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HEOL GOFFA ROW: Plaid accuses Labour of causing ‘unnecessary distress’ over special school claims
Carmarthenshire's education cabinet member has hit back at Labour's "£35m black hole" claims over Llanelli's promised new Ysgol Heol Goffa — branding them unfounded, accusing the party of misrepresenting the process "for cheap political purposes", and insisting there is "no intention to pull out ...
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PENLLERGAER: 50 years, 20,000 animals — BEM for the woman at the heart of Llys Nini
Carole Stevens joined Swansea's animal rescue world as a teenager and never left. Half a century on — and 20,000 rescued animals later — she has been awarded the British Empire Medal in the King's Birthday Honours. The post PENLLERGAER: 50 years, 20,000 animals — BEM for the woman at the heart...
GREEN STEEL: Tata ‘confident’ supply will hold and furnace project unaffected after Port Talbot fire
Tata Steel's chief executive has moved to reassure customers and the wider industry that supply will be maintained after last week's fire at Port Talbot — and that the works' £1.25bn electric arc furnace project is unaffected. The post GREEN STEEL: Tata ‘confident’ supply will hold and furnac...
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SWANSEA: ‘A labour of love’ — the BEM for the man who’s kept the city’s jazz playing for 50 years
Dave Cottle first walked into Swansea Jazz Club as a teenager in 1975. Half a century on — having programmed its weekly sessions for nearly 30 years, founded Wales' biggest jazz festival and played a few thousand gigs along the way — he has been recognised in the King's Birthday Honours. The pos...
LLANELLI: ‘£35m black hole’ row erupts over Ysgol Heol Goffa funding — days after consultation opens
Families have waited a decade for a new Ysgol Heol Goffa — and days after being asked their views on the £35m plans, a council meeting revealed the money behind them is not yet signed off. So is the new school still on track for 2029? Here's what was actually said — and what it means. The post ...
CASWELL: 94 drivers ticketed in bank holiday ‘chaos’ — now tow-aways could be on the table
Drivers who park on yellow lines on the roads out of Caswell Bay could face being towed away in future — with a clearway under consideration after what a local councillor described as bank holiday parking chaos. The post CASWELL: 94 drivers ticketed in bank holiday ‘chaos’ — now tow-aways co...
WOOL POWER: Textile artists win bursaries to launch their own businesses — and one is halfway to a £7,000 loom
Kitty Haggar from Tenby and Megan Coombs from Llanelli have won bursaries from Wales' premier wool festival — as both prepare to turn their Carmarthen School of Art training into businesses of their own. The post WOOL POWER: Textile artists win bursaries to launch their own businesses — and one ...
HONOURS: The Swansea professor changing how we talk about suicide — from the Senedd to EastEnders
Prof Ann John's research has reshaped national policy, frontline practice and even how soaps portray mental health. Now the Swansea University academic has been appointed OBE in the King's Birthday Honours — one of the most senior awards on this year's local list. The post HONOURS: The Swansea pro...
KING’S BIRTHDAY HONOURS: The Swansea Bay and Carmarthenshire names on this year’s list
An MBE received days before his death for a Swansea legend, a hospice nurse, a suicide prevention pioneer, half a century of jazz — and the festival bringing music to Llandeilo. The people of Swansea Bay and Carmarthenshire recognised in His Majesty The King's Birthday Honours. The post KING’S B...
HONOURS: The MBE Swansea legend RFD knew about — but couldn’t tell anyone — before he died
Robert Francis-Davies received word of his MBE by letter in his final days — but honours rules meant he could share it with no one. Tonight, as the King's Birthday Honours are published, his family say they are "immensely proud" of the recognition he never lived to receive. The post HONOURS: The M...
Man killed in suspected paragliding accident
An inquest has been opened into the death of 42-year-old Daniel Morgan
SKETTY: Michelin Guide restaurant Slice to close after 13 years as owners plan new concept
The tiny Eversley Road restaurant — whose chef Adam Bannister twice represented Wales on BBC's Great British Menu — will serve its final meals on 25 October, with co-owner Chris Harris set to undergo heart surgery and the team promising "a new concept" to come. The post SKETTY: Michelin Guide re...
CANCER CARE: Double win for Swansea Bay’s NHS innovators — and a third award comes to Hywel Dda
A new service supporting patients with long-term effects of radiotherapy and a Wales-wide workforce collaboration have both been honoured at the Moondance Canc...
GREEN STEEL DELAY: ‘No formal change’ to furnace timetable — as row breaks out over who knew what
Stephen Kinnock says there is "no formal change" to the timetable for Port Talbot's £1.25bn electric arc furnace after a briefing from Tata — as the Welsh Conservatives demand a timeline of who knew what about the delay, and the First Minister insists his government "acted so quickly". The po...
GARNGOCH: Former M&P building to become college’s new construction and green energy campus
Gower College Swansea has completed the purchase of the landmark former motorcycle superstore — and plans to open it as a purpose-built campus for construction trades and renewable energy training in late 2028, with welding bays, a green Energy Centre and courses aligned to the Celtic Freeport. Th...
DESIGNATED DRIVERS: Free soft drinks at Swansea pubs during summer of football — here’s how it works
South Wales Police is backing a scheme offering designated drivers free or discounted soft drinks at more than 30 pubs and bars — including four in Swansea — throughout the summer's international football. The post DESIGNATED DRIVERS: Free soft drinks at Swansea pubs during summer of football â€...
FOOD FRAUD: Swansea kebab checks exposed national ‘lamb’ scam — and led to a £500,000 fine
A routine sampling exercise at Swansea takeaways led the city's trading standards team to an Essex factory where 'lamb' kebabs were being made with little or no lamb — and ended with one of the biggest food fraud fines in recent Welsh court history. The post FOOD FRAUD: Swansea kebab checks expose...
One of Wales' best restaurants to close
The established restaurant in Sketty, Swansea, run by chefs Chris Harris and Adam Bannister, will close its doors for good in October. It has featured in the Michelin Guide and Good Food Guide.
SENEDD: Local Reform members split in childcare row — and Plaid’s flagship policy ‘could cost £710m’
Reform UK's Swansea Bay and Carmarthenshire Senedd members split three ways in a vote on the party's own childcare debate — while the Deputy First Minister delivering Plaid's flagship policy represents the same patch. Swansea Bay News has examined what the voting record actually shows. The post SE...
SWANSEA: Everything you need to know as Morriston and Mumbles head to the polls next Thursday
Voters in two Swansea wards will choose new councillors on Thursday 18 June, as a month of by-elections in the city continues. Here's who's standing — including the daughter of the councillor whose death created one of the vacancies — and why each seat is empty. The post SWANSEA: Everything you ...