South Wales Evening Post
ARRESTS AS TEEN KILLED IN CRASH
A TEENAGER has died and another has been injured in a crash that has seen five people arrested in total. Multiple streets in the Gorseinon area of Swansea were closed throughout Thursday afternoon and evening as police co-ordinated a major response to...
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Family’s £1 win turned out to be a whole lot more!
A FAMILY syndicate thought they had won £1 in a new Lotto game – but that was only the start of their luck. The group of seven actually won a “bonus” £1m on a second round, securing a life-changing future for the family. Syndicate leader Alison...
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‘INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS’ MAN GETS 23-YEAR TERM
A RAPIST who subjected a young girl to years of sexual abuse has been given a 23-year sentence as an offender of particular concern. Damien Jones denied any wrongdoing but was convicted at Swansea Crown Court of a total of 16 sexual offences against a...
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GIRL, 5, IN FIGHT FOR LIFE AFTER CRASH
A FIVE-YEAR-OLD GIRL is fighting for life in hospital after a serious crash involving multiple vehicles in Bannau Brycheiniog. The collision happened on Sunday evening on the A4067 near Craig-y-nos, north of Ystradgynlais. Five people in total were...
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FAMILY MADE £250K FROM ILLEGAL DOG BREEDING
A FAMILY made more than £250,000 from illegally breeding and selling puppies, a court has heard. Members of the family advertised the puppies on a range of different websites, often using different names, addresses and phone numbers in a bid to avoid...
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UNIVERSITY CHALLENGE
UNIVERSITIES in Wales have been warned they face a challenge to maintain their position in the international market as the UK’S advantage begins to erode. Swansea University was one of three Welsh universities rated in the prestigious QS World...
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ROOFER SCAMMED ELDERLY
A CROOKED roofer scammed elderly victims out of tens of thousands of pounds, a court has heard. Richard Murnane carried out a series of jobs which were of an “abysmal” standard and were frequently “worthless”, taking large deposits for the work and...
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REMAINS OF MAN MISSING FOR 24 YEARS FOUND
THE remains of a man who had been missing for more than 20 years were discovered by a resident while cutting back brambles. An inquest was opened into the death of Russell Scozzi at Swansea’s Guildhall yesterday. He had not been seen since early May...
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EX-JUNIOR DOCTOR HAD CHILD RAPE VIDEOS
A FORMER junior doctor had videos of toddlers being raped on his phone and chatted about child sexual abuse with like-minded people, a court has heard. Thomas Jenkins was arrested after police received intelligence about his online activities and...
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THANKS TO RNLI HERO WHO SAVED MAN FROM DROWNING
“IT’S just madness. They can do all that, come out and have a better life than people who are struggling and working for years. He has been allowed to change his name. I don’t understand how he was able to do that.” These are the words of a woman who...
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NOTORIOUS KILLER TURNS BACK TO CRIME
A CONVICTED murderer was caught dealing drugs while living in the community on licence, a court has heard. When police raided Christian Mason-jones’ flat they found more than two-and-a-half kilos of cannabis along with a stash of ketamine and hundreds...
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JOBS BLOW AS PROJECT IS DUMPED
A MULTIMILLIONPOUND project which was set to create more than 100 jobs in Port Talbot has been scrapped. Plans to create a major jet fuel facility in the town have been ongoing since 2012 but project leader Lanzatech has announced it has decided not...
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DRIVER BASHED MAN AND RAN OVER HIS DOG
A VAN driver attacked a man with a log, hockey stick and a knife before driving over and killing his dog, a court has heard. Tom Wilkinson then turned himself in to police and falsely accused his victim of assaulting him while claiming that he did not...
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SCHOOL’S OUT... FOR SOME
A MET Office red warning for extreme temperatures is set to come into force in Wales today – and schools across south west Wales are closed today as a response to the heat. A “heat-dome” settling over western Europe could bring temperatures of up to...
