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WALES AIRSHOW: The Swansea road closures and parking bans for this weekend
20+ hour, 26+ min ago (582+ words) Drivers in Swansea face a weekend of road closures and parking bans as the city gears up for the Wales Airshow this Saturday and Sunday. The free two-day show draws huge crowds to the seafront, and the council is closing…...
ENERGY BILLS: VAT axed on electricity from October — with a typical home saving around £45
21+ hour ago (633+ words) Households across Swansea Bay and west Wales will stop paying VAT on their electricity from 1 October — with a typical home saving around £45 a year. The VAT rate on household electricity will be cut from 5% to 0% from 1 October, running for six…...
FOOD: Llanarthne restaurateur chosen to lead Wales' first national food strategy
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (614+ words) The man behind one of Carmarthenshire’s best-known food destinations has been chosen to lead a new national plan for what Wales grows, sells and eats. Simon Wright, owner of Wright’s Food Emporium in Llanarthne, will chair the expert group advising…...
KINNOCK: Aberafan Maesteg MP becomes Welsh Secretary in Andy Burnham's new cabinet
23+ hour, 10+ min ago (658+ words) Stephen Kinnock, the MP for Aberafan Maesteg, has been appointed Secretary of State for Wales — the first cabinet post of his career — as new Prime Minister Andy Burnham named his top team. Mr Kinnock took up the role on Tuesday…...
COFFEE: Swansea crowned Wales' coffee capital in UK-wide study
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (754+ words) Swansea has been named one of the UK’s top coffee cities — and the best in Wales. The city ranks fifth in a new UK-wide study from coffee giant Nespresso, which set out to find the country’s “coffee capitals” by crunching…...
PARC TAWE: Ninja Warrior venue could be replaced by six padel courts under new plans
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (632+ words) One of Swansea’s best-known family activity venues could be replaced by courts for one of the country’s fastest-growing racket sports. Plans have been lodged to turn the Ninja Warrior UK Adventure Park at Parc Tawe into a six-court indoor padel facility,…...
LLANELLI: Free paddling pools reopen for the summer holidays from today
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (490+ words) Three free paddling pools reopen across Llanelli for the school summer holidays from today. Llanelli Town Council is opening three paddling pools — at Crown Park, Peoples’ Park and Parc Howard — from Monday 20 July, running daily through the summer break. The…...
FARM FUNDING: Welsh farmers promised £1bn over Senedd term in multi-year deal
2+ day, 27+ min ago (802+ words) The family farms of Carmarthenshire and the wider region have been handed the multi-year funding certainty they have been asking for — but the amount on the table is already being challenged as a real-terms cut. The Welsh Government announced at…...
THEATRE INTERVIEW: 'Just do it. Don't wait for the phone to ring' — Gorseinon writer Jonathan Houlston on Physical Education and finding his voice
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (584+ words) Jonathan, thank you for talking to Swansea Bay News, and congratulations on the run. Are you pleased with how audiences received the show? The play is anchored by its exploration of masculinity. Is that a subject you’d been keen to…...
JELLYFISH: Why peeing on a sting won't help — and what actually works, as beachgoer stung at Aberavon
4+ day, 2+ hour ago (545+ words) Everyone knows the trick. Someone gets stung by a jellyfish, someone else offers to pee on it, and the beach has a good laugh about it. Don’t. The NHS is blunt: peeing on a jellyfish sting does not help. Nor…...