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NEATH: Dog so emaciated vets couldn't tell she was pregnant — owner banned from keeping animals for 10 years
11+ hour, 54+ min ago (643+ words) Warning: this article contains images and details of animal suffering that some readers may find distressing. A Neath man has been banned from keeping animals for ten years after his pregnant dog was found so emaciated that vets could not…...
OPERATION OAK: Swansea man among eight charged with child sexual exploitation offences spanning decades
4+ hour, 24+ min ago (704+ words) A Swansea man is among eight charged with child sexual exploitation offences following a decades-spanning police investigation that includes the city. Murad Ali, 57, of Swansea, is charged with two counts of rape of a female under 16. He and the seven…...
SUN SAFETY: One childhood sunburn can double melanoma risk — Swansea Bay's skin cancer team on staying safe as the heat goes on
6+ hour, 24+ min ago (704+ words) One blistering sunburn in childhood can more than double a person’s risk of developing melanoma later in life, according to Swansea Bay University Health Board‘s skin cancer team. The dermatology team is urging people to enjoy the sunshine safely…...
CARMARTHEN: Fly-tipper handed 200 hours' unpaid work after repeatedly dumping waste beside railway line
10+ hour, 54+ min ago (414+ words) A Carmarthenshire man who repeatedly dumped waste beside a railway line near Carmarthen has been handed a community order and a bill of more than £2,500. Edward Bassett admitted fly-tipping waste on several occasions on private land next to the railway…...
SAVE THE LOCAL: New Welsh law to give communities first refusal on buying their pub — announced the day Baglan's Bagle Brook went up for sale
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (716+ words) Communities in Wales are set to get a legal right to buy their local pub when it comes up for sale, under the first wave of laws planned by the new Welsh Government. First Minister Rhun ap Iorwerth told the…...
SWANSEA SCHOOLS: 'Owed £11m' for children with additional needs, says council leader — as Plaid's budget faces knife-edge vote tonight
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (1040+ words) Swansea’s schools are owed at least £11m this year to support children with additional learning needs, the city’s council leader has claimed — money he says Wales’s new government is holding back. Rob Stewart, the Labour leader of Swansea Council, made the…...
PONTYBEREM: Six weeks of roadworks to close Capel Ifan Road — and cut the village's direct bus to Ponthenri
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (539+ words) A busy Pontyberem road will close for six weeks from Monday 20 July, and the change villagers will feel first is not the diversion — it is the loss of their direct bus to Ponthenri. Carmarthenshire County Council is shutting the B4317 Capel…...
SCARLETS: 'Not only a rugby club' — council welcomes WRU deal securing two years of west Wales rugby
1+ day, 54+ min ago (522+ words) Carmarthenshire Council has welcomed the Scarlets‘ new deal with the Welsh Rugby Union, hailing two years of “security and stability” for professional rugby in west Wales. The Llanelli club signed the Professional Rugby Agreement, known as PRA25, yesterday — the last of…...
SWANSEA: MP calls cross-party community meeting to tackle 'division' in politics
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (357+ words) Swansea West MP Torsten Bell is inviting people from across the city to a community meeting on how to bring Swansea together — amid what he says is a political climate that feels more divided and angrier than ever. The ‘Bringing…...
BUDGET DEFEAT: Plaid government's £294m spending plan voted down 49–44 — as schools funding row claims its first casualty
23+ hour, 7+ min ago (717+ words) Wales’s new Plaid Cymru government has been defeated on its first budget, with the Senedd voting down its spending plans by 49 votes to 44 this evening. Welsh Labour, Reform UK and the Conservatives combined against the supplementary budget — which the government…...