Swansea school land sell-off cash incentive scheme approved
CASH incentives for Swansea schools to sell off land have been approved.Cabinet members agreed to the scheme, which the council has said will benefit pupils across the city and county.It will help...
View ArticleWales Under-20s: Danny Wilson identifies Argentina as the big threat in...
DANNY Wilson has told his Wales Under-20s players they must avoid being clawed by the Baby Pumas if they are to achieve their goal of reaching the semi-finals of the Junior World...
View ArticleMichael Laudrup says selling Danny Graham to Sunderland was the right decision
THE border between calculated risk and recklessness can be blurry at times, but Michael Laudrup reckons his decision to sell Danny Graham was a successful example of the former.When the striker was...
View ArticleMills signs for Sharks from Exiles
FORMER Scarlets back- rower Jonathan Mills has signed for Sale Sharks from London Welsh.Mills, who can play in the second or back row, captained the Exiles last season in his fifth year at the...
View ArticleCounty eye new signing
GLAMORGAN have already spoken to potential replacements for Aussie seamer Dirk Nannes ahead of their T20 campaign.Nannes won't be arriving in South Wales after failing to recover from a back injury...
View ArticleBritish and Irish Lions 2013: Gavin Hastings backing Sam Warburton captaincy
SAM Warburton has received a glowing endorsement of his captaincy credentials prior to the 2013 British and Irish Lions tour.Wales flanker Warburton, who is carrying a slight knee injury, is the Lions'...
View ArticleWoman who had a Star Trek themed civil partnership ceremony admits £16k...
A WOMAN who made headlines with a sci-fi themed wedding has been handed a suspended prison sentence after admitting a £16,000 benefit fraud.Anita Wood and her partner Margaret Wood took the world by...
View ArticleMichael Laudrup and Huw Jenkins set for Swansea City transfer talks
HUW Jenkins and Michael Laudrup are on course for showdown talks — but the Swansea City chairman is refusing to be drawn on the Dane's future.The two men are due to meet amid suggestions of a rift over...
View ArticleMP's thanks for taking part in survey
FOUR thousand households have responded to a constituency survey launched by Carmarthen West MP Simon Hart.He sent forms to all 35,000 households in the constituency to discover peoples' views on...
View ArticlePet hotel plans in pipeline
THE purr-fect pad for cats while their owners are on holiday could be on its way to Carmarthen with plans for a pet hotel in the town.The former GWD Motors site on Heol Salem, Johnstown, could be...
View ArticleSam Warburton ruled out of British Lions tour opener against Barbarians
SKIPPER Sam Warburton will sit out the British and Irish Lions tour opener against the Barbarians in Hong Kong on Saturday. Warburton is resting a knee injury, with head coach Warren Gatland today...
View ArticlePremier League transfer talk: May 30
MANCHESTER United are considering a bid of around £30 million for Barcelona's former Arsenal midfielder Cesc Fabregas. Hull City have reportedly offered £1m for Leicester keeper Kasper Schmeichel, who...
View ArticleEmma Bryant's beauty blog - Get your look nailed!
I did something last week – I haven't done in a very long time! And boy was it good! Having my nails done in a salon ‑ by a professional felt like the ultimate pampering for this busy working mum. I...
View ArticlePaul James to start against Lions
PAUL James is the lone Welsh starter in the Barbarians side to face the British and Irish Lions in Hong Kong on Saturday.The Bath loose-head comes into a much-changed starting line up from last...
View ArticleMark Bridger found guilty of April Jones murder
Mark Bridger has been found guilty of abducting and murdering five-year-old April Jones. A jury of nine women and three men convicted Bridger of abducting and murdering April, and of unlawfully...
View ArticleSwansea City linked with Sporting Lisbon's Diego Capel
SWANSEA City are being linked with a move for Sporting Lisbon's Spanish international winger Diego Capel. According to reports in Portugal, Sporting value Capel at around £8 million but Swansea are...
View ArticleMark Bridger to spend whole life in prison for murder of April Jones
Mark Bridger will spend the rest of his life in prison after being handed a whole life tariff for the murder of five-year-old April Jones. At Mold Crown Court Bridger, 47, of Ceinws, mid Wales, was...
View ArticleMan used mirror in Swansea leisure centre to spy on naked woman
A MAN used a mirror to look at a naked woman and her teenage daughter in a leisure centre changing room, but said he had dropped it by accident when he was dyeing his hair. Paul John Clancy, 56, was...
View ArticlePort Talbot dance group head to London for live semi-final of Britain's Got...
PORT Talbot dance group Pre-Skool are calling on everyone in Wales to get behind them for their Britain's Got Talent performance tonight. The youngsters, who hail from across Neath Port Talbot, will be...
View ArticleFive Port Talbot centenarians celebrate birthday
WHAT'S the collective noun for centenarians — a gaggle, a group, a gathering? Or perhaps, with their accumulated wealth of memories and life experience, they could be called a knowledge of...
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