Swansea

Sandra White in a black off-the-shoulder dress and her husband Martyn in a dinner suit holding her Wales Care Awards gold trophy in front of a blue and green stained glass mosaic
Action for Children

SWANSEA: Children’s homes boss Sandra White takes Wales Care Awards gold after her own staff nominated her

Every one of her staff teams backed the nomination, describing a director who "leads with heart, humility, and unwavering commitment".…

Aerial view of Danbert House in Morriston, Swansea, showing the dilapidated Victorian building with a damaged roof, broken windows and overgrown vegetation surrounding the structure.
Halloween

SWANSEA: Wales’ ‘haunted house’ capital, but that bump in the night is probably your boiler

More than a third of the city’s homes were built before 1930, and over half have poorly insulated walls, according…

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…

South Wales Police custody photograph of David Novac, a man with a shaved head and a dark beard
Sex Offender

SWANSEA: Man jailed for five months after filming sex act without woman’s consent

David Novac changed his plea from not guilty to guilty on 7 October, police say. He will be on the…

South Wales Police custody photograph of Abdullah Saed, a man with short dark curly hair and a beard
assault

DYFATTY: London dealer who bit a police officer by the Matthew Street flats jailed for 32 months

Abdullah Saed, 25, had come from Penge to the tower blocks on Matthew Street with a car holding cocaine, cannabis,…

Aerial view of thousands of runners gathered at a start arch beneath the golden Copr Bay bridge in Swansea city centre
Cancer Research Wales

SWANSEA: The Great Welsh Marathon is leaving Pembrey for a loop of the city in October 2027

Front Runner Events is moving the race from Pembrey Country Park after more than ten years and wants 7,500 runners…

Volunteers in Christmas jumpers serving roast potatoes, carrots, peas and sprouts from a servery at Together at Christmas in the Brangwyn Hall
Brangwyn Hall

SWANSEA: Free Christmas dinner for the city’s homeless and lonely returns to the Brangwyn Hall on 1 December

Ten years and around 5,000 meals on, the dinner for people who are homeless, alone or struggling returns with a…

Wayne Bowron, a man in glasses and a navy hoodie, smiling beside a German shepherd dog in front of Christmas decorations
A4067

GLAIS: Family’s tribute to ‘heart of gold’ motorcyclist Wayne Bowron, 52, who died in A4067 crash

His family say he would do anything for anyone and loved the friends he made through motorcycling. Police want dashcam…

Temporary metal fencing across the empty lower section of Oxford Street car park in Swansea, with the Grand Theatre behind
blue badge

OXFORD STREET: Car park beside the Grand loses four of its 22 disabled bays to EV chargers

Blue Badge holders who rely on the car park beside the Grand get 11 of their bays back on Friday…

Three shopfronts inside the Quadrant Shopping Centre — a TGJones store on the left, the Post Office and Swyddfa'r Post in the middle, and a Toys R Us store on the right, with two shoppers walking past on a polished tiled floor.
Bridgend

SWANSEA: TGJones confirms closure date for the Quadrant’s old WHSmith

Swansea's former WHSmith in the Quadrant has been given a closing date. The Post Office inside it will shut days…