Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs) are at the very heart of our communities. They tend to work with local people at a grassroots level with a remit to support operational policing. Their very presence in the neighbourhoods provides reassurance to members of the public and the communities at large. South Wales Police (SWP) have recently announced [...]

Chief Superintendent Mark Mathias, the Divisional Police Commander for Swansea and Neath Port Talbot has been awarded the Queen’s Police Medal in the New Years Honours List 2012. Mark Mathias started life in South Wales Police in 1980 as a Police Cadet enrolling to become a full Constable, working in the Swansea area, in 1982. [...]

Stephen Lawrence’s killers, who were yesterday convicted of the racist murder, have been given life sentences. The pair will now serve a minimum of 15 and 14 years respectively. Constrained by laws in this matter, Mr Justice Treacy, in announcing his judgement, clarified that he would have considered higher minimum sentences because of the nature [...]

The most well known racist murder of the last Century has finally seen closure for the family of  Stephen Lawrence, a black teenager, who was stabbed to death in 1993. There then followed a number of Police bungles which allowed the killers to remain free for the past 18 years. Stephen Lawrence’s parents, Doreen and [...]

  Swansea Bay REC wishes to convey its warmest wishes to everyone in society for a fun, happy, healthy and most of all full of fairness  next 12 months to come. We pray that 2012 is a peaceful year which continues to create a cohesive society around us all.

At a Leeds Employment Tribunal, history has been made. A medical Consultant who was proved to have suffered sex and race discrimination has been awarded compensation in the region of £4.5million. It is believed to be the largest sum awarded in a discrimination case in the UK. Dr Eva Michalak, an obstetrician of Polish origins, [...]

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams has spoken of his appreciation for an immigrant who helped save his life when the Archbishop was young. Speaking on a BBC programme, Dr Williams spoke about when he was daignosed with a rare form of meningitis when he lived in Ystradgynlais in 1952. He was then treated [...]

The Leader of Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council, Cllr Ally Thomas and Cllr Mary Jones of City and County of Swansea received framed pictures depicting the Swansea Bay area to thank them for the respective Council’s support for the Swansea Bay REC (SBREC) over the last year. These pictures were part of the photographic [...]

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has today released it’s estimates of UK population growth for the next 25 years. They quote the following salient points: The UK population is projected to increase by 4.9 million from an estimated 62.3 million in 2010 to 67.2 million over the ten year period to 2020 Projected natural increase (more [...]

It is with sadness that we inform you of the sudden passing away of Mr Shahnoor Ali, a well known local person who was involved in many worthwhile causes in the Swansea area. Shahnoor Ali was one of the founding members of the predecessor of Swansea Bay REC, the West Glamorgan Community Relations Council. Indeed [...]