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A judge told Timothy Ayres he had committed a 'serious and disgusting offence'
Peaceful camping meadow crowned the best in Wales
This peaceful camping meadow with campfires and safari tents has been crowned one of the best in Wales, and it’s closer than you think.
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Competitors in Swansea Triathlon bake in scorching Sunday heat
Athletes from all over the country headed to Swansea Triathlon on the hottest day of the year
MORRISTON: Crane lift weekend approaches as £10m vascular hybrid theatre takes shape — the latest milestone in a quiet decade-long Morriston transformation
The new £10 million state-of-the-art vascular hybrid operating theatre at Swansea's Morriston Hospital takes a major step forward in early June, with a large crane set to lift the modular theatre building into place over the weekend of 4-7 June. First patients are expected in October — and it's t...
KINGSWAY: Beloved Welsh indie record shop Tangled Parrot moves between two regeneration sites as it picks new flagship location
Twenty-six-year-old independent record shop Tangled Parrot is moving from Swansea's High Street to a new flagship store at 61 Kingsway. The kicker: both locations sit within the regeneration portfolio of the same housing association — Beacon Cymru, formerly Coastal Housing — which has quietly be...
FRIED CHICKEN BOOM: Six major chicken chain openings in 18 months — and now Wingers picks Swansea for its biggest ever UK restaurant
Swansea has become the unlikely epicentre of a south-west Wales fried chicken explosion, with six major chain openings or expansions confirmed in just 18 months. The latest: American buttermilk chicken brand Wingers, whose first ever Welsh location at Parc Fforestfach will also be its largest UK res...
She grew up in a tiny terraced Swansea house, she died a princess
What happened inbetween is straight out of a fairytale, a tale of forbidden love, sacrifice and, ultimately, a royal wedding
Bloody scene of horror awaited woman when she peered through letterbox of blocked door
There was a bloody trail that led into the street and which eventually took police to the door of a 24-year-old, and a chilling confession
Latest death notices across Wales as families remember loved ones
Our thoughts are with those who have lost a loved one
Wingers to open first Welsh restaurant in Swansea and Nando's will open nearby as well
Nando’s and Wingers are set to open at M Parc Fforestfach in Swansea this summer,
SWANSEA: New arrivals, fresh casualties — and the tenants tipped to fill the former Debenhams as Centurion’s big reveal nears
When we asked Swansea Bay News readers last summer which brands they most wanted to see come to the city, we got more than 20 responses from retailers and built the most comprehensive picture yet of what the next chapter of Swansea retail might look like. Ten months on, several of those names have a...
KENFIG HILL: Man given suspended sentence after antisemitic Holocaust message to family member
A 31-year-old man from Kenfig Hill has been given a 10-week prison sentence, suspended for 12 months, after pleading guilty to sending an antisemitic message to a family member — with the court increasing his sentence because the offence was motivated by hostility around both antisemitism and disa...
SCHOOL SAFETY: Llanelli councillor calls on Welsh Government to put life-saving bleed kits in every school in Wales
A Llanelli town councillor who saved a man's life with CPR in the town centre last year is asking Wales's new education minister to back the placing of critical bleed control kits in every school in Wales — arguing that at £95 each, they are a basic safety tool the country cannot afford to refuse...
Swansea: Dyfatty man sentenced for stamping on unconscious neighbour’s head
A 47-year-old man has been sentenced to more than three years in prison after he stamped on his neighbour's head and face while the victim lay unconscious and defenceless. The post Swansea: Dyfatty man sentenced for stamping on unconscious neighbour’s head appeared first on Swansea Bay News....
I found one of the most unexpected places in Wales to get a takeaway
Tell your friends you are just off to this location to get a takeaway and they will wonder what on earth you are talking about
Tributes paid to 'true Swansea statesman' and 'creative force for good'
Cllr Robert Francis-Davies 'was always full of ideas and plans and played a huge part in the development of Swansea'
BRITON FERRY: Police throw a security ring around the docks all weekend as fears grow of bank holiday rave
South Wales Police have given officers powers to clear out anyone they suspect of being there for trouble — and have ordered extra patrols throughout the bank holiday weekend amid concerns about a potential illegal rave at Briton Ferry Docks. The post BRITON FERRY: Police throw a security ring aro...
COAL TIP SAFETY: Welsh Government to revise tip boundary above demolished Godre’rgraig school this autumn — as council launches new public information hub
Neath Port Talbot Council has launched a public website giving residents access to technical reports on every coal tip in the county borough — and confirmed that the Welsh Government will revise the tip boundary above the former Godre’rgraig school this autumn, more than seven years after the sc...
PONTYATES: The four-month fight to save Meddygfa’r Sarn — and the questions Hywel Dda still hasn’t answered as the board prepares to vote
On Thursday, Hywel Dda University Health Board meets at Yr Egin in Carmarthen to decide the future of GP services for the 4,350 patients of Meddygfa'r Sarn. After four months of sustained campaign pressure, the board's January recommendation to disperse the surgery's patients is no longer the only o...