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Red warning alert for extreme heat
THE Met Office said this week’s heatwave will see temperatures exceed 37°C in the shade and could even see them rise to 38°C to 40°C in some parts of Wales and England, as human-driven climate change intensifies the impact of a “heatdome” settling over...
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Whites great looking forward to return home
ONE of the All Whites’ most iconic captains is relishing the atmosphere his former ground will generate when its facelift is complete. Tony Clement spent more than a decade at the top of Welsh rugby with Swansea RFC. He won cups and league titles with...
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BINS MAY BE REMOVED AS RUBBISH LEFT TO PILE UP
COUNCIL bosses have warned people in Swansea that public litter bins could be removed completely if they are used to dump household or commercial waste. Swansea Council has put out the warning after noting “a rise in domestic rubbish” being dumped,...
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COALFIELD VILLAGES TO GET SHARE OF £13.5M
TWO former coalfield areas in Neath Port Talbot will receive a share of £13.5 million aimed at breathing new life into communities “overlooked for decades”, Chancellor Rachel Reeves has announced. Both Seven Sisters and Resolven are among six places...
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£145M PLAN TO SAVE WELSH NHS
THE new Welsh Government has made its first financial commitment to the NHS since taking over. The Plaid Cymru administration has announced how it will spend £145m of additional funding available to it within this financial year on health. On...
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NEW MOVE TO CURB USE OF MOBILES IN SCHOOLS
WEAK teaching, curriculum planning, and assessment “often” limits pupils’ progress in science at schools across Wales, a damning report from education watchdog Estyn says. Science teaching and quality of science provision “remains too variable” in...
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TATA CHIEFS DOWNPLAY FEARS OVER SUPPLY AFTER MAJOR FIRE
TATA Steel has given an update after a major fire at its Port Talbot site which took fire crews 36 hours to bring the blaze at the pickle line facility under control. Emergency services were called to the steelworks in Port Talbot in huge numbers on...
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COLLEGE SET TO CREATE ‘TOP CLASS’ CAMPUS
THE former home of a well-known Swansea business which closed suddenly last year is to be transformed into a new college campus. M&P, located at Phoenix Way, Garngoch Industrial Estate in Gorseinon, had been a leading destination for motorcycle...
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EX-SWANS BOSS DIES AT 64
TRIBUTES have poured in following the death of former Wales international and Swansea City promotion-winning manager Kenny Jackett at the age of 64. The League Managers Association (LMA) announced yesterday that Jackett had passed away on Thursday,...
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HEADBUTTED, CHOKED AND PULLED KNIFE ON PARTNER
A MAN headbutted and throttled his partner before pulling a knife on her in a “sudden explosion of anger”, a court has heard. Dean Berg left his victim with a collapsed lung and displaced fracture of her shoulder in a brutal attack in her own...
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HELPLESS FAMILY SEE HOME RAIDED ON DOORBELL CAMERA
A SCRAP dealer driving the streets looking for metal saw a family packing their car to go on holiday and returned to burgle their home, a court has heard. James Connors donned a mask and gloves and drove a circuitous route to his target to try to...
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FIRM FINED £500K AS KEBABS HAD LITTLE LAMB
A COMPANY producing kebabs for takeaways and restaurants has been slapped with a half-a-million pound fine over the fraudulent way it labelled its products. Swansea Crown Court heard that kebabs produced by the firm and labelled as “lamb” were found...
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DVLA INSIDER HELPED DEALERS TO WIPE RECORDS
A TRUSTED DVLA employee abused his position with the agency to alter or delete vehicle records to boost their value and to issue new identities for stolen or crashed cars, a court has heard. Matthew Holloway accessed computer and paper-based systems...
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‘SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE’ FEAR AFTER BLAZE
A LARGE fire at the Tata Steel site in Port Talbot is said to have caused “substantial damage to a vital production line”. Large plumes of smoke could be seen rising from the plant near people’s homes after the blaze erupted on Wednesday. People who...
