Swansea, United Kingdom News

The names of some 40 "at risk" listed buildings were published in the Post last week, along with a report of Swansea Council's aspirations to deal with the issue.

A MASKED robber who once ran for Wales wrestled with the owner of a Chinese takeaway as she tried to hold on to her shop's till.

Households could face changes of hundreds of pounds in their council tax bills under any future shake-up of Wales' local authorities, a Labour AM and former council leader has warned.

Martin Phillips, who grew up in Swansea, gives us an insight to what it was like in Malmo, Sweden for the Eurovision Song Contest.

Ben Sweet works in the depths and darkness of the London Dungeon is "much better than working in the real world". While most of us are stuck behind desks in nine to five jobs at the office, Ben Sweet works in the depths and darkness of the London Dungeon.

Talking place across two days at venues around the city centre it features the current cream of the Welsh music crop.

The UK has been holding out for a Eurovision hero for a long time and this year hopes rest on Wales' Bonnie Tyler with her song Believe in Me.

The Morriston Orpheus Choir will be performing at the attraction, with soprano Iona Jones, a graduate of London's Guildhall School of Music, who is also a founder member and current tutor of the National Youth Choir of Wales.

The communities of Cwmbwrla and Clydach are the latest parts of the council area where motorists and road users will have seen a difference in the streets.

A COUPLE who were assaulted in the street in a homophobic attack have spoken of the lasting effects of the attack.

Public Health Wales warn against complacency as figures in measles epidemic area and in Gwent, where there are increasing concerns about the disease, rise.

Officially, they were men from Swansea and surrounding towns including Neath and Port Talbot who made up the 14th , The Welsh Regiment, part of the Welsh 38th Division during World War I. And the 1,200-strong "Swansea Pals" battalion found itself in one of the deadliest battles of the war, Mametz Wood, in which almost 100 of them were killed and ... (more)

The multi-million pound boulevard scheme at the main eastern entrance to Swansea has provoked some expected gripes and groans over traffic queues while the work is done.

A 23-year-old woman made a second preliminary court appearance today charged with murdering a man who was stabbed in Swansea at the weekend.

Arriva Trains Wales has made changes to its timetable thanks to the re-doubling of the track between Swansea and Llanelli.

Volunteer bat detectors are being called on to take to the streets and lanes across the city and surrounding area in search of information on how bat numbers are bearing up here.

ASKING Scott Gibbs what it takes to stand tall in a Lions Test series is akin to quizzing Tiger Woods about the requirements for triumphing in a golf major, or inviting Roger Federer to hold court on how to win a tennis Grand Slam title.

Motorcyclists are being urged to take greater care on roads in Wales as part of a A 6m road safety drive, with mid Wales seen as an accident blackspot.

Just 381 vaccinations were given, adding to more than 7,500 provided at weekend drop-in clinics over the past four weeks.

Public Health Wales says the uptake of the MMR vaccine is still not high enough, as officials expressed 'huge concerns' about the rise in cases reported in Gwent The threat of measles remains high across Wales, health officials have warned, as they express "huge concerns" about a rise in the number of cases in the Gwent area.