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Cheltenham Festival: Day two results
Pre-race favourite Back In Focus won the John Oaksey National Hunt Chase to open Ladies' day in a thrilling finish. The horse, won the longest race of the Festival in the closing run to the line,...
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Extra trains laid on for Six Nations decider
RUGBY fans travelling to and from Cardiff to watch Wales take on England in Saturday's Six Nations decider will benefit from additional train services.Rail operator Arriva Trains Wales is drafting in...
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Tables make Llwchwr Town Council internet phenomenon
A SMALL Swansea-based Town Council has become an internet sensation - thanks to a stack of tables.An innocuous nib (news in brief), gleaned from the minutes of a Llwchwr Town Council meeting, about how...
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Neath actress Samira Mohamed Ali stars in indie thriller Molly Crows
A FILM starring a Neath actress has been nominated for an award at the Cannes Film Festival.Twenty-eight-year-old Samira Mohamed Ali from Neath is starring in indie supernatural thriller Molly...
View ArticleCwrt Sart campaigners to demonstrate outside Princess Royal Theatre today
CAMPAIGNERS will stage a demonstration in Port Talbot today over a threat to close their school.Parents, staff and governors at Cwrt Sart Comprehensive, in Briton Ferry, are up in arms over plans to...
View ArticleFear for hospitals over services axe
A WARNING has gone out to health chiefs about how Swansea hospitals will cope if vital services are axed elsewhere.Dozens of extra beds have been made available to cope with an influx of emergency...
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Joe Allen included in Wales double header against Scotland and Croatia...
WALES have included Joe Allen in their squad for World Cup qualifier against Scotland and Croatia despite the fact the former Swansea City midfielder requires shoulder surgery.Chris Coleman's side take...
View ArticlePort Talbot mother Jayne Jones, 46, jailed for dealing meow meow drug
A PORT Talbot mother has been sentenced to 21 months in prison for dealing drugs.Jayne Jones, 46, appeared at Swansea Crown Court for sentencing after pleading guilty to five counts of possessing drugs...
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Burry Port railway station footbridge to be saved
A FOOTBRIDGE at Burry Port railway station will be saved after campaigners' fight against its demolition. Network Rail, which is responsible for the bridge, has confirmed that it will be saved after...
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Swansea City optimistic over injury victims Leon Britton and Luke Moore ahead...
SWANSEA City have fingers crossed that Leon Britton will be fit to return when they face Arsenal at the Liberty Stadium this Saturday.And boss Michael Laudrup expects to have Luke Moore available even...
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Former Visteon workers call for pensions justice in London
FORMER Visteon workers have marched to Downing Street to call for pensions justice.Visteon UK, in Fabian Way, was created out of Ford in 2000 and pensioners claim they were given assurances their...
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Plaid AM Bethan Jenkins censured by National Assembly
A MOTION to censure Plaid AM Bethan Jenkins has been passed in the Senedd. A National Assembly Standards Committee report before members unanimously called for the action to be taken against the South...
View ArticleWales boss Chris Coleman expects Joe Allen to be fit for World Cup qualifiers
WALES manager Chris Coleman fully expects Joe Allen to play a part in the upcoming World Cup qualifiers against Scotland and Croatia, despite his shoulder injury.The midfielder will require surgery on...
View ArticleJonathan Davies not getting carried away by Wales-England hype
JONATHAN Davies insists it is a case of business as usual for Wales this week - despite the huge media hype surrounding Saturday's RBS 6 Nations title decider against England in Cardiff.And the...
View ArticleBritish Transport Police officers in Wales get new body-worn video cameras
RAIL cops in Wales will be keeping an electronic eye on passengers thanks to new personal video cameras.British Transport Police officers have been issued with 17 of the body-worn video (BWV) cameras...
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Jury in Stuart Worvell murder trial due to return tomorrow to consider verdict
A MURDER trial jury is due to return tomorrow to consider its verdict in the case of a Maesteg man accused of stabbing a passer-by for disturbing him in the bath.Stuart Worvell, 22, was listening to...
View ArticleSistine smoke signals new Pope has been elected
IT'S white and it's rising above the Sistine Chapel.And it means the conclave of cardinals has made its decision and elected a new Pope.Crowds are cheering in Vatican City - but still waiting to hear...
View ArticlePope Francis I urged to lead Catholic church 'according to God's will'
THE new head of the Catholic church has been welcomed - and urged to lead "according to God's will".Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, of Argentina, greeted thousands of well-wishers at St Peter's Square...
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Environmental health officers close down Thai Elephant restaurant in Swansea
A THAI restaurant has been closed down by environmental health officers who said it posed an "immediate risk to health".The Thai Elephant in Kings Road in Swansea Marina was visited as part of a...
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Wales v England: It's all about the silverware, insists Dan Biggar
DAN Biggar insists Wales will be about more than mere Slam-busting in tomorrow's Six Nations finale against England in Cardiff. According to Red Rose No. 8 Tom Wood, Rob Howley's side would get more...
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