Jordi Amat hails Swansea City's style
JORDI Amat has revealed Swansea City's style proved the major pull when he was offered a chance to switch to the Liberty Stadium.The 21-year-old centre-back arrived in SA1 last week after completing a...
View ArticleChemists Monday July 1, 2013
THE following are open tonight from 5.30pm to 6pm unless stated:Clydach: *Lloyds, Heol y Nant and High Street. Crynant: S R Bailey, The Pharmacy. Cymmer: S R Bailey, Station Road. Cwmllynfell: Nat...
View ArticleFirefighters fight for hours to tackle Carmarthenshire barn blaze
FIRECREWS spent more than three hours battling a barn blaze in Carmarthenshire. The fire broke out in Bryncethin Road, Garnant, last night at 11.03pm. Both Ammanford and Gwaun Cae Gurwen crews were on...
View ArticleToday's petrol and diesel prices in your area
HERE is your daily round up of petrol and diesel prices in Swansea, Neath Port Talbot and Carmarthenshire. Swansea: Asda, Upper Forest Way, Morriston. Unleaded: 130.7p Diesel: 134.7p Neath: Tesco Neath...
View ArticleBabies to be vaccinated against sickness bug
YOUNG babies in the Swansea and Neath Port Talbot areas are to be offered vaccinations against the sickness and diarrhoea bug, Rotavirus.The step, being taken by Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University...
View ArticleLions captain Sam Warburton out of final Australia Test
BRITISH & Irish Lions captain Sam Warburton has been ruled out of Saturday's deciding Test against Australia with a hamstring injury. The Wales flanker suffered what the Lions have described as "a...
View ArticleSwansea City in talks with Bafetimbi Gomis, claim Lyon
SWANSEA City have held transfer talks with Lyon striker Bafetimbi Gomis, according to the French club's president. Jean-Michel Aulas says he has agreed terms with three clubs — including Swansea and...
View ArticleSwansea City target Nathan Redmond set to join Norwich
SWANSEA City target Nathan Redmond is reportedly on the verge of signing for Norwich City. Swansea had a bid accepted for Redmond, but the teenage Birmingham winger has opted to move to Carrow Road,...
View ArticlePolice launch castle watch scheme in Mumbles
IT has stood guard over Mumbles for 800 years — and now an army of volunteers is being recruited to help keep it safe.Police in the seaside village have launched a "Castle Watch" scheme to encourage...
View ArticleGreater action needs to taken to deal with childhood obesity Wales-wide
MORE needs to be done to tackle childhood obesity in Wales.A call has been made by the Register of Exercise Professionals (REPs) for more fitness experts to help encourage youngsters to take up sport...
View ArticleCrossroads Care in Porthcawl to stage Hooray For Hollywood fundraising night
A PORTHCAWL charity is bringing a touch of glamour to its next big fundraising event.Crossroads Care, which is based in Victoria Avenue, is holding a Hoorah for Hollywood night.It takes place at the...
View ArticleWelsh secretary David Jones says giant wind turbines in Porthcawl "would have...
WELSH Secretary David Jones has said two giant wind turbines in Porthcawl would probably have been thrown out if the application had been made in England.Mr Jones told Conservative Party members that...
View ArticleCivic tribute to great Welsh missionary
ONE of the great sons of Swansea and arguably most famous Welsh missionary of all time, Griffith John, pictured, is being commemorated at an unveiling of memorial gardens and plaque at Griffith John...
View ArticleOpen day and strawberry cream tea in Port Talbot RNLI lifeboat station
VISITORS to this weekend's Aberavon Beach Festival will have the chance to go behind the scenes at the seafront lifeboat station.The RNLI will be throwing open the doors there on Saturday, between 10am...
View ArticleSouth Wales Police raise serious concerns about National Police Air Service
SOUTH Wales Police will only give up its helicopter and join a national service when it gets guarantees about the level of service, according to the force's commissioner.Both the joint South...
View ArticleLeon Britton is eyeing Cardiff City derby after recovering from hernia operation
LEON Britton will begin pre-season training fully fit today after completing a rapid recovery from his double hernia operation.The midfielder flew to Munich in early June to undergo a procedure...
View ArticleGraham Wagg urges Glamorgan to build on bright T20 start against Warwickshire
GRAHAM Wagg hopes Glamorgan can build on their opening Friends Life T20 victory at Worcestershire when they host his former club Warwickshire tomorrow (6.30pm).Wagg took career-best Twenty20 figures of...
View ArticleYnystawe pull it off
YNYSTAWE pulled off a remarkable victory over twice-winners Goatacre in the first national round of the Village Cricket Cup.Batting first Ynystawe racked up 252-6, with Andrew Beasley hitting 92 and...
View ArticleHoyt outgunned by No.1 seed
LLANELLI'S Evan Hoyt has been knocked out of the Wimbledon Junior Championship after coming up short against the number one seed Nick Kyrgios.Big-serving Australian Kyrgios, who won the Junior...
View ArticleSwansea City working on big-money deals
MICHAEL Laudrup returns to the Liberty today with Swansea City right in the hunt for Wilfried Bony, Bafetimbi Gomis and Jonjo Shelvey.Swansea report back for the start of pre-season training this...
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