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SWANSEA: Faith in Families CEO Cherrie Bija named IoD Wales Director of the Year in public and third sector category
Cherrie Bija, chief executive of Swansea Bay charity Faith in Families, has been named winner of the Public and Third Sector category at the IoD Wales Director of the Year Awards 2026. The post SWANSEA: Faith in Families CEO Cherrie Bija named IoD Wales Director of the Year in public and third secto...
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SENEDD ELECTION: Mike Hedges warns Wales could face another election next year as Labour count the cost of historic defeat
Newly re-elected Labour Senedd member Mike Hedges has warned that Wales could be heading for another election as early as next year — if Plaid Cymru's minority government fails to pass its first budget. The post SENEDD ELECTION: Mike Hedges warns Wales could face another election next year as Labo...
SENEDD ELECTION: Rhun ap Iorwerth to lead Plaid minority government after historic victory ends 27 years of Labour rule
Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth has confirmed he will lead a minority government after his party's historic Senedd election victory, with a vote to make him First Minister expected as early as Tuesday. The post SENEDD ELECTION: Rhun ap Iorwerth to lead Plaid minority government after historic vi...
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Ken Skates appointed interim Welsh Labour leader after historic Senedd defeat
Welsh Government Transport Secretary Ken Skates has been appointed interim leader of Welsh Labour - taking over from Eluned Morgan after the First Minister lost her seat at yesterday's Senedd election. Skates received unanimous support from the new nine-strong Welsh Labour group at the Senedd. The p...
RAIL: Great Western Railway to be nationalised in December as south Wales services brought into public ownership
Great Western Railway, which connects south Wales with London Paddington, will be taken into public ownership on 13 December, the Department for Transport has confirmed — making it the eleventh operator to be nationalised under the Government's rail programme. The post RAIL: Great Western Railway ...
SWANSEA: Cabinet member Robert Francis-Davies dies — tributes paid to ‘true Swansea legend’ after 43 years of service
Cllr Robert Francis-Davies, Swansea's cabinet member for investment, regeneration, tourism and events, has died. Council leader Rob Stewart led the tributes, describing him as "a true Swansea legend and an absolute force of nature" who gave 43 years of public service to the city. The post SWANSEA: C...
Barber caught selling fake cigarettes and illegal vapes
A judge said Iranian national Many Kirimi was 'mocking the generosity of the authorities in this country'
Welsh football team named UK's worst completes incredible turnaround
Footballing legend Harry Redknapp was even roped in to help when the team were at their lowest ebb
'My house started sinking a decade ago and the response has been a shambles'
Eddie Collins, from Swansea, described the last decade as a 'fiasco' after subsidence caused by his drain rotting away meant his house had to be demolished and rebuilt
He rented an Airbnb in Wales. His stay is now longer than he intended
A judge said it was clear Londoner Keoma Favourite was operating as part of a county lines drugs operation despite claims from the 21-year-old he was acting alone
SENEDD ELECTION 2026: Plaid Cymru largest party, Reform UK historic breakthrough, Welsh Labour reduced to nine seats — the new political map of Wales
Plaid Cymru has emerged as the largest party in the Senedd with 41 seats, Reform UK has secured a historic breakthrough with 34 seats, and Welsh Labour has been reduced to nine seats after more than a quarter of a century in power. First Minister Eluned Morgan lost h...
GWYR ABERTAWE: Plaid Cymru top the poll as Reform UK and Labour also take seats — Mike Hedges holds for Welsh Labour
Plaid Cymru has topped the poll in Gwyr Abertawe, taking three of the six Senedd seats. Reform UK took two seats and Welsh Labour was reduced to a single seat held by veteran Swansea politician Mike Hedges. Plaid won 25,076 votes, ahead of Reform on 21,641. The post GWYR ABERTAWE: Plaid Cymru top th...
'True Swansea legend' dies after short illness as tributes flood in
Robert Francis-Davies has been described as 'an absolute force of nature'
BRYCHEINIOG TAWE NEDD: Reform UK tops the poll as Jane Dodds holds on for the Welsh Lib Dems — Welsh Labour wiped out
Reform UK has topped the poll in Brycheiniog Tawe Nedd, taking three of the six Senedd seats. Plaid Cymru took two and Welsh Liberal Democrat leader Jane Dodds held on for the sixth seat - giving her party its only confirmed seat of the day. Welsh Labour was wiped out entirely. The post BRYCHEINIOG ...
SENEDD ELECTION: First Minister Eluned Morgan loses seat and resigns as Welsh Labour leader
First Minister Eluned Morgan has lost her seat at the Senedd election in Ceredigion Penfro - becoming the first sitting Welsh First Minister ever to fail in a re-election bid, and the first leader of any UK government to lose their seat while in office. She resigned as Welsh Labour leader on the spo...
SIR GAERFYRDDIN: Reform UK and Plaid Cymru take three seats each as Welsh Labour wiped out — Adam Price returns to the Senedd
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M4 crash causes rush hour gridlock
All traffic was held on part of the motorway near Swansea for a time
MORRISTON: Plans submitted to demolish former Tan Y Lan school for 24 affordable flats — with Victorian building set to be lost
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Neath Port Talbot tops Welsh league for homelessness applications linked to relationship breakdowns
Neath Port Talbot has recorded more homelessness applications linked to relationship breakdowns than any other Welsh council, with 2,712 over a five-year period - the highest figure of any local authority in Wales. The post Neath Port Talbot tops Welsh league for homelessness applications linked to ...
TSB brand to disappear from south-west Wales high streets after Santander completes £2.9bn takeover
TSB customers in south-west Wales face the prospect of their bank disappearing from local high streets after Spanish banking giant Santander completed its £2.9 billion takeover of the chain. The TSB brand is reportedly set to be phased out as the two banks integrate. The post TSB brand to disappear...