PEOPLE living on Swansea’s Wind Street said quiet weekend nights since the lockdown have been “bliss”, and want it to revert back to its original concept as a cafe-restaurant...
Car park revenue plummeting in Swansea
INCOME from the large car park by the LC in Swansea has halved in one year, new figures have shown.
It’s because the area has been taken over by contractors building the new indoor...
Swansea Council pass motion to remove symbols with links to slave trade
STREET names and symbols with links to the slave trade or exploitation could be removed in Swansea after...
Swansea Council spent £4.5 million on agency workers in 2019-20
SWANSEA Council spent £4.5 million on agency workers last year, many of whom crewed bin lorries.
As of March this year the authority was using 161 agency workers through two agencies, but it...
First Cymru repays Swansea Council after over-claiming £30.8k
FIRST Cymru has taken action after over-claiming for concessionary bus journeys in Swansea.
The over-claiming by the bus operator was approximately £24,200 in 2018-19 and £6,600 in 2019-20...
Councillor says police have ‘by and large washed their hands’ of anti-social behaviour in Gower
A SENIOR councillor said he felt South Wales Police had “by and large washed their hands” of anti-social problems in Gower in recent weeks, but then clarified his comments the following day...
Ambulance service sees increase in teenage suicides and domestic abuse incidents during lockdown
AMBULANCE crews in Wales have witnessed an increase in teenage suicides and domestic abuse incidents during the coronavirus lockdown, it’s been revealed.
The Welsh Ambulance Service said...
NRW take water samples from over 100 Welsh beaches
STAFF from Natural Resources Wales (NRW) is back in the sea, taking water samples from more than 100 of the country’s beaches.
The summer testing season normally runs from mid-May to the end...
New link road for south of Fabian Way proposed
A NEW link road parallel with one of Swansea’s busiest gateways could be created.
It would run south of Fabian Way – from Baldwin’s Crescent, not far from Swansea University’s Bay...
Differing views on controversial pedestrianisation proposal for Uplands Swansea
RESIDENTS and traders would be consulted before any trial pedestrianisation of a square in Uplands, Swansea went ahead, a councillor has said.
Proposals have been drawn up which may pave the...