South Wales Evening Post

Lifeboat Call-Out for Crew

PORT Talbot lifeboat was called out to rescue a vessel in heavy rain on Tuesday night, which had suffered engine failure. The 21ft boat, named Marisa D Oats, needed help one and a half miles off Margam's Morfa beach, shortly before 5pm. Tide conditions meant the boat, which had one person on board, had to be towed for safety to Swansea Marina, which took ninety minutes.

Controversial Home Plan Moves Forward

A SWANSEA hotelier is a step closer to building a striking but controversial home overlooking Gower's Three Cliffs Bay. Swansea Council's southwest area planning committee recommended Martin Morgan's plans for a stone-clad, glass-fronted home at Penmaen were referred to the planning and petitions committee with recommendation for approval, subject to conditions.

Services Tackle Roads Clean-Up

A CLEAN-UP operation has been undertaken in Glais, where emergency services dealt with two major incidents in Graigola Road and Berkeley Close. In Graigola Road, a brick wall was brought down by the fast running water, which went into at least half a dozen gardens and some neighbouring homes.

Family's Flooding Nightmare

A DEVASTATED family of four arrived home to find their house flooded for the second time in eight months. The Nicholls family from Birchgrove had their world turned upside down when heavy rain caused flooding in November last year.

Pact Rescheduled

Alert Over Car Blaze

FIREFIGHTERS were called to the petrol station at the Tesco supermarket in Swansea Enterprise Zone yesterday tea-time. A spokesman for Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service said the fire was confined to the station's car vacuum cleaner.

Remember When

The following events occurred in living memory. Can you guess the year? ST John Ambulance personnel on parade at the Proclamation Ceremony of the National Eisteddfod in Ystradgynlais in 1953. 1 Nelson Mandela was sentenced to life imprisonment 2 Nash and Dixon won gold for Britain at the Winter Olympics 3 The budget increased the price of a pint of beer to 2s 1d 4 BBC2 went on the air Answer -- 1964 If you have a picture you would like featured on this page, send it to Coffee Break, Features ...

Police Launch Crackdown On 'Rogue Racers' [Edition 2]

GANGS of hundreds of car enthusiasts are gathering for late- night rallies and races at sites around Port Talbot. While the get-togethers themselves are not illegal, police are vowing to crackdown on a "rogue element" among the petrol heads who are racing and driving anti-socially.

Help Boost Rnli Funds

FUN, fancy dress rafts and crazy costumes will be on display for the annual raft race next month. The 26th raft race will take place at 11am on August 15.

Your Daily Stars

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Talk Online, Your Website, Your Views Www.Thisissouthwales.Co.Uk

REACTION to the news brewery giant SA Brain and Co is in talks to take on Swansea's Penthouse restaurant has split opinions of publicans in the city. Some have welcomed the established Welsh brewer, but others have said Brains is an odd fit for the restaurant at the top of the 350ft Meridian Tower. .That'll be great. One of the most prestigious locations in the city serving the finest pub grub that Brains has to offer. Don't get me wrong, there's nothing wrong with Brains pub grub in Brains p...

Awol Soldiers Damage Units ; Have Your Say

IN response to Alan Thompson's comments in Saturday's Post -- have you ever served in the military? To applaud a soldier who has decided to go absent without leave is absolutely crazy. AWOL has a damaging effect to a unit's morale and combat power. Did Mr Thompson stop to think that the rest of that soldier's platoon would then have had to do more patrols, more guard duties, not to mention the effect of not having his "boots on the ground" would have had? In my 14 years in the infantry, I hav...

Welsh Learning Down to Choice ; Have Your Say

AH LLOYD (Have Your Say, July 15) believes that children in Welsh state schools should continue to be forced to attend Welsh lessons, meaning that parents and children should continue to be denied freedom of choice. So while this is happening in Wales, schoolchildren in the rest of the UK are having the benefit of extra lessons in other, useful subjects such as English, Geography, History, Science, and more.

Facts Must Be Open to All Voters ; Have Your Say

I HAVE followed the excellent series of articles in the Evening Post discussing, debating and disclosing many factors about the politics, politicians and old policies which the WAG politicians tried to apply in Wales. Having failed to implement these policies with any degree of success, the Assembly Government has moved to kill off the grant- giving culture and instead invest in infrastructure. The buzz words for this new approach are the 'Economic Renewal Programme'.

Over the Rainbow Dave Condon [...]

Warning to Bikers [Edition 3]

NUISANCE off-road motorcyclists plaguing residents in Townhill and Mayhill have been handed warnings by neighbourhood officers. On July 12, PCSO Claire Doyle attended a call at Gors Playing Fields after CCTV operators reported youths on scrambler bikes.

Crews Tackle Chip Pan Fire

Health Tips for Families

LLANELLI children and parents are being invited to take part in a Fit Families event to kick start the summer holidays. Organised by Bigyn 4 Communities First, the event is a fun, free, and informative afternoon to encourage families to learn about healthy eating and healthy lifestyles.

Agony of Bite Victim Sparks Snakes Alert

A MAN left struggling to breathe after being bitten by a snake has warned other Gower beachlovers to be on their guard. Ian Williams had been pottering around the area of his caravan plot, at Highfields Holiday Park, in Port Eynon, when he felt he had a bite near his ankle.

Dame Vera Show Plea

A CHARITY show is planned in tribute to Dame Vera Lynn. The event will take place at the Towers Hotel in Jersey Marine on Wednesday, September 29.