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View from the grassy summit of Kilvey Hill over Swansea city centre and the curve of Swansea Bay towards Mumbles under a blue sky
Kilvey Hill

KILVEY HILL: Five weeks of piling at Landore, eight weeks of summit groundworks, and no more paths to close, Skyline says

The developer's latest update puts timescales on the next phase of the £49m gondola and luge scheme: foundations for the…

Three teenage girls huddled together reading a GCSE results slip in a school hall, one with a look of surprise
Carmarthenshire Council

GCSE RESULTS: Swansea’s top grades rise and Carmarthenshire beats the Wales pass rate as pupils across the region collect results

23% of entries in Swansea schools were A* or A, up on last year and well above the Wales average.…

A row of blue portable toilet cabins beside the Civic Centre in a car park with disabled bays, palm trees and Swansea Bay in the background
Changing Places

SWANSEA: Five portable loos in a car park, the seafront’s first public toilets since the Civic Centre shut

Beachgoers outside the Civic Centre have had nowhere to go since the building closed in December. Now five blue cabins…

The Fairwood Terrace street sign at its junction with Victoria Road, Gowerton, with a low stone railway bridge crossing the road ahead and traffic passing through — the site of a proposed traffic signal-controlled junction.
Burry Inlet

GOWERTON: Developer wants traffic concerns omitted from environmental study on 216 homes rejected by councillors

Persimmon has asked the Welsh Government to narrow the study on its Fairwood Terrace scheme to sewage alone, dropping traffic,…

Alun Wyn Jones in a jacket and open-necked shirt, standing beside a running track and pitch
Alun Wyn Jones

OSPREYS: Alun Wyn Jones set for boardroom return as club fights for its future

Wales's most-capped player is poised to join the Ospreys board, weeks after taking a seat on the community board overseeing…

WRU Chairman Richard Collier-Keywood and CEO Abi Tierney at press conference alongside Rob Regan former Principality Building Society COO challenging Welsh Rugby Union leadership
Abi Tierney

WRU: Board stands firm as calls grow for all 11 members to resign

The Welsh Rugby Union board says it has affirmed the decision to cut Wales to three professional clubs, and condemned…

The UK Government Emergency Alerts graphic showing a phone displaying Rhybuddion Argyfwng and Emergency Alerts on a red background
Andy Burnham

EMERGENCY ALERT: Why phones across Wales just sounded, and what the wildfire warning says

A government Severe Alert warning of a very high risk of wildfires was sent to phones on Friday afternoon, hours…

Sausages cooking on a disposable barbecue
Andy Burnham

DISPOSABLE BBQS: Banned from sale across Britain as Prime Minister warns country is a ‘tinderbox’

The UK government has issued a temporary ban on selling disposable barbecues in store and online, a day after Swansea…

Sausages cooking on a disposable foil barbecue on dry grass
drought

DISPOSABLE BBQS: Swansea told to leave them at home as First Minister backs halt on sales

Swansea Council is urging people to keep disposable barbecues away from parks, farmland and open spaces while drought conditions continue,…

A student reads a printed results sheet, in a posed stock photograph
A levels

SWANSEA: City sixth formers beat Wales average for top A level grades

34.2% of A level grades in Swansea's school sixth forms were A* or A this year, well above the Wales…