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Live candlelit 'Festival of the Dead' rock concert coming to Swansea for Halloween
For one night only an orchestra will play rock classics from "tear-jerkers to the fist pumpers, to the all-out singalongs," the organisers said → Read More
Isolated Swansea chapel with its own graveyard to be turned into holiday let
Previous plans to use the chapel site to help ex-servicemen and women battling PTSD appear to have been scrapped → Read More
Who can just turn up and get their first dose Covid vaccine in Swansea Bay this weekend
Sign up to FREE email alerts from Wales Online - The Coronavirus Briefing - your latest Welsh Covid-19 newsSubscribeWhen you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. People who have not yet had their first Covid vaccine and are aged under 39 can get it at walk-in sessions in Swansea and… → Read More
Inside the historic Swansea observatory where one of the first pictures of the moon was taken
The observatory has remained while the grand mansion that once stood nearby was demolished and the land around it re-developed → Read More
The stone hatch on a Welsh hillside with an amazing secret beneath
And if you like what's inside - it's even for sale. → Read More
Bradley John inquest concludes schoolboy 'did not intend' to take his own life
The 14-year-old St John Lloyd Catholic Comprehensive School pupil from Ammanford was found gravely ill in a school toilet block by his sister in September 2018 → Read More
Where's Wally? The ongoing adventures of the wandering walrus
The tusked explorer has been spotted boarding boats in the Isles of Scilly, capsizing some of them in the process → Read More
This is what the new shops and cafe will look like at Swansea's Copr Bay
The plans include a pavilion in the 'coastal park' next to Swansea Arena as well as a number of retail units near the new development in Oystermouth Road → Read More
Wally the Walrus pictured in 'standoff' with boat owner in latest adventure
The owner of the boat did not look too happy to see the massive Arctic creature trying to pull itself on board → Read More
Housing developer appealing fine says felling of protected tree was 'a mistake'
Fiorenzo Sauro and his firm, Enzo Homes, are currently appealing a £300,000 fine they were handed in 2019 → Read More
The Swansea Bay Pop-up in Singleton Park is now staying much longer than originally planned
Following the sucess of the event, the big top will be there for an extra month → Read More
The areas of Swansea hit hardest by the Covid pandemic
Some parts of Swansea have seen many more cases than others since the pandemic began → Read More
A car was left stuck in the sand on Barry Island Beach
It seems some people will go to any lengths to avoid paying for parking → Read More
People aged 18-39 in Swansea Bay can just turn up and get the Covid vaccine today
People are being warned about possible queues and to dress appropriately for the weather if they attend → Read More
Neath Fair cancelled for 2021 after council decides there is too much 'uncertainty'
Sign up to FREE email alerts from Wales Online - The Coronavirus Briefing - your latest Welsh Covid-19 newsSubscribeWhen you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. The oldest fair in Wales has been cancelled for the second year running due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Great Neath… → Read More
The Swansea community with the highest Covid rate in Wales
The rate of infection is more than ten times higher than the Wales-wide average → Read More
How the latest Covid rules in Wales compare with England, Scotland and Northern Ireland
There are still slightly different rules and regulations in the different countries → Read More
'It's as if his life has no value' Mum of schoolboy Christopher Kapessa describes moment she saw son's body
The family of Christopher Kapessa is making a fresh legal challenge in the High Court following allegations he was pushed into the river where he drowned → Read More
Teen allegedly bullied before death was 'happy' in final lesson, teacher says
A teacher who taught Bradley John in the final lesson before the teenager's death said there was 'no sign' the 14-year-old was upset → Read More
Bradley John inquest hears teenager was victim of 'numerous incidents' of bullying before his death
Bradley John, who was 14 and from Ammanford, died after being found in the toilet block of St John Lloyd Catholic Comprehensive School in Llanelli in September 2018 → Read More