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Recycling plan bins trial for Swansea flats families

COMMUNAL kit-chen waste bins are being trialled at Swansea flats in advance of a city-wide change to household rubbish collection.

Currently, most residents in council-run or private flats do not have access to the kitchen waste recycling service which has been rolled out across Swansea.

But waste chiefs want that to change before...

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Driver hit with baseball bat and robbed in early evening attack in Swansea city centre

A DRIVER has been beaten around the head and had his car's sat nav system stolen in a shocking attack in Swansea. Police believe the motorist may have been hit with a baseball bat, and they...


Wales ambulance chief to stand down

Alan Murray

THE head of the ambulance service will stand down at the end of the month, it was announced today. AMs praised Alan Murray for stabilis...

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Latest traffic and travel information

Latest traffic and travel information

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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Gambler hurled trolley at Swansea casino roulette table

Aspers in Swansea

A GAMBLER threw a trolley at a city casino roulette wheel in a temper — allegedly causing more than £6,000 worth of damage....


Hero cop dived in to grab suspect

PC Gerwyn Brooks beside the River Tawe. He dived into the river to apprehend and arrest his suspect.AW090310B

A MODEST bobby who jumped into the River Tawe to arrest a heroin user following a high speed chase through the streets of Swansea has...


Crews on alert after plague of grass fires

Crews on alert after plague of grass fires

FIREFIGHTERS were bracing themselves for another hectic shift last night as a spring grass fire plague scorched the region. Thousands...

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Walker signs new Ospreys deal

NIKKI Walker has signed a new two-year contract with the Ospreys.

The 27-year-old has become an integral part of the Liberty Stadium region's squad since moving to Wales from the now defunct Border Reivers in 2006, and will remain with the Ospreys until at least 2012.

Walker, who has 15 caps to his name but has not featured for his...

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Williams v Bowe: expect a classic, says Gatland

SHANE Williams has been challenged to set the record straight when he goes head to head with his Ospreys pal Tommy Bowe in Dublin on Saturday. A year ago in Cardiff, when Ireland claimed...

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Williams stresses value of patience

MARTYN Williams believes patience will be critical when Wales aim to ambush Ireland's Triple Crown ambitions on Saturday. Wales head to Croke Park with flanker Williams at the helm after...

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Enzo sure Tobias can go all the way to the top

Enzo sure Tobias can go all the way to the top

ENZO Maccarinelli has tipped Swansea super-middleweight Tobias Webb to replicate his own glory and become a world champion. Maccarinell...

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Medals aim as Natasha focuses on 2012

Medals aim as Natasha focuses on 2012

SWANSEA weightlifting star Natasha Perdue is a woman on a mission this year, gunning for Commonwealth Games medals as her preparations...

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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 finer showcase for the skills of young instrumentalists than Abertawe Festival for Young Musicians.

The festival is held every January at the...

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Newton Faulkner keeps best until last

Newton Faulkner, St David's Hall, Cardiff I NEVER thought I'd go and see a singer twice on the same tour. Then again I never thought I'd see one ginger dreadlocked guy and a guitar do...

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Stage review: To Kill a Mockingbird

HARPER Lee's classic story of racial intolerance and injustice in 1930s America has taken on a whole new resonance in the post 9/11 era, a time in which anyone deemed to be "foreign" or...

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Film review: Green Zone

Pictured: (l-r) Jason Isaacs as Briggs and Matt Damon as Chief Warrant Officer Roy Miller in Green Zone

MATT Damon has once again teamed up with Bourne Ultimatum director Paul Greengrass for a fast-paced thriller set in Iraq in March,...

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Stage review: Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake

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IF you think spectacle belongs entirely to cinema these days with the 3D wizardry in movies like Avatar and Alice in Wonderland, think...

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