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Gorseinon Town council is forced to foot its third election bill in year

Alan Jopling has resigned from Gorseinon Town Council.

GORSEINON taxpayers will have to pay the price for democracy again with another £4,500 election bill looming.

Gorseinon Town Council is on the lookout for a new member following the resignation of Penyrheol ward representative Alan Jopling.

It will be the council's third election in less than a year.

Mr Jopling, who is...

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Swansea driver three times limit on milk run

A WOMAN who went out to buy milk the morning after a night out was found to be almost three times the drink-drive limit when stopped by police. Officers spotted Sian Wedlake, aged 46, of...


Making a Tweet deal with social networks

ONE of the UK's leading experts in social networking presented a talk to business leaders in Swansea yesterday. Mark Shaw, the third most followed person in the UK on Twitter, shared the...

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Woman 'would have lived but for 999 blunder'

A WOMAN murdered by her teenage boyfriend after he found her in bed with another man would have lived but for a 999 blunder, a court heard today. Cyron Williams, who subjected Joanna Michael...


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Check for accidents and roadworks, see live pictures from M4 and A-road cameras, and check for delays and cancellations on planes and...

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£11m land clear-out by Swansea Council branded a fire sale

SWANSEA Council is planning to make around £11 million by selling off land and buildings over the next year. The council has identified what assets it hopes to sell off in the next 12...

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How much difference does one day make near the DVLA in Swansea?

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WHAT a difference a day makes. At least that is what Clase residents living around Swansea's DVLA offices will tell you following this...

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Cheltenham move hope for O'Leary

KRISTIAN O'Leary hopes to continue his career at Cheltenham Town after impressing in a reserve fixture for the League Two club.

The 32-year-old, who featured in the Robins reserves defeat by Birmingham, is a free agent following his release from Swansea City and is keen to return to the club at which he spent a month on loan in 2006.

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Four-week ban for Cai

OSPREYS prop Cai Griffiths has been banned for four weeks by a Welsh Rugby Union disciplinary panel. Griffiths was cited for dangerous play following an incident in his side's Magners League...

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Loughor to face Waun in cup final

LOUGHOR will meet Waunarlwydd in the final of the Tovali Challenge Cup after beating BP Llandarcy 24-0 in a scrappy semi-final at Dunvant. Loughor fly-half Tom Davies fired over three...

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Gower: Plan B could be Swans' secret weapon

MARK Gower has praised Paulo Sousa for providing the grit to go with Swansea City's guile, insisting: "Now we have a plan B." Swansea battled to a 1-0 victory at Watford on Tuesday as...

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Jones warns Wales of O'Driscoll threat

STEPHEN Jones today warned his Wales team- mates they need to play smart to stop "the complete rugby player" celebrating his 100th cap in style in Dublin on Saturday. Brian O'Driscoll will...

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Traders vow to fight on after recession took its toll on town

Shopkeeper Nicola O'Brien says the empty shops create a depressed atmosphere in the town.

SO there's another crisis gone: the recession, we are told, is over. But its impact hasn't quite disappeared.

Take a walk down the high street. Does it look as though the recession is over? On average, 15 per cent of shops are empty. More than 100,000 people became insolvent over the past year, and 20,000 companies have gone...

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Go gently into that good house

Go gently into that good house

Where do you go when you want a dinning experience with a difference? EMMA JUDD and friends are some of the first to the first to try...

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Sprayed on style

Rebecca Craven plays the leading role Tracy Turnblad in Hairspray.Andrew Davies

BIG is beautiful and back-combed is boss at Penyrheol Theatre, with the bold and brassy Hairspray on offer. The winning tale sees Tracy...


Hit show Mamma Mia is record breaker in Cardiff

THE international tour of the Abba musical Mamma Mia! has broken all box office records for its run at the Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff. Just over a week after tickets went on sale,...

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Spotlight on a host of talent

Abertawe Festival for Young Musicians, Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea University THE wealth of musical talent in and around the region never ceases to amaze this reviewer, and there is no...

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