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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…

Families in and around the pool at Blackpill Lido on a sunny day, with splash fountains, swings and trees around the water
Blackpill

BLACKPILL LIDO: Pool reopens with the sun out, five days after water quality shutdown

The free seafront pool is open again from today, with the council saying the water quality issues that closed it…

The closed orange-and-blue shutter of Snoop Vape Store on High Street, Swansea, with official Trading Standards closure notices taped to it.
disposable vapes

SWANSEA: £470k of illegal vapes seized since disposable ban, the most of any UK council

Swansea Council seized more illegal vaping products by estimated value than any other council in the UK in the year…

Aerial view of the drained Blackpill Lido, fenced off with hazard tape and traffic cones, the rainbow-coloured surround empty apart from a few people by the kiosk.
Blackpill

BLACKPILL LIDO: Pool still shut, but council says water is improving and hopes to reopen this week

Swansea Council says recent water quality tests at the free seafront pool have improved, but more testing and other measures…

Action from the 2023 Admiral Swansea Bay 10k
10k run

SWANSEA BAY 10K: Start and finish moves to Guildhall with new race village at rotunda

The 45th running of the seaside race on 20 September starts and finishes on Guildhall Road South instead of outside…

Aerial artist's impression of Castle Square Gardens, showing lawns, planted terraces, a fountain, a big screen and a copper-clad pavilion beside the castle ruins
ACME

CASTLE SQUARE: New images show the copper and stone pavilions, as opening slips to the second half of 2027

Fresh images reveal the two cafe pavilions, the play fountain and the big screen coming to Swansea's Castle Square Gardens.…

The vacant white two-storey building at 120 Gower Road in Sketty beside the red-brick Tawe Veterinary Group practice
Dentist

SKETTY: Empty office block to become dental practice as planners say yes

A vacant two-storey building next to the vets on Gower Road has permission to become a dental surgery, with the…

Blackpill Lido
Blackpill

BLACKPILL LIDO: Pool shut for third time this summer, now over water quality

The free seafront pool that took until mid-July to open at all has closed again in the middle of the…