TESTING needs to be rolled out so police officers who are self-isolating can return to the front line if they don’t have the coronavirus, Dyfed-Powys’s police and crime commissioner has...
Cabinet asked to approve five year lease of Swansea Grand Theatre’s arts wing
PART of Swansea’s Grand Theatre could be leased to a race equality organisation to provide space for minority groups and encourage them to participate more in the arts.
Cabinet will be asked...
Council buildings will require greening to meet carbon zero target
CARMARTHENSHIRE Council is constructing schools and houses which need little gas or electricity to power them, but it also has less environmentally-friendly buildings on its books.
The...
Council complaints and compliments scrutinised
FROM rescuing people with suicidal thoughts to ensuring young people with complex difficulties thrive, some Swansea Council staff are making a big difference.
Adult and children’s services...
Pub owners told to take down timber terrace and marquee
THE owners of a Swansea bar and a country pub have been told to take down a terrace and marquee.
Customers at The Bookshop, Uplands, have become used to the timber and perspex terrace at the...
New lease of life for ‘marooned’ church
A CHURCH which became marooned on a busy roundabout and lost its congregation has finally found a new lease of life.
St John’s Church in Morriston, Swansea, will become a cafe, gallery and...
Council to sell land at Olchfa Comprehensive School
A LARGE chunk of land at a Swansea comprehensive school will finally be sold to a developer after years of discussing the idea.
Nearly eight acres deemed surplus at Olchfa School, Sketty, will...
Council ordered to pay costs as judge refuses review on planning decision for HMO in Swansea
SWANSEA Council has failed to persuade a judge to review a planning decision about a house of multiple occupation (HMO), and must pay costs.
Council chiefs disagreed with an appeal ruling by a...
Council tell householder to chop down ‘huge’ hedge
A HOUSEHOLDER in a Swansea village has been told to chop their towering hedge down – and remove old cars from the garden.
Council chiefs said the greenery along the front boundary of the...
Health Boards warned over breaches in Health and Safety law
TWO health boards in south Wales have been given warnings for breaching health and safety law.
The Health and Safety Execuctive (HSE) issued Hywel Dda University Health Board eight improvement...