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SWANSEA: ‘Feels Like Home’ — grandad and granddaughter star in new Swans mural on Salubrious Place
Street artist Hasan Kamil's football heritage mural — featuring lifelong fan Salvatore Rullo and his granddaughter Rosa in the stands — is the first of ten planned artworks aiming to turn Swansea into the street art capital of Wales. The post SWANSEA: ‘Feels Like Home’ — grandad and grandd...
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SWANSEA: Carl’s Jr serves its last dine-in burger on Wind Street — as the unit re-emerges in the livery of the chicken shop next door
The US burger chain's restaurant has closed less than a year after opening — switching to delivery-only from Monday, with its frontage now dressed in Slim Chickens branding and its door marked "Delivery Collection Point". The post SWANSEA: Carl’s Jr serves its last dine-in burger on Wind Street ...
Car drives down narrow coastal walking path
Police and the council attended the scene after receiving the unusual report
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OPERATION OAK: Swansea man among eight charged with child sexual exploitation offences spanning decades
Murad Ali, 57, of Swansea, is charged with two counts of rape of a girl under 16 — one of eight men facing 34 charges in Gwent Police's investigation into group-based child sexual exploitation in Swansea, Newport and Abergavenny between 1985 and 1996. The post OPERATION OAK: Swansea man among eigh...
BROADCASTING: Wales’ new media watchdog won’t exist until 2028 — as critics call it “constitutional navel-gazing”
The Welsh Government has set out its timetable for a Shadow Broadcasting and Communications Authority — a working group recruited this autumn, recommendations in 2028, and £45,000 committed this year — as opposition parties question why it exists at all. The post BROADCASTING: Wales’ new medi...
BRIDGEND COUNTY: A crematorium’s 17-year streak leads seven Green Flag wins — as Bryngarw joins an exclusive heritage club
Coychurch Crematorium has held its Green Flag for 17 consecutive years, and Bryngarw Country Park is now one of just 14 sites in Wales with Green Heritage accreditation — in a record year that saw 330 Welsh green spaces recognised. The post BRIDGEND COUNTY: A crematorium’s 17-year streak leads s...
SUN SAFETY: One childhood sunburn can double melanoma risk — Swansea Bay’s skin cancer team on staying safe as the heat goes on
With the hot weather showing no sign of breaking, Swansea Bay's dermatology skin cancer team says cases are rising year on year — and that a single blistering sunburn in childhood can more than double the risk of melanoma later in life. The post SUN SAFETY: One childhood sunburn can double melanom...
SWANSEA: SA1 finally gets its park — as the pupils who helped design it cut the ribbon
Children from St Thomas and Danygraig primary schools opened the new urban park at the 19th-century Prince of Wales Dock on Monday alongside council leader Rob Stewart — a green space more than a decade in the making, with a second park next door still to come. The post SWANSEA: SA1 finally gets i...
TOWNHILL: Man dies in Elphin Gardens flat fire — as police try to trace his next of kin
A man died at the scene of a fire at a first-floor flat in Elphin Gardens on Tuesday afternoon. Police say there are no suspicious circumstances — and are asking anyone concerned for a friend or relative living on the street to get in touch. The post TOWNHILL: Man dies in Elphin Gardens flat fire ...
NEATH PORT TALBOT: Gnoll earns first-ever heritage award — as 15 parks and green spaces fly the Green Flag
Gnoll Country Park has joined one of Wales's most exclusive clubs — just 14 sites nationwide hold Green Heritage status, and two of them are now in Neath Port Talbot. The post NEATH PORT TALBOT: Gnoll earns first-ever heritage award — as 15 parks and green spaces fly the Green Flag appeared firs...
WELSH LABOUR: Ken Skates confirmed as leader — the morning after his nine MSs sank Plaid’s budget
The Senedd Labour group — including Gŵyr Abertawe's Mike Hedges — unanimously nominated Ken Skates as permanent Welsh Labour leader, with Swansea East MP Carolyn Harris as his deputy. It comes hours after the group helped vote down the Welsh Government's first budget. The post WELSH LABOUR: Ken...
Man dies in Swansea flat fire
There was a large emergency service presence in the Townhill area of Swansea on Tuesday afternoon
Wildfire breaks out in Mumbles as smoke seen for miles around
A large-scale emergency services response has been seen in the area on Tuesday evening
BUDGET DEFEAT: Plaid government’s £294m spending plan voted down 49–44 — as schools funding row claims its first casualty
The new Welsh Government has lost the vote on its first budget — with £294m for NHS waiting lists, childcare and free school meals rejected by the Senedd, a "flabbergasted" finance minister accusing Labour of destructive opposition, and a fresh attempt now expected in the autumn. The post BUDGET ...
SAVE THE LOCAL: New Welsh law to give communities first refusal on buying their pub — announced the day Baglan’s Bagle Brook went up for sale
Community groups in Wales are set to win the legal right of first refusal when treasured local assets go up for sale, under the first laws planned by the new Welsh Government — a move CAMRA says could be a "gamechanger" for saving pubs, announced the same morning a Swansea Bay local hit the market...
GORSEINON: World champion kickboxer, 18, to stand trial accused of murdering Ceiran Evans
Tyler Ford, 18 — a nine-time world kickboxing champion — appeared at Swansea Crown Court charged with the murder of Ceiran Evans and the attempted murder of a second person following the Pen Cae Crwn Road collision, with a two-week trial fixed for January. The post GORSEINON: World champion kick...
SWATTING: Welsh dark-web administrator jailed over hoax that shut down a Cardiff city-centre street
Callum Dare, 26, of Talbot Green, has been jailed for encouraging swatting attacks around the world — and was linked to a 2018 hoax bomb threat that forced the evacuation of one of Cardiff's busiest streets. The post SWATTING: Welsh dark-web administrator jailed over hoax that shut down a Cardiff ...
Loving little boy who 'runs like Usain Bolt' needs £1.5m in race against time
Tammy McDaid says she has to live in a world of 'hope and denial' that little Tate will be able to access the treatment
MUMBLES: Car driven along Gower coast path months after £80,000 accessibility upgrade
Walkers watched in disbelief as a car with a burst tyre was driven along the coastal footpath between Limeslade and Rotherslade — a route upgraded for wheelchair users and families only last November. Police have confirmed the incident; the council says it will now look at whether changes are need...
SWANSEA SCHOOLS: ‘Owed £11m’ for children with additional needs, says council leader — as Plaid’s budget faces knife-edge vote tonight
Swansea council leader Rob Stewart says the city's schools should be getting at least £11m this year for pupils with additional learning needs — as Welsh Labour urges the Plaid government to pull its budget, and the teaching unions declare a formal trade dispute, ahead of a knife-edge Senedd vote...