wales Family News (United Kingdom)

Little one’s in Swansea are being offered the chance to try out some gymnastics at Morriston Leisure Centre to help them with co-ordination, balance and physical contact.

Best dressed float and best walking procession winners are announced for the at the 2010 Swansea Christmas Parade

Thousands of people in Swansea started the Christmas celebrations in Swansea by visiting Waterfront Winterland during the opening weekend.

The countdown to Christmas has begun and Swansea’s favourite annual attraction, Waterfront Winterland returns to Museum Park on Friday 19 November from 5pm.

A number of Swansea roads will be closed during this year's Christmas Parade

TEMPERATURES have dipped over the weekend and Swansea will be getting a whole lot icier over the next few days.

Swansea community groups will be showing off their designs at this year's Christmas Parade

The annual Swansea Christmas Parade and lights switch on returns on 21 November with a new route

Sparks in the Dark postponed until Tuesday

Swansea youngsters are urged to be safe this fireworks night

The Kennel Club welcomes the Welsh Assembly’s new proposals that aim to crack down on puppy farmers but warns, in the face of budget cuts it should not expend resources over-regulating responsible breeders.

Dreaming of a Green Ethical Christmas? Come celebrate at CAT

Children and parents will get a real fright this half term as the Glynn Vivian gets into the Halloween spirit with free art and craft workshops.

A new ride will be added to the entertainment when Waterfront Winterland returns to the grounds of the National Waterfront Museum from 19 November to 9 January.

Swansea's annual fireworks display returns to St Helen's Rugby Ground on Friday 5 November

It will be jingle all the way this Christmas as Waterfront Winterland returns to Swansea for its fifth consecutive year.

Plantasia, the tropical hothouse in Parc Tawe, Swansea, will be opening its doors at night for the very first time as it gets ready for a Spooky Halloween this October.

Waterfront Winterland’s Giant Wheel is already the largest touring attraction of its kind in the UK standing at 44m.

We are Wales' biggest award winning baby show and are very excited to be returning to Cardiff again after a very successful show held here last year

Swansea will reverberate with rhythms and beats from all corners of the globe when World Party Weekend returns to the city centre over this Bank Holiday weekend.

The Road Ahead Exhibition is now open and on display at Swansea Museum and will remain open until January 2011.

Swansea is set for a veritable cultural feast of live music, dance and culinary delights when World Party Weekend returns to Museum Park in front of the National Waterfront Museum on August 28 and 29.

Celebrate Swansea's links to the sea with this free nautical-themed weekend festival packed full of sea and land-based activities and entertainment.

Wales’ largest Festival of its kind, the Swansea Festival of Music and the Arts, takes place this year between 7 and 17 October.

The Dylan Thomas Centre’s programme of summer Saturday Lunchtime Theatre begins on Saturday, 24 July at 1pm, when Fluellen Theatre Company presents One State of Happiness .

The Classic motorcycle show at Dylan Thomas Square proved extremely popular on Sunday 27 June. The next Classic motorcyle show will be held at Swansea Museum's Collections Centre at Landore