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DAILY BRIEFING: Argos sold, 216 Gowerton homes stuck, and inside the school left empty for a decade
The day's local news from Swansea, Neath Port Talbot and Carmarthenshire, every evening in one place. Tap any headline for the full story. The post DAILY BRIEFING: Argos sold, 216 Gowerton homes stuck, and inside the school left empty for a decade appeared first on Swansea Bay News....
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Welsh flag flies at half mast as book of condolence to open for Bonnie Tyler
The Total Eclipse of the Heart Singer died in Portugal earlier this month
He said he was too 'off his face' for illegal buy. The truth was very different
Although Ben James admitted being concerned in the supply of cocaine, he disputed he had the 'wherewithal' to have dealt a kilo of the drug
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NEATH: The nurses who kicked off their heels at a wedding and saved a drowning toddler’s life
Cimla Hospital nurses Kelsey Pirie and Emma Brown were guests at Bryngarw House when screaming started in the country park next door. Five minutes of CPR later, a three-year-old pulled from a pond with no pulse was breathing again. Now the pair are up for a bravery award. The post NEATH: The nurses ...
Welsh Water takes more than a year to replace key sensor detecting discharges at Swansea Bay
Welsh Water didn't definitively know when and for how long for the site was spilling during this period
ARGOS SOLD: The eight south west Wales stores caught up in the £120m deal
Sainsbury's has agreed to sell Argos to a new company set up by three retail veterans, a decade after buying the chain for £1.4bn. Six standalone branches and two in-store counters across south west Wales are part of the deal. The post ARGOS SOLD: The eight south west Wales stores caught up in the ...
RANEEM’S LAW: Domestic abuse specialist to sit inside Dyfed-Powys 999 control room from August
Dyfed-Powys Police is one of twelve forces in the second wave of the Home Office scheme named after Raneem Oudeh, with a Calan DVS adviser embedded in the force's communication centre to spot high-risk cases from the very first call. The post RANEEM’S LAW: Domestic abuse specialist to sit inside D...
GOWERTON: Decision on 216 homes slips further away as Persimmon stays silent over crucial environmental study
The homes planned at Fairwood Terrace beside Gowerton station cannot be approved or rejected until Persimmon produces a major environmental study. A Welsh Government letter reveals the housebuilder has gone five weeks without responding on what that study should cover, meaning the clock has not even...
PORT TALBOT: ‘Cowardly’ trio sentenced over violent robbery that left man in hospital
Two 19-year-olds have been locked up and a teenage boy given a referral order over a November attack in which a man was beaten and robbed of his bank card, in scenes a detective called "stomach-churning" to watch. The post PORT TALBOT: ‘Cowardly’ trio sentenced over violent robbery that left man...
DAILY BRIEFING: Verdi’s vows to return after the fire, all of Wales now in drought, and the WRU row boils over
The day's local news from Swansea, Neath Port Talbot and Carmarthenshire, every evening in one place. Tap any headline for the full story. The post DAILY BRIEFING: Verdi’s vows to return after the fire, all of Wales now in drought, and the WRU row boils over appeared first on Swansea Bay News....
Aftermath of Verdi's fire as beloved cafe gutted and locals left heartbroken
'I don’t know where we’ll go instead, we love it there'
UPLANDS: £40,000 leaf move should have paid for Victoria Park toilets, says councillor
Cllr Peter May says he welcomes the Leaf Boat's new Cwmdonkin Park home, but argues the money he challenged at scrutiny was badly needed for toilets at a park now busier than ever. The post UPLANDS: £40,000 leaf move should have paid for Victoria Park toilets, says councillor appeared first on Swan...
SWANSEA: ‘Do people want to see me live?’ Queen’s Roger Taylor ahead of his arena show
The Queen drummer closes his Violence Insane in a Beautiful World tour at Swansea Building Society Arena on 29 September, and in a new interview he talks kindness, a South African choir, and why his son out-drums him. The post SWANSEA: ‘Do people want to see me live?’ Queen’s Roger Taylor ahea...
DROUGHT: All of Wales now in drought as July heads for driest in 190 years
Natural Resources Wales has extended drought status to the whole country, with rivers including the Cleddau, Cothi and Teifi exceptionally low and just 8% of July's normal rainfall. The post DROUGHT: All of Wales now in drought as July heads for driest in 190 years appeared first on Swansea Bay News...
He followed women around shops in Swansea before carrying out sick acts
Martin Roberts carried out the acts a day after being released from prison on licence for another matter
Woman found dead at friend's house in Swansea
An inquest into the death was opened on Thursday
Big Issue seller's body found with extensive burns after fire at his home
The cause of the fire has not been confirmed but Mr Harmer's death is not being treated as suspicious, an inquest has heard
MUMBLES: ‘Absolutely devastated’ Verdi’s closed after overnight fire
Owner Ryan Hole says he is relieved nobody was hurt in the blaze, which the fire service says was confined to the kitchen and toilet area, and has vowed to reopen "as soon as it's safe to do so". The post MUMBLES: ‘Absolutely devastated’ Verdi’s closed after overnight fire appeared first on Sw...
Swansea woman dubbed 'Mandy Burnham' goes viral online over uncanny resemblance to PM
Emma Roberts, 54, a Quaker chaplain from Swansea, has been dubbed 'Mandy Burnham' online after going viral on TikTok due to her uncanny resemblance to UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham
Iconic Verdi's café in Mumbles devastated by fire overnight
The owner of the beloved café, popular for its homemade ice creams, said they received a call to say it 'went up' overnight