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
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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
Petition supporters 'could fill Millennium Stadium'
The number of people who have signed a petition to retain important children’s health facilities in Swansea has reached 72,500 – enough to fill the Millennium Stadium. The total has jumped to more than 75,000 this week but the South
Politicians back Evening Post objection
More than 5,000 people have joined a campaign launched by the South Wales Evening Post objecting to plans to move a neurosurgery unit from Swansea to Cardiff. Readers have registered their objection by sending in vouchers printed in the Post
Politicians back Evening Post objection
More than 5,000 people have joined a campaign launched by the South Wales Evening Post objecting to plans to move a neurosurgery unit from Swansea to Cardiff. Readers have registered their objection by sending in vouchers printed in the Post
Papers give £2,000 to encourage readers
An appeal to raise £100,000 for victims of the Welsh steelworks blast in November is expected to meet its target by the end of March. The South Wales Evening Post and Port Talbot Courier appeal has been boosted with the
Holey row gets sorted
The South Wales Evening Post has reported a good response to its campaign to eliminate potholes from the roads. The Get It Sorted campaign was launched in an attempt to allow local residents to get the voices heard. Since the
Readers give generously to cancer fund
The on-going battle to beat cancer is being boosted by money from readers of the South Wales Evening Post. The paper originally set up a campaign to raise £600,000 for a new chemotherapy unit at Singleton Hospital in Swansea. Generous
Drinkers asked to donate
The Cancer Fund, run by the South Wales Evening Post, has had its total boosted by a donation by one of the areas veteran fundraisers. Margaret Thrush, (59), has raised more than £100,000 over the years for different charities since
I told Dylan Thomas to stop writing
The gardening writer at the South Wales Evening Post is happy to boast that he told a young Dylan Thomas to stop writing. They worked together at the Swansea paper in the 1930s. Dylan Thomas was a copy boy and
Celebrating our 40,000th edition
The South Wales Evening Post has celebrated its 40,000th edition. The paper has been taking a look back at some of the major news events covered on its pages – and, below, the history of the 142-year-old publication. The history
New book reflects on Swansea
A new book looking back at the history of Swansea has been compiled by South Wales Evening Post journalist David Roberts. Reflections of Swansea is the fourth in a successful series covering life in the city in the past 120
Downward trend continues for regional newspapers
Update on the latest ABC circulation figures
Northcliffe 'continuing to perform well'
Trading update shows circulation and advertising revenues are ahead of last year
Increased sales for half of all regional press titles
The regional press now sells and distributes 70m newspapers every week, to an audience of around 40m people, according to the latest ABC figures. Almost half (48 per cent) of all regional newspapers under ABC membership have increased sales between