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Sketty dental practice approved for Gower Road office block
1+ hour, 15+ min ago (577+ words) Sketty is getting a new dental practice, after city planners approved plans to convert a vacant office building on Gower Road. The two-storey building at number 120, which sits beside the Tawe Veterinary Group just outside Sketty district centre, has stood…...
A sea turtle found on a Welsh beach by a dog called Meg is going home to the Gulf of Mexico, by helicopter
3+ hour, 45+ min ago (675+ words) A critically endangered sea turtle rescued on a Welsh beach by a black labrador will begin his 5,000-mile journey home on Monday, in a helicopter flown by the Pembrokeshire businessman who volunteered it. Darren Briggs, chief executive of the Pembrokeshire-headquartered…...
Blackpill Lido closed again: water quality shuts Swansea pool
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (432+ words) Blackpill Lido has closed again, the third time Swansea’s free seafront pool has been shut this season, and this time it’s the water itself. Swansea Council announced the temporary closure on Friday, saying recent water quality testing had shown “the…...
Buried with Michael Sheen: BBC air date set for 17 August
1+ day, 19+ hour ago (552+ words) Michael Sheen’s investigation into claims that toxic chemicals were buried across south Wales finally has an air date: Buried with Michael Sheen begins on BBC Two at 9pm on Monday 17 August. The two-part series, first announced in January, follows the Port…...
A Swansea MP says commuters could save £572 a year if Wales matched England's £2 bus fare cap
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (648+ words) Swansea West’s MP has launched a petition calling on the Welsh Government to cap bus fares at £2 a journey, claiming a Swansea commuter could save up to £572 a year. Torsten Bell launched the petition at Swansea Market on Friday, with…...
The Civic Centre plans are finally in, and the small print tells its own story
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (753+ words) Swansea’s Civic Centre would become seafront flats, a food hall and an aquarium under the full planning application now lodged for the building’s transformation. Urban Splash and Swansea Council submitted the application jointly on 31 July, and it is now open…...
Llŷr floating wind farm approved: first for new Welsh Government
2+ day, 12+ hour ago (526+ words) The new Welsh Government has approved its first major offshore wind project, granting consent for the Llŷr wind farm in the Celtic Sea off the Pembrokeshire coast. Section 36 consent has been given to Cierco Energy’s test and demonstration scheme, clearing…...
Gorseinon's banking hub opens in September at the former Kirstie's Vintage Emporium on High Street
2+ day, 18+ hour ago (526+ words) Gorseinon’s new banking hub will open in September at 20 High Street, the former Kirstie’s Vintage Emporium, weeks before the town’s last bank branch closes. Gorseinon Town Council announced the location this week, describing the unit between the taxi rank and…...
DAILY BRIEFING: A new St Thomas neighbourhood, Betfred limbo and the Welsh Robin Hood
3+ day, 19+ hour ago (194+ words) A whole new neighbourhood planned for the St Thomas riverside, a dozen betting shops waiting on their fate, and the Welsh Robin Hood whose cave you can still walk to. Here’s Wednesday’s news from across Swansea Bay in one place....
124 riverside homes planned for St Thomas, half of them affordable
3+ day, 19+ hour ago (565+ words) A new riverside neighbourhood of 124 homes, half of them affordable, is planned for the eastern bank of the Tawe in St Thomas. Two drop-in events are being held: at Y Storfa on Oxford Street on Wednesday 12 August, from 12.30pm to 6.30pm, and…...