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TAX DEADLINE: What self-employed people across Swansea Bay need to know before 31 July
Self-employed workers and landlords across the region have a month to prepare for the next Self Assessment payment deadline — with payment plans available to help spread the cost. The post TAX DEADLINE: What self-employed people across Swansea Bay need to know before 31 July appeared first on Swan...
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Staff accuse major Welsh businesswoman of letting them down
Rachael Flanagan is facing accusations of hypocrisy after her firm dropped its real living wage pledge
SWANSEA: University team works to turn food waste into natural Vitamin C
Swansea University scientists are working with Tenby start-up BIOVIT on a project exploring whether food-processing waste could be turned into a natural source of Vitamin C, as an alternative to the synthetic version used in many supplements and fortified foods. The post SWANSEA: University team wor...
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ABERAVON: Dogs could be banned from running off-lead on prom all year under council plan
Neath Port Talbot Council says it's asking for views on extending the "dogs on leads" rule on Aberavon promenade so it applies all year round, rather than just in summer — with the beach's Blue Flag ambitions part of the picture. The post ABERAVON: Dogs could be banned from running off-lead on pro...
BRYNAMMAN: Motorcyclist dies in A4069 Black Mountain collision as police appeal for witnesses
A 48-year-old man died at the scene of a collision between two motorcycles on the A4069 near Brynamman on Sunday afternoon, with a second rider taken to hospital with serious injuries. The post BRYNAMMAN: Motorcyclist dies in A4069 Black Mountain collision as police appeal for witnesses appeared fir...
SWANSEA: Llangyfelach recycling firm secures £2m loan to build major new sorting plant
Griffiths Waste Management has been backed with a £2m loan to build a new recycling facility near Swansea that the company says will lift its capacity from around...
People chased outside Swansea train station by woman carrying kitchen knife
Katie Kelshaw has more than 170 previous offences on her record, and had only been out of prison for a matter of days when she returned to offending
SWANSEA VALE: Former DVLA call centre could become NHS factory making cancer medicines for the region
NHS Wales wants to turn a vacant office at Sandringham Park — a former DVLA call centre — into a facility producing injectable cancer medicines for hospitals across south and west Wales. The post SWANSEA VALE: Former DVLA call centre could become NHS factory making cancer medicines for the regio...
Paramedics attend busy Swansea road after bike crash
An elderly woman is being treated by ambulance workers
GOWER: Volunteers find sewage at beaches after heavy rain — but most winter water rated good or excellent
A second winter of testing by Gower volunteers rated 90% of samples good or excellent, but detected sewage at several beaches after heavy rain, with the results passed to Welsh Water and regulators. The post GOWER: Volunteers find sewage at beaches after heavy rain — but most winter water rated go...
Dad followed bus before gouging passenger's eyes
A judge described what Ashley Thomas did as a 'shocking piece of violence' on a public service bus
SUMMER RAIL DISRUPTION: London trains from South and West Wales to take longer all summer as upgrade works begin
Travellers heading from Swansea, Llanelli and across South Wales towards London face longer, less frequent journeys for much of the summer, as engineering works near Bristol add around 25 minutes to journey times. The post SUMMER RAIL DISRUPTION: London trains from South and West Wales to take longe...
GORSEINON: Green jobs plan for old car parts factory to be complete by 2028 as recycling firm adds second site
The former Toyoda Gosei plant in Gorseinon — which shed hundreds of jobs when it closed in 2021 — is set to be fully reprocessing plastic by March 2028, according to the Welsh Government, as Jayplas confirms a second Welsh site and around 100 jobs across both. The post GORSEINON: Green jobs plan...
One hundred jobs to be created by new factories in Swansea and Tredegar
It will increase Wales’ reprocessing capacity for recycled plastic
LICENCE FRAUD: Thousands of lorry drivers given bogus medical tests in the back of vans by Swansea-prosecuted firm
Andrew Eburne has been jailed for four years after a Swansea Council Trading Standards investigation exposed a racket signing off unfit drivers as safe to drive lorries, buses and taxis. The post LICENCE FRAUD: Thousands of lorry drivers given...
PET HEALTH: RSPCA warns Welsh owners against using AI chatbots instead of the vet
New figures suggest some Welsh pet owners are turning to AI tools like ChatGPT to check their animals' symptoms — a trend the RSPCA warns could be a "ticking time bomb" for animal welfare. The post PET HEALTH: RSPCA warns Welsh owners against using AI chatbots instead of the vet appeared first on ...
SWANSEA: World’s smallest solar cinema sells earliest known Arnold Schwarzenegger autograph to stay on the road
The Sol Cinema — a solar-powered movie theatre built from an old chicken-coop caravan — is auctioning a photo signed by a 20-year-old Arnold Schwarzenegger in 1967 to help fund its touring. The post SWANSEA: World’s smallest solar cinema sells earliest known Arnold Schwarzenegger autograph to ...
LLANELLI: Nearly 7,000 items handed to families in need as town charities join anti-poverty drive
A councillor's "hugs not handouts" campaign has distributed thousands of clothing and household items — and baby milk — to struggling Llanelli families through seven local charities and the Cwtch Mawr Multibank. The post LLANELLI: Nearly 7,000 items handed to families in need as town charities j...
HUW EDWARDS: Disgraced newsreader’s bid to return to journalism sparks anger
The former BBC presenter, who admitted making indecent images of children, has begun publishing online — writing on politics and current affairs as well as his own crimes — in what critics see as an attempt to rebuild his public profile. The post HUW EDWARDS: Disgraced newsreader’s bid to retu...
CHEQUE MATE: Lloyds caves in and brings back Post Office cheque deposits after MP backlash
With bank branches vanishing from high streets across south-west Wales, Lloyds has bowed to pressure from 121 MPs and agreed to bring back a service thousands of older and vulnerable customers depend on. The post CHEQUE MATE: Lloyds caves in and brings back Post Office cheque deposits after MP backl...