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Swansea City; 2024–25 season; Owner: Swansea City Football 2002 Ltd: Chairman: Andy Coleman: Head Coach: Luke Williams (until 17 February) [1] Alan Sheehan (interim) Stadium: Swansea.com Stadium: EFL Cup: Second Round: Top goalscorer: League: Liam Cullen (9) All: Liam Cullen (10) Highest home attendance: 20,174 (Vs Cardiff City 25 August 2024 ...
1 January – Social services in Wales have estimated they face a £646m shortfall over the next three years as a result of Welsh Government budget cuts. [7]2 January – Provisional data released by the Met Office indicates 2023 was the second warmest year on record in the UK behind 2022, with Wales and Northern Ireland experiencing their warmest year on record during 2023.
Swansea County Borough Council was the local authority from 1889 until 1974. It gained city status in 1969, allowing the council to call itself Swansea City Council. In 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, Swansea became a lower-tier district council, with the new West Glamorgan County Council providing county-level
The Environment Centre was formed by the Swansea Environmental Forum (SEF) in May 1994 [5] [12] with the City Council of Swansea, the Countryside Council for Wales and the Prince of Wales Committee participating. [13] The SEF itself is now based in the Environment Centre. [14] In 1995 the Prince of Wales opened the building.
A community council may call itself a "town council" if it so wishes. The councils of three communities with city status – Bangor, St Asaph, and St Davids – are known as "city councils". Communities which are too small to have a council may have a community meeting instead: an example of direct democracy. The communities in the urban areas ...
The ward is bounded by the Sketty ward to the west, Townhill to the north, Castle and Waterfront to the east and the sea (Swansea Bay) to the south. For electoral purposes Uplands is divided into the polling districts of: WU Uplands North, WV Glanmor, WW Ffynone, WX St. Helens, WY Brynmill and WZ Uplands South.
Pre-2022 electoral ward map of Swansea. Prior to a 2021 ward boundary review, the city was divided into 36 electoral wards. Most of these wards were coterminous with communities (parishes) of the same name. Each community can have an elected council. The following table lists pre-2022 council wards, communities and associated geographical areas.
The new Swansea district was created on 1 April 1974 and covered the area of the former county borough of Swansea and the Gower Rural District, from the administrative county of Glamorgan. The new district inherited the city status of the former county borough and so was styled as the "City of Swansea", and was governed by Swansea City Council ...