Port Talbot residents call for Tata Steel to sort out pollution problems
PORT Talbot residents fed up with bearing the brunt of a recent increase in pollution have called on Tata Steel to clean up its act.Children are being covered in dust when playing outside and homes,...
View ArticleDanny Wilson calls on Scarlets to be more 'hard-nosed'
SCARLETS forwards coach Danny Wilson believes the region need to develop a tougher edge if they are to challenge for honours this season.The Scarlets made the Pro12 play-offs for the first time last...
View ArticleWayne Routledge: A Premier League star at last with Swansea City
WAYNE Routledge reckons he finally proved his Premier League worth last season — but insists he is not on easy street heading into the new campaign.Playing for his seventh Premier League club,...
View ArticleOspreys drawn against Leicester and Cardiff Blues in LV= Cup
THE Ospreys are set to renew rivalries with some familiar foes in the LV= Cup after they were pitted against Leicester, Cardiff Blues, Exeter and Sale. Although the Ospreys have been drawn in Pool 3...
View ArticleNigel Davies to return to Scarlets with Gloucester in LV= Cup
NIGEL Davies will return to Parc y Scarlets this season after his Gloucester side were drawn against the Scarlets in the LV= Cup. Davies, who left the West Walians to become Gloucester's head coach...
View ArticleVIDEO: Swansea City goalkeepers are put through their paces
SWANSEA City stoppers Michel Vorm, Gerhard Tremmel and new boy Gregor Zabret have been put through their paces ahead of the new Premier League season. Watch the three goalkeepers in action during their...
View ArticleDraw looms as Lancashire close in on Glamorgan total
A DRAW seems the likeliest conclusion at Old Trafford as Lancashire reached 423-5 in reply to Glamorgan's 474 on day three of their LV= County Championship Division Two encounter. Ashwell Prince and...
View ArticleGavin Henson fined by Bath Rugby after fracas
Gavin Henson and Carl Fearns have been fined and warned over their future conduct by Bath Rugby following last week's fracas in a city centre pub. Big-name signing Henson was knocked to the floor by a...
View ArticleMan's strimmer got caught in neighbour's trouser leg
A NEIGHBOUR dispute got out of hand after a man's strimmer got caught in his neighbour's trouser leg. Stuart Hackett was convicted of assaulting Deborah Tanguay after he twice spat in her face. Swansea...
View ArticleRape accusation led man into depression
A MAN who was acquitted of rape said he became depressed before he committed two other offences. Dean James Alli, aged 21, pleaded guilty to a public order offence, committed in May this year, after he...
View ArticleSalmonella outbreak involves three pupils at same school
AN outbreak of salmonella involving three children at the same school is being investigated in Swansea. Public health experts have joined forces with environmental health officers from Swansea Council...
View ArticleChris Gibbes: Warren Gatland told me to join Ospreys
NEW Ospreys forwards coach Chris Gibbes has revealed how British & Irish Lions boss Warren Gatland urged him to join the region.Gibbes arrived at the Liberty Stadium earlier this month after a...
View ArticleMan jailed for barbecue fork street threats
A MAN who said he became depressed after he was accused of rape, then threatened a woman with a barbecue fork in the street.Dean James Alli, aged 21, pleaded guilty to a public order offence, committed...
View ArticleDriver denies sex attacks on 3 Swansea students in 24 hours
THE trial of a man accused of sexually assaulting three Swansea students in a 24-hour period has begun.Lotfi Belhadj, of Ernald Place, is accused of assaulting two females and one male in the early...
View ArticleConcern at Swansea Grand Theatre's £1.7m loss
SWANSEA Council's Grand Theatre ran at a deficit of £1.733 million last year, according to a report.That's the equivalent of £4,748 per day, based on the figures in Swansea Council's draft accounts for...
View ArticleFans unite in call for Swansea-Cardiff derby day harmony
THEY might be rivals on the terraces but two high-profile soccer fans are singing the same chant to Swans and Bluebirds supporters alike.Neath MP Peter Hain and Cardiff South and Penarth MP Stephen...
View ArticleJonathan de Guzman raises the Swansea City bar
WHILE all around had the footballs out, Jonathan de Guzman was doing laps of the training ground.The Dutch international was the last Swansea City player — alongside fellow countryman Michel Vorm — to...
View ArticleSwansea Bay launched as Wales' first city region in bid to boost jobs
Swansea Bay is to be launched as Wales' first "city region" in a bid to boost investment and job opportunities. The region, which includes Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire and Neath Port Talbot, has been...
View ArticleEuro bosses hopeful of saving Heineken Cup 'jewel'
WELSH Rugby Union boss Roger Lewis believes the Millennium Stadium is ready to deliver the biggest and best Heineken Cup yet — but admits there is huge work to do to ensure it is not the last....
View ArticleFive Swansea City stars eyeing World Cup selection
JONATHAN de Guzman has fingers crossed that a second successful year at Swansea City will see him go to next summer's World Cup. The midfielder broke into the Netherlands squad thanks to his Liberty...
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