Port Talbot footballer Andrew Thorne, 30, jailed for inflicting 'horrific...
A PORT Talbot footballer who inflicted a catalogue of horrific injuries on his partner in a jealous attack in her home has been jailed.Andrew Thorne, aged 30, fractured several ribs and punctured the...
View ArticleSwansea homelessness charity Caer Las sees 75 per cent increase in the number...
A CHARITY working with people facing homelessness has seen a 75 per cent increase in people knocking on its door for help.Caer Las, which has an access point in The Strand, saw 347 people this quarter...
View ArticleAlun Wyn Jones: Nothing bigger in league than shoot-out between Ospreys and...
IT'S as big as it gets — that's how Alun Wyn Jones describes the three-game run-in that will determine whether the Ospreys or the Scarlets feature in the Pro12 play-offs.There is an outside chance that...
View ArticleRob McCusker hails Scott Williams's decision to stay at the Scarlets
ROB McCusker believes Scott Williams's decision to stay at Parc y Scarlets has provided a timely boost for the region.Simon Easterby's side go into tonight's crunch game with Glasgow with the fallout...
View ArticleTribute to driver in Carmarthenshire A48 crash tragedy
TRIBUTES have been paid to a 26-year-old lorry driver who died in a collision on the A48 near Cross Hands. Police, fire and ambulance crews were called to the crash just before 6am yesterday morning at...
View ArticleMichael Laudrup reckons Swansea City star Ben Davies could move position
MICHAEL Laudrup reckons left-back sensation Ben Davies could be a future star in central defence.Davies has enjoyed a spectacular breakthrough season at Swansea City having been thrust into the first...
View Article£2 million Postcode Lottery win for Port Talbot residents
HUNDREDS of Port Talbot residents are set to share another £2 million windfall.They say lightning never strikes twice — but for residents in Port Talbot it seems that good luck certainly does as the...
View ArticleBLOG: Sebastian Vettel punished for flouting team orders with a few cross faces
I DON'T like team orders.Who does, truthfully, except for the teams.But then, we all know what would happen if they were banned — they would still happen anyway. "Alonso, is faster, than you," as they...
View ArticleTraffic easing in Swansea city centre - sheep cleared from the M4
UPDATE: 8.57am.Traffic is running smoothly again through Swansea city centre, following earlier congestion. Queues of traffic on the West Way, between Oystermouth Road and the Quadrant bus station,...
View ArticleAbdul Latif plans new restaurant for Killay
A NEW restaurant, plus four flats, could be coming to Killay.Abdul Latif has applied to Swansea Council for planning permission for a replacement three-storey detached building on land at the rear of...
View ArticleSwansea Bay tidal lagoon decision should be made in Wales and not...
A DECISION on the £650 million Swansea Bay tidal lagoon should be made in Wales and not Westminster, it has been claimed.Plaid Cymru councillor Del Morgan said the Welsh Government should have the...
View ArticleExtension plans
AN application for a part two-storey, part single- storey extension at 4 Caswell Road, Langland, has been submitted to Swansea Council. The applicant is Mark Pritchard.
View ArticleWelsh councils launch real nappy drive
REAL nappies have grown up since you wore them when you were a baby.That's the message from waste campaigners in Wales, who would like to see more parents ditch disposables and return to the real...
View ArticleCouncil votes to offer help with bedroom tax
SWANSEA Council has passed an emergency motion to help protect people in the city from the "bedroom tax".However, the Labour Party was accused of "playing to the public gallery" and reacting to an...
View ArticleCOUNCIL MOTION IN FULL
"Council deplores the cruelty of the Tory/Lib-Dem Coalition in their relentless ideological attacks on poor, disabled and vulnerable people under the cloak of 'welfare reform'.Council further deplores...
View ArticleCommunication Workers Union (CWU) members at Post Office set to stage further...
POST Office workers will stage further strike action against closures, job security and pay.Members of the Communication Workers Union will walk out for a half day strike on Friday, April 19, at...
View ArticleRegions hit back in war of words
THE war of words between the Welsh Rugby Union and the four regions continues.The two have been on a collision course for a number of weeks, a row seemingly sparked by the WRU speaking publicly on the...
View ArticlePlans for more vaccination clinics as outbreak continues
A SECOND round of drop-in MMR vaccination clinics is being held in Swansea, Neath Port Talbot and Bridgend today in response to the continuing major measles outbreak.Hospitals across the ABM University...
View ArticleCouncil leader issues appeal
THE leader of Swansea Council is backing calls for people to take up the MMR vaccination.Councillor David Phillips (pictured) said it is paramount that people take the jab for protection against...
View ArticleHealth board takes fight online
The fight against the Swansea measles outbreak has been taken online.Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board has created individual web pages on its website for each of the initial schools to...
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