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SCHOOL‑GATE STABBING: Swansea knifeman jailed after attack outside primary
A man who stabbed his victim outside a Swansea primary school has been jailed for 30 months after a judge warned him that only “pure luck” prevented the case from becoming a murder trial. The post SCHOOL‑GATE STABBING: Swansea knifeman jailed after attack outside primary appeared first on Swan...
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TENBY: King’s medal for the Welsh Ambulance Service trailblazer — and Wales’ first female Consultant Paramedic
Paula Jeffery, who lives near Tenby, has been awarded the King's Ambulance Service Medal after nearly four decades of pioneering work — including becoming the first female Consultant Paramedic in Wales. The post TENBY: King’s medal for the Welsh Ambulance Service trailblazer — and Wales’ fir...
The Welsh city where the airwaves went dead - and the group of DJ's who hatched a plan in the pub to fight back
A group of passionate former radio presenters and volunteers felt their city 'deserved better', and put a plan together to create a new station
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CARMARTHEN: ‘I read it three times’ — MBE for the hospice nurse who’s spent a career at the end of life
Kiera Jones, a Soul Midwife at Skanda Vale Hospice near Carmarthen, says she was incredulous when the letter arrived — recognition of 24 years devoted to palliative care. The post CARMARTHEN: ‘I read it three times’ — MBE for the hospice nurse who’s spent a career at the end of life appear...
PEMBREY: Summer Feastival launches ultimate coastal foodie weekend at Country Park
Street Food Circus is bringing its Summer Feastival back to Pembrey Country Park this June, promising a long weekend of food, music and family entertainment on the Carmarthenshire coast. The post PEMBREY: Summer Feastival launches ultimate coastal foodie weekend at Country Park appeared first on Sw...
MORRISTON: £1m heart surgery boost — after team kept ageing machines going with spare parts
Morriston Hospital's cardiac team had been keeping ageing heart and lung machines running by cannibalising one for spare parts. Now a £1m Welsh Government investment has replaced them with four state-of-the-art bypass pumps — 'future-proofing' major heart surgery in Swansea Bay. The post MORRISTO...
Touched by Cancer tournament aims to push charity over £200k fundraising milestone
Swansea Bay Health Charity hopes its second annual all‑women’s touch rugby tournament will help carry its cancer appeal past the £200,000 mark this summer. The post ...
HONOURS: ‘An incredible honour’ — MBE for the council chief now leading the Afan Valley’s £20m revival
Karen Jones spent her career in public service, rising to chief executive of Neath Port Talbot Council — and weeks after taking on the £20m Pride in Place regeneration drive as a volunteer, she has been recognised in the King's Birthday Honours. The post HONOURS: ‘An incredible honour’ — MB...
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Pictures show what life was like in Dunvant, Swansea, more than 20 years ago
We've gathered photos from our archives showing what life was like in the area more than two decades ago
He viciously attacked his victim, biting her and punching her, then he dragged her back into his tent
Trevor Hegarty has been assessed as posing a high risk of committing serious harmful offences, and as unmanageable in the community
Huge Swansea shop where 50 staff were made redundant set to be transformed
It will be transformed into a modern new campus in what has been described as a 'significant milestone' for the college
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 ...
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...
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...