Wales

Good news from Wales, linked to the publishers who reported it.

Good news from Welsh papers and news sites, and from the universities, health boards, voluntary sector and Wildlife Trusts of Wales.

Sunday 18 October 2026

Community

LLANELLI: Home-cooked meals for £2 from a freezer at the town’s old railway goods shed

Swansea Bay News 12:00

Saturday 17 October 2026

Health

LLANELLI: Young people can now walk in off the street for mental health support at a new café

Swansea Bay News 18:00

Community

SWANSEA: New city centre garden opens in memory of the council officer behind the arena

Swansea Bay News 16:00

Friday 16 October 2026

Community

Green light for new waste depot to ‘transform’ Caerphilly County Borough’s recycling rates

Caerphilly Observer 17:39

Health

LLANELLI: 29,000 blood test patients since June as Canolfan Pentre Awel turns one

Swansea Bay News 17:30

Community

Caerphilly insurance firm Thomas Carroll named regional broker of the year

Caerphilly Observer 10:38

Community

Welsh Charity Awards 2026 Winners revealed!

WCVA 00:26

Wednesday 14 October 2026

Nature

Primary school pupils win international green award for deforestation-free school meal

Caerphilly Observer 14:44

Tuesday 13 October 2026

Health

Borough trio among finalists at this year’s Wales Care Awards

Caerphilly Observer 12:15

Saturday 10 October 2026

Health

Conversations over cuppas in the shed help boost men's mental health

Swansea Bay University Health Board 08:00

Thursday 8 October 2026

Health

Student nurse runs Cardiff Half Marathon one year after open-heart surgery

Caerphilly Observer 13:28

Wednesday 7 October 2026

Community

Wales wheelchair rugby league team hits £10,000 world cup target

Caerphilly Observer 11:09

Tuesday 6 October 2026

Health

Flu jab prevented more than 800 hospital admissions last year, Public Health Wales says

Caerphilly Observer 13:40

Community

Swansea historians publish new book on global debates over monuments and memory

Swansea University 12:40

Friday 2 October 2026

Community

‘Outstanding’ community praised for supporting fire victims

Caerphilly Observer 15:38

Community

Fashion students reimagine old unusable school uniforms

Caerphilly Observer 13:51

Community

Meningitis survivor, 7, wins BBC Young Hero award after raising thousands

Caerphilly Observer 12:01

Thursday 1 October 2026

Health

Flu vaccine prevented over 800 hospital admissions in Wales last winter

Public Health Wales 00:01

Wednesday 30 September 2026

Community

Voluntary sector outstanding achievement award announced

WCVA 12:55

Monday 28 September 2026

Nature

Cardigan Bay Marine Wildlife Centre celebrates its 30th anniversary

Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales 13:00

Wednesday 23 September 2026

Community

Swansea University expert helps create new book exploring children’s participation in early education

Swansea University 12:14

Tuesday 22 September 2026

Health

More than 3,000 fewer young people in Wales reporting regular vaping, data shows

Public Health Wales 00:01

Monday 14 September 2026

Health

Swansea University expert co-authors new suicide prevention toolkit for sport

Swansea University 14:18

Saturday 12 September 2026

Community

Swansea ranked 25th in Guardian University Guide 2027

Swansea University 06:55

Wednesday 9 September 2026

Community

“University is nothing to be scared of” – local young people graduate from Step Up programme designed to widen access to university

Swansea University 14:46

Health

New guide helps organisations tackle digital exclusion

Public Health Wales 09:00

Tuesday 8 September 2026

Science

New book offers groundbreaking map of online violent extremism – from radicalisation algorithms to generative AI

Swansea University 15:36

Community

Swansea University project uses vintage computers to build digital confidence

Swansea University 14:00

Friday 4 September 2026

Science

Swansea academic named Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences

Swansea University 12:00

Tuesday 1 September 2026

Health

RSV vaccine offer extended to higher-risk adults aged 65–74

Public Health Wales 00:01

Tuesday 18 August 2026

Community

£350k funding to help highlight University’s unique cultural collections

Swansea University 15:33

Friday 7 August 2026

Science

Professor Siwan Davies awarded National Eisteddfod's Science and Technology Medal

Swansea University 10:15

Monday 3 August 2026

Nature

Island custodians: Wildlife Trust takes new island, Middleholm, into their care

Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales 13:00

Science

Researcher’s work to improve neuroinclusive design in Wales boosted by Livery Company award

Swansea University 07:00

Saturday 1 August 2026

Nature

Police, camera, osprey!

North Wales Wildlife Trust 13:00