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Protest opposes traveller site plan
Swansea :: United Kingdom | 3 months ago
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Protest opposes Gorseinon traveller site plan for Swansea There are five possible sites under consideration, including two in the Gorseinon area Hundreds of people have gathered to oppose plans for a new permanent traveller site at Gorseinon in
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Christian Lewis: Benefits bosses apologise after war veteran and his daughter were wrongly denied payments
Swansea :: United Kingdom | 9 months ago
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10 September 2012 Former soldier Christian Lewis and his daughter Caitlin, 11, had to live in their car for a month Benefits bosses have apologised to a war veteran and his 11-year-old daughter who were forced to live in his car for a month after a
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Facelift for Dylan Thomas park
Swansea :: United Kingdom | 1 year ago
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Major upgrade at Dylan Thomas park in Swansea The £1.4m project will include a central seating area with engravings of his work Restoration work has started in Swansea on the childhood park of Dylan Thomas in readiness for the 100th anniversary of
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New leader aims to 'heal divide'
New York :: NY :: USA | 1 year ago
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New Swansea council leader David Phillips aims to 'heal divide' on 'moral crusade' BBC News David Philips says Swansea is divided by prosperity in the west and poverty in the east of the city The new Labour leader of Swansea council has described the
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Motor sport beach racing backed
New York :: NY :: USA | over 1 year ago
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Swansea beach motor sport race backed for March A similar event in Weston-super-Mare attracts up to 2,000 competitors and 80,000 spectators every year. Business leaders have welcomed plans to close a mile of Swansea's seafront to host a three day off-
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Free schools 'won't boost access'
New York :: NY :: USA | over 1 year ago
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Free schools 'will not boost access to good schools' BBC News education reporter The report said two decades of school choice had done little to raise standards The government's flagship free schools programme is unlikely to boost access to good
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Ambulance anger over mum's death
London :: United Kingdom | over 1 year ago
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The son of a woman whose death may have been contributed to by a "significant failing" of the Welsh Ambulance Service says lessons must be learned. Jacqueline Davies, 49, died nine days after a 41-minute wait for a paramedic after collapsing at her
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£1.5m costs claim over tyre blaze
Durham :: NC :: USA | over 1 year ago
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Swansea council seeks £1.5m costs The fire which burned for three weeks More than £1.5m has been requested from the Welsh government to help cover the costs of a tyre fire that burned for 21 days last summer. The fire at the former Mettoys plant in
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Gypsies squatting in Premier League car park leave taxpayers with �120,000 bill (for toilet and traveller liaison officer)
London :: United Kingdom | over 1 year ago
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Gypsies squatting in Premier League car park leave taxpayers with 120,000 bill (for toilet and traveller liaison officer) Single family-of-five refusing to budge Furious locals condemn payouts as 'waste of money' Car park used by Swansea City FC and
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Swansea tyre fire site made safe
New York :: NY :: USA | almost 2 years ago
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Fforestfach tyre fire site is demolished and made safe Firefighters spent three weeks tackling the blaze and temporary dams were created on-site The site of the major fire in Swansea has now been cleared and made safe, say officials. Contractors have
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