Swansea NHS Trust chief executive David Williams has praised the South Wales Evening Post and its readers for the success of the paper’s cancer appeal and fund. The Evening Post Cancer Appeal, which closed on March 31, raised £725,869 in
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A £10,000 boost has taken a newspaper’s cancer appeal to more than £58,000. Swansea health chiefs are delighted with the progress of the South Wales Evening Post Cancer Fund, which will buy care equipment and pay for services in the
Health minister turns his back on 90,000-name Evening Post petition
Claims that accepting petition might suggest a lack of impartiality are dismissed as “nonsense”
Post's Health Warning fight wins support of 40,000
Readers make their feelings clear as campaign to save hospital services gathers pace
Press snappers target lazy parents
Lazy parents in Swansea who park their cars on yellow lines outside schools when they drop off or collect their children had a shock when they found South Wales Evening Post photographers on the scene. The Swansea-based daily’s blitz on
Paper accused of 'moral blackmail' in campaign
The South Wales Evening Post has come under attack for lobbying Swansea’s health watchdogs over the future of key medical services. Post editor Spencer Feeney stands accused by the Board of Community Health Councils in Wales of subjecting its members
Praise for Post's £1m fund as cancer centre opens
South Wales Evening Post readers have been praised by Welsh first minister Rhodri Morgan for raising more than £1m for the new South West Wales Cancer Centre. The paper more than doubled its original target to help fund the £12m
Who killed Phil? Post steps in to help solve murder mystery
The South Wales Evening Post has stepped in to offer its support to the investigation into the death of a well-known local tramp. The body of Neath man Phillip Jones – known locally as Phil the Tramp – was found
£1m success doubles original target
The South Wales Evening Post’s Cancer Appeal has hit the magic £1m figure. That’s double the target when the appeal was launched as a project for the millennium five years ago. When the Post’s appeal was launched in September 1998
Evening Post leads plea for safer marina
More than 6,000 people have signed a petition in the South Wales Evening Post calling for improved safety measures around Swansea Marina. The paper made its move following the death of a 21-year-old legal executive, who fell into the River
Sorted! Post's pressure on the council pays off
The South Wales Evening Post has triggered relief and celebration in Swansea by embarrassing the local council into a promise to finally repair 20,000 treacherous potholes. The Evening Post’s Get it Sorted campaign was launched in July 2001 to address
New Harry memorial is thanks to the Post
Swansea-born entertainer Harry Secombe is to have a memorial plaque in his home city thanks to the South Wales Evening Post. Sir Harry died two years ago and there has been a public outcry in Swansea over the lack of
Fireworks plea wins "overwhelming" response
The South Wales Evening Post says it has been “overwhelmed” by the response from readers to its campaign against the misuse of fireworks. The Post has collected 5,500 signatures on a petition that will be presented to the Prime Minister.
Health minister summons reporter for "exclusive"
Reporter Susan Bailey was summoned to the health minister’s office at short notice expecting a ‘holding story’ for her paper’s campaign on children’s health services. But she was welcomed by a beaming minister ready to give her a front page
Editor hands over record petition
The editor of the South Wales Evening Post has handed over a petition containing more than 103,000 signatures to the Welsh Assembly. The Kids Come First petition aims to persuade health minister Jane Hutt, and chief executive of Dyfed Powys
Minister snubs Evening Post fight
Welsh Assembly health minister Jane Hutt has snubbed the South Wales Evening Post’s campaign objecting to plans to move a children’s neurosurgery unit from Swansea to Cardiff. As part of the paper’s campaign readers have been sending in vouchers printed