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HAVERFORDWEST: ‘So, so proud’ — the 24-year-old skipper who led her round-the-world crew back onto UK soil
Lou Boorman steered Team Tongyeong into Oban in second place after a 3,300-mile Atlantic crossing — the Clipper Race fleet's first UK landfall since setting out last August. The post HAVERFORDWEST: ‘So, so proud’ — the 24-year-old skipper who led her round-the-world crew back onto UK soil ap...
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SWANSEA: WWII Swordfish and rare Cold War Navy helicopter to star at Wales Airshow
The Fairey Swordfish and Westland Wasp — nearly 40 years of Royal Navy flying history between them — will display over Swansea Bay at the free two-day show on 25 and 26 July. The post SWANSEA: WWII Swordfish and rare Cold War Navy helicopter to star at Wales Airshow appeared first on Swansea Bay...
SWANSEA: Soft sand, steep dunes and extreme heat — coastguard 4×4 rescue for injured beach-goer near Bay Campus
Port Talbot Coastguard drove onto the beach at the River Neath to reach a casualty with a deep foot injury on Friday evening — sparing them an hour-long walk in the heat, before a stretcher carry over the dunes. The post SWANSEA: Soft sand, steep dunes and extreme heat — coastguard 4×4 rescue f...
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GORSEINON: ‘A devastating loss for our community’ — councillors urge people not to share footage as five remain in custody
Ward councillors Andrew Stevens, Jan Curtice and Nicola Matthews have thanked emergency services and residents — and asked people not to fuel speculation online while the investigation into Thursday's fatal collision continues. The post GORSEINON: ‘A devastating loss for our community’ — cou...
SWANSEA: Lord Mayor launches charity appeal at the market — with choirs, school singers and collection tins
Cllr Penny Matthews officially launched her year's appeal for the St David's Medical Foundation at Swansea Market on Friday, with performances from the Swansea Male Choir and pupils from Christchurch Primary School. The post SWANSEA: Lord Mayor launches charity appeal at the market — with choirs, ...
PORT TALBOT: Sir Anthony Hopkins, 88, signs record deal for album inspired by his Margam childhood
The double Oscar winner has signed with Decca Classics for Life Is A Dream, out on 21 August — with first single Bracken Road drawing on the streets, meadows and mountains around his 1940s Margam home, hours after Port Talbot was shortlisted for UK Town of Culture. The post PORT TALBOT: Sir Anthon...
HEATWAVE: Hotter than Ibiza, Istanbul and the Maldives — south Wales set to be the UK’s hotspot this weekend
Forecast maps put south Wales at the top of the UK temperature charts today and tomorrow at 32°C — warmer than Ibiza, Istanbul and the Maldives, in the first year on record to hit 35°C in May, June and July. The post HEATWAVE: Hotter than Ibiza, Istanbul and the Maldives — south Wales set to b...
Health board issues apology as staff and patients bemoan soaring temperatures at hospital
Swansea Bay University Health Board has apologised for the issue
A40: ‘Utterly heartbroken’ — family’s tribute to van driver Ashley Keane who died in coach collision
Ashley Wayne Keane, 38, died when his van and a coach collided between Llandeilo and Nantgaredig on Friday 3 July — his family have asked for privacy as they grieve. The post A40: ‘Utterly heartbroken’ — family’s tribute to van driver Ashley Keane who died in coach collision appeared first...
Fears teenager was dragged under car: Everything we know about Gorseinon murder probe
Flowers have been laid at the scene and a community is in shock after a incident on Thursday which resulted in the death of an 18-year-old
GORSEINON: Three further arrests over fatal collision — with five men now in custody
A 33-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder and two men on suspicion of assisting an offender, South Wales Police said on Friday afternoon — bringing the number held over Thursday's fatal collision to five. The post GORSEINON: Three further arrests over fatal collision — with five...
LLANELLI: First look at the town’s new market hall — 14 shops, a first-floor café and a green-tiled frontage for Vaughan Street
Newly published plans reveal what will replace Llanelli's RAAC-hit indoor market — a two-storey hall with escalators, rooftop solar and orange-framed stalls — and residents can now have their say before the planning application goes in. The post LLA...
Latest Gorseinon murder investigation update as police make more arrests
Police have confirmed three arrests have been made in connection with a fatal collision in Swansea
GOWER: The ‘cow firefighters’ — how a shared herd is grazing away the fuel that feeds the commons’ wildfires
A Penmaen grazier and her neighbours have clubbed together to put cattle back on the Gower Commons — eating the moor grass that turns the peninsula into a tinderbox every spring. The post GOWER: The ‘cow firefighters’ — how a shared herd is grazing away the fuel that feeds the commons’ wil...
LANGLAND: Police impose weekend-long dispersal order at the bay — the second in a fortnight
The Section 35 order covers Langland's beach and car park from 5pm Friday to 5pm Sunday, giving officers powers to break up trouble — just weeks after the same powers were last used there. The post LANGLAND: Police impose weekend-long dispersal order at the bay — the second in a fortnight appear...
GOWER: Husband takes on 100km Gower Peninsula Ultra Challenge after wife’s life‑threatening ectopic pregnancy
A Swansea dad is tackling a gruelling 100km endurance challenge this summer to raise funds for a pregnancy charity that supported his family through a life‑threatening ectopic pregnancy. The post GOWER: Husband takes on 100km Gower Peninsula Ultra Challenge after wife’s life‑threatening ectopi...
LLANELLI: ‘Like a plague’ — flies swarm Seaside homes and pubs as shops sell out of spray and the council investigates
Shops have sold out of fly spray and more than 800 residents have joined a Facebook group tracking the infestation across Seaside, Morfa and Tyisha — as Carmarthenshire Council and Natural Resources Wales investigate the cause. The post LLANELLI: ‘Like a plague’ — flies swarm Seaside homes a...
TREBANOS: Rugby club stalwart wins by-election for Plaid — as Reform takes second and Labour slumps to fourth
Jamie Watkins held the Swansea Valley ward with more than half the vote in Thursday's Neath Port Talbot Council by-election — triggered by Rebeca Phillips' election to the Senedd. The post TREBANOS: Rugby club stalwart wins by-election for Plaid — as Reform takes second and Labour slumps to four...
Concerns raised after baby dies at the University Hospital of Wales
An inquest into the death of newborn Cameron Jay Griffiths has been opened and adjourned
SWANSEA: River Island set to close Oxford Street store — with September earmarked
The fashion chain's Oxford Street branch is expected to shut in September with staff consultation under way — the latest blow for the street that lost M&S after 69 years in May — though the chain is expected to keep its Morfa Retail Park store open. The post SWANSEA: River Island set to clos...