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Details of shocking deaths of vulnerable teenagers are revealed

Andrea Lynette Townsend with daughter Gemma Evans, outside Swansea Crown court (Wed 09 Apr 2008), mother and sister respectively of Carly Townsend who is one of the people featured in the report

THE shocking details of the deaths of three vulnerable teenagers have been revealed.

Two cases involve drug-related deaths, while the third deals with a teenager who committed suicide.

While the full reports have not been published, Swansea Safeguarding Children Board has released the executive summaries of the cases.

The...

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Swansea City fans' protest moved from Liberty stadium

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Swansea Penthouse Restaurant future safe, says boss

Peter Way in his Penthouse restaurant in Swansea.

THE bankrupt boss of Swansea's Penthouse restaurant says its future is secure. A bankruptcy order was made against Peter Way at Swansea...


Lesbian bride's stiletto attack after she flashed breasts

Sharon  Hancox (right) and her partner Nicola Hutin after leaving Swansea Magistrates' Court

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Body found outside house in Swansea

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First Minister in vow on free prescriptions and breakfasts

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THE public expected free prescriptions and free school breakfasts to be protected from spending cuts, First Minister Carwyn Jones said...

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Appeal to mother after abandoned newborn baby dies

A NEWBORN baby boy died after being abandoned behind a convenience store, police said. The baby was found wrapped in only a towel behind the Spar shop in Newport Road, Cwmcarn, yesterday and...





 

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Will Gatland's pain games serve up a grand finale or a bitter end?

Will Gatland's pain games serve up a grand finale or a bitter end?

IT is unclear if Amnesty Intern- ational have been monitoring events at Wales's base in the Vale of Glamorgan after the unveiling of the players' schedule ahead of the game with Italy.

Pain would be meted out on a scale the recipients had not experienced before, Warren Gatland announced.

If players made mistakes, there would be...

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Our fate is in our hands, says Ryan

RYAN Jones returns for Wales against Italy tomorrow with a clear message for his side: ''We have to put our own house in order.'' The national skipper is one of three Lions coming back into...

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Maccarinelli looks to go up in world

Maccarinelli looks to go up in world

ENZO Maccarinelli has targeted a rise up the ratings after his latest knockout victory. Maccarinelli recorded his second consecutive...

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Under-pressure Byrne knows he must repay coach's faith

LEE Byrne heads into tomorrow's Six Nations finale in Cardiff, admitting he is under the biggest amount of pressure of his international career. Twelve months ago the Ospreys star was seen...

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Shutting Mr Motormouth up would be real result for Swans

Shutting Mr Motormouth up would be real result for Swans

SWANSEA City thought they had heard the last of Neil Warnock's not-so- dulcet tones this season. And they weren't disappointed. A manag...

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Town council is slammed as 'negative' over festival

PEMBREY and Burry Port Town Council has been criticised for its negative stance towards the planned Beach Break Festival set to take place this summer.

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Vanessa Naylor, who lives in Lakelands, Pembrey, attended a meeting at the Ashburnham...

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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...

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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.

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Katherine Jenkins never misses a note

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