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SWANSEA: TV pottery stars Kaz and Angharad to cut the ribbon at new volunteer-run studio opening this Saturday
Two contestants from this year's Great Pottery Throw Down will officially open Swansea's brand new community pottery studio this Saturday - a not-for-profit space built by four friends who met at an adult learning class and couldn't find anywhere affordable to carry on. The post SWANSEA: TV pottery ...
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SWANSEA: Protesters to gather outside Crown Court this morning in defence of the 800-year-old right to trial by jury
Swansea residents will join demonstrators outside crown courts across England and Wales today as part of a national day of action against government plans to remove the right to jury trial for thousands of criminal cases. The post SWANSEA: Protesters to gather outside Crown Court this morning in def...
Dad with 12-week-old baby avoids prison after his dark secret is discovered
Ben Thomas was caught after arousing the suspicion of undercover police patrolling in an unmarked car
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Final days of murderer whose life descended into hurling urine at jail staff
Prison hooch, addiction and dirty protests defined the sordid end to Emmett Morrison's life
GOWER: Only four locals took part last year — can Swansea’s own backyard event tempt more to take the plunge this June?
The Gritty Rascals Swimrun Gower returns on 20 June — a one-day challenge that takes athletes from Rhossili Bay all the way along the Gower coastline to Mumbles, running cliff tops and swimming bays. Last year, just four people from the local area entered. The post GOWER: Only four locals took par...
SWANSEA: Spirit of the Fringe award winner Ian Stone comes to Swansea Grand Theatre this Thursday with his search for life’s missing wow
Ian Stone — Edinburgh Festival favourite, Arsenal obsessive and winner of the Spirit of the Fringe award — brings his show Looking for the Wow to Swansea Grand Theatre on 22 May. The post SWANSEA: Spirit of the Fringe award winner Ian Stone comes to Swansea Grand Theatre this Thursday with his s...
SWANSEA: ‘10km for every year we’ve been without her’ — Llansamlet woman to run 100km from London to Brighton in memory of eight-year-old friend Lexi
Tallulah Chalstrey was 14 when she lost her childhood friend Lexi May Hopkin to a brain tumour. This Saturday, she sets off on her toughest challenge yet — 100km from London to Brighton — to mark ten years since Lexi died. The post SWANSEA: ‘10km for every year we’ve been without her’ — ...
Man offered a motorbike and £50 a day to commit vile crime
A judge told the defendants that each had played their part in supplying drugs to people in the community, either motivated by greed or by a desire to fund their own habit
She ran away with the circus, swam with sharks and became the ‘Mother of Welsh Burlesque’ — and now her life story is coming to Swansea Grand Theatre
Stephanie Gawne has spent decades as a glamorous assistant, showgirl and burlesque pioneer. Now she’s putting it all on stage in a frank, funny and feathered autobiographical musical that hits Swansea this June. The post She ran away with the circus, swam with sharks a...
Missing girl, 13, last seen near Swansea swimming pool
Police have released a description of Ffion in the hopes of locating her
Man took jobs overseas just to get away from his neighbour
The victim said his 70-year-old neighbour Michael Matthews had caused him "nothing but problems"
An advert at a Swansea City game saved my life
The stories of men diagnosed with prostate cancer have been shared as calls have been made for men to be routinely tested
Latest death notices across Wales as families remember loved ones
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Son threatened to put gun in dad's mouth and torture him
Jamie Lewis has previously been jailed for threatening to burn his dad's house down and decapitate his dog
PEMBROKESHIRE: Wales vs Westminster showdown looms over Trump’s ‘space wars’ radar — as anti-DARC campaign asks new Plaid government to block it
The Senedd election has handed anti-DARC campaigners what they’ve been waiting for — a Welsh Government with a party policy of opposing the US military’s plan to build 27 radar dishes near Britain’s only coastal national park. Now they’re demanding it act. And fast. The post PE...
SWANSEA: ‘Technology has transformed childhood in ways we’re only beginning to understand’ — packed public meeting hears parents’ fears about social media and their kids
Parents, teachers and residents filled a Swansea meeting room this week to share their fears about social media and children — with Swansea West MP Torsten Bell reporting it has generated more letters to his office than any other issue this year. You have nine days left to have your say. The post ...
LLANELLI: Local councillors welcome Aldi jobs but demand traffic improvements as condition of planning permission for Sandy Road supermarket
The two county co...
LLANELLI: Bomb disposal team called to Felinfoel after suspect package found — residents evacuated before all-clear given
Residents on two streets in Felinfoel were evacuated from their homes this afternoon after a suspect package was discovered in Long Row — but a specialist explosive ordnance disposal team has now confirmed there is no risk to the public. The post LLANELLI: Bomb disposal team called to Felinfoel af...
SWANSEA: Hundreds fill the streets as Pride 2026 parade returns to the city centre
The annual celebration drew crowds from across south-west Wales on Saturday, with a procession winding through the city centre to the Grade I-listed Guildhall, where a stage, stalls and a full day of entertainment awaited. The post SWANSEA: Hundreds fill the streets as Pride 2026 parade returns to t...
Hundreds descend on Welsh beach in fury over sewage
Here are our best pictures from today's protest in Porthcawl