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PLAYER’S CLUBHOUSE ASSAULT ON VETERAN COMMITTEE MEMBER
A RUGBY player punched a veteran committee member unconscious in a clubhouse attack, a court has heard. Nathan Davies hit his victim in the face, causing the man to crash to the floor, lose consciousness and fracture an ankle in the fall. Swansea...
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THE £1.2M TIN THIEVES
THREE Tata Steel employees conspired with an outside man to steal tin ingots worth nearly £1.2m from the Trostre steelworks in Llanelli. Thomas Ashford, 35, Richard Jones, 39, and Stewart Jones, 56, all worked at the Tata steelworks and allowed access...
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‘MODERN-DAY MIRACLE’ FOR GRANDAD ON HIS DEATHBED
A man who was so critically ill that his family gathered to say their farewells has returned to the hospital that saved his life on two separate occasions within two years to express his gratitude to staff. Leighton Davies, from Cwmavon, is currently...
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ILLEGAL VID SHARED WITH COLLEAGUES BY LECTURER AT COLLEGE
ALUN Williams is celebrating 25 years at the helm of Swansea Building Society with a charitable fund to support good causes across Wales this year. The £25,000 funding will be distributed to charities and community organisations and is in addition to...
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‘PETRIFIED’ BOY SAVED BY HEROIC DADS
A GROUP of dads enjoying a drink in the sunshine at a rugby club saved a “petrified and screaming” boy who was trapped in a burning storage container. The club secretary of Trimsaran RFC has described what happened in the distressing incident which...
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13-YEAR-OLD ARRESTED AFTER BOY TRAPPED IN BURNING CONTAINER
A 13-YEAR-OLD boy has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder following a fire at a rugby club. An 11-year-old boy is in hospital after suffering serious injuries in the blaze at Trimsaran RFC, near Kidwelly in Carmarthenshire, over the...
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FORMER TATA WORKER TURNED TO CRIME
A FORMER Tata Steel worker was running a cocaine and cannabis edibles supply operation, a court has heard. Darren Phillips was intercepted by police en route to a customer with thousand of pounds worth of cocaine in his car – though he claimed he was...
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DRIVER HAS CAR WINDOW SMASHED ‘BY COUNCIL’
A DRIVER is fuming after her car window was smashed by a council worker strimming pavements because she said officials denied responsibility even though it was caught on video. Kerry Shaddick-atherley, 52, found the window shattered with glass strewn...
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STALKER TOLD TO LEAVE EX ‘WELL ALONE’
A MAN harassed and stalked his former partner and her new boyfriend, a court has heard. Steve Price’s barrister said the defendant “recognises his failings in dealing with the breakdown of the relationship”. A judge at Swansea Crown Court told the...
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LIDO A NO-GO AFTER THEFT
THIEVES have forced Swansea Council to postpone the eagerly anticipated opening of the beloved Blackpill Lido this weekend for the summer season. Distinctive sprinklers that help cool visitors during warm weather have been stolen from the site. While...
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ROBBER IN CHILLING THREAT TO ‘SLICE THROATS’ OF JURORS
A MAN threatened to slice the throats of jurors who had just convicted him of robbery in a terrifying outburst from the dock. Ceri Gibson accompanied his verbal threats with a hand gesture which saw him drawing his hand across the front of his...
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THE MAN WITH 42 NAMES
A “THOROUGHLY dishonest man” with dozens of different names and dates of birth has gone into the witness box of a crown court to confirm his true identity. Anthony Maughan was due to be sentenced earlier in April for a spree of commercial burglaries...
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SHE MOWED DOWN HER FRIEND ‘AND LEFT HIM FOR DEAD’
A WOMAN deliberately knocked down a friend in an “uncontrollable surge of savage anger”, a court has heard. Louise Blackwell ploughed into her victim then left him for dead at the side of the road before setting about trying to cover her tracks by...
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WOMAN RAPED TWICE IN CAR BY FAKE UBER DRIVER
A SEXUAL predator pretended to be a taxi driver in order to entice a vulnerable young woman into his car before driving her to a secluded street and raping her, a court has heard. Abdul Shahid was cruising the streets in the dead of night looking for...
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£13K WATCH ‘SMUGGLED INTO JAIL’ FOR DRUG GANG BOSS
A DESIGNER watch worth around £13,000 was smuggled into prison for the head of an organised crime group who had been arrested and remanded into custody, a court has heard. Ryan Morgan was the boss of a gang which trafficked huge quantities of cocaine...
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Our baby was born with holes in her tiny heart
EMILY Bowen and her partner Mathew Mariani were overjoyed when their daughter Esme was born. Everything had gone to plan with the pregnancy and birth, but less than two weeks after welcoming their daughter to the world the couple from Hendy realised...
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WAITING GAME
THE Scarlets have issued a statement welcoming the opportunity to enter the PRA25 agreement and confirming that they aim to sign it “shortly”, following Wednesday’s announcement that the proposed takeover of Cardiff by Y11 Sports & Media has fallen...
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‘MAJOR WIN IN FIGHT TO SAVE OUR CLUB’
SWANSEA Council leader Rob Stewart has claimed the Ospreys’ future is secure beyond the end of the current decade – despite the Welsh Rugby Union once again reiterating their intention to cut the number of professional teams to three by 2028. Cllr...
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‘A SERIOUS RISK TO YOUNG GIRLS’
A MAN who raped vulnerable young girls has been sentenced to 23 years in prison. A judge at Swansea Crown Court praised the courage of Michael Allen’s victims in coming forward and giving evidence at trial, describing them as “impressive young...
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‘HIS GREATEST JOY WAS PLAYING RUGBY’
WALES captain Jac Morgan has announced the tragic death of his “cousin and best friend” Harri. Harri Morgan, who was also vicecaptain of Brynamman RFC’S first team, died suddenly last week, with the British & Irish Lions star saying he “meant the...
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PAIR SOLD DRUGS TO BUYERS ASKING FOR ‘CHINESE’
CUSTOMERS ordering cocaine from their dealers were using “Chinese” as a codeword for their takeaways, a court has heard. Jac Cadman and Jamie Cook were caught by police as they sat in a car on a Swansea street waiting to pick up a fresh delivery of...
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OSPREYS OWNER’S DEAL ‘ON VERGE OF COLLAPSE’
THE Ospreys owner’s deal to take over Cardiff is on the verge of falling through. Y11 Sports & Media seems unlikely to take over the capital city club in the latest sensational twist to the ongoing saga over the future of the professional game in...
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‘MORE TIME’ PLEA TO COMPLETE PIER WORK
THE owners of Mumbles Pier need more time to build two new pavilions and refurbish the former lifeboat house to create a pop-up restaurant. Swansea Council gave family-owned pier company Amusement Equipment Company Ltd planning permission for the...
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‘JAMIE WAS KIND, BRIGHT AND GENTLE’
A UNIVERSITY student from Swansea who was allegedly murdered by his housemate had his whole life ahead of him, his family said. Jamie Collins, 21, was found dead in the garden of a property in Filton, near Bristol, in the early hours of April 9. On...
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‘I’VE HAD A LOT OF SUPPORT FOR PLAN TO CUT CLUB’
ABI Tierney says she is confident of strong support from community clubs to press ahead with the proposed three-team plan, but she was unable to offer any fresh detail on how it would be delivered. The Welsh Rugby Union CEO believes a large proportion...
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‘PARASITE’ BROTHERS DROVE OAP TO BANK TO WITHDRAW THOUSANDS
A PAIR of “parasite” brothers conned a vulnerable woman into withdrawing thousands of pounds from her savings account, a court has heard. Danny and Jamie Price persuaded the pensioner that she owed them money for roofing work, before driving her to...
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