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Commitment key to long life in trade in Swansea

Steve John from Visage hairdressers. JM160310/C/3

A SWANSEA hairdresser has revealed what it takes to cut it in business after 25 years in the city.

Steve John has notched up a quarter of a century in business with his salon Visage in Swansea's Picton Arcade.

The 51-year-old said the secret to his success had been commitment to clients and customer service, and an enjoyment of the...

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1000-mile ride to boost fund for comrades

A GROUP of soldiers are gearing up for the mammoth challenge of cycling 1,000 miles in seven days, calling in Swansea, to help support their wounded comrades. The team of eight will be...

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Watertight approach to coastline smuggling

Barry Evans from HM Coastguard, Marc Owen from the UK Border Agency, and Deputy Chief Constable Andy Edwards at Swansea Docks for the launch of the new Coast Watch Wales initiative. JM170310/B/2

POLICE, The UK Border Agency, coastguards and port authorities are to join forces to crack down on illegal seaside smuggling. They have...

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'Big chance' for trust to get cash for garden work

A SOUTH Wales charity has urged the public to support its "one big opportunity" to restore a faded country estate north of Swansea. The Penllergare Trust is displaying its plans on Friday,...

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Appeals grow for legal high mephedrone to be banned

Nicholas Smith, 19, (left) and Louis Wainwright, 18, (right) who died after taking mephedrone during a night out.

CALLS are growing for the so-called "legal high" party drug mephedrone to be banned from the streets of South Wales. Police say they...

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Stick with our great football collection

GET COLLECTING: Wayne Rooney is one of those up for grabs.

LOVE it or hate it, it's hard to avoid the hype surrounding the World Cup. And football fever kicks off in Swansea Bay next week when...


Swansea schools face deficit of up to £350,000

Schools in Swansea face a six-figure deficit in their budgets, sparking concern over class sizes.

SOME Swansea schools will have to make savings of more than £350,000 because of a drop in education funding. Fears have been raise...

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Dogged Scarlets just fall short

Munster 23 Scarlets 17

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Leon and Ashley the only Swans in magazine's top 50

SWANSEA City have just two representatives in FourFourTwo magazine's list of the top 50 Football League players. Only Leon Britton (26th) and Ashley Williams (28th) were included in the...

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Prydie set to inspire under-18s

TOM Prydie's shock senior call-up will provide inspiration to Wales Under-18s when they take on Scotland in Melrose on Sunday (3), insists coach Simon King "Tom's involvement with the...

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Gower: Beware wounded Dragon

ITALY fly-half Craig Gower is wary of a wounded Wales as the Azzurri attempt to avoid the Six Nations wooden spoon for another year. A win for Scotland against Ireland would condemn whoever...

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'we'll take it up with uefa'

'we'll take it up with uefa'

PAULO Sousa is considering complaining to Uefa over Swansea City's treatment by referees after yet another big call went against them...

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Ocean scene by Swansea painter is setting sail for London auction

The painting, A two masted schooner passing an anchored merchantman off the Mumbles Lighthouse, South Wales, by James Harris, which is to be auctioned in London.

THE 200th anniversary of the birth of one of Swansea's most famous painters will see one of his works coming to auction — with a price tag of around £5,000.

On Wednesday, James Harris's oil painting A two masted schooner passing an anchored merchantman off the Mumbles Lighthouse, South Wales, will go under the hammer at Bonhams...

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Tuck into plate of tasty Thai cuisine

WHEN the old Ice House building in Swansea's posh SA1 docklands area was snapped up by new owners, it was given a facelift of Joan Rivers proportions. By far the biggest part of it is...

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Classic comedy

Shaun Williamson imparts some worldly wisdom to Godber (Daniel West) in Porridge.

LIKE Martin Clunes taking on the role of Reggie Perrin, some might say to step into Norman Stanley Fletcher's shoes is to trespass on...

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Katherine Jenkins never misses a note

Katherine Jenkins at the Cardiff Indoor Arena SEX and music have enjoyed a long and intimate relationship, but it has rarely got hot and steamy in the world of classical music. But since...

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Shaun Williamson is in stir, reheating the classic comedy Porridge

Shaun Williamson is in stir, reheating the classic comedy Porridge

Kate Clarke LIKE Martin Clunes taking on the role of Reggie Perrin, some might say to step into Norman Stanley Fletcher's shoes is to...

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