after raping and sexually assaulting a woman during an attack at…
PORTHCAWL: £1.3m project to transform car park into vibrant public space to begin
Work to transform the Hillsboro South car park in Porthcawl into a vibrant new public space is set to begin…
PORTHCAWL: ‘Agitated’ drug dealer caught with knife and cocaine jailed
A Porthcawl man has been jailed for two-and-a-half years after police caught him with a dangerous haul of cocaine, cannabis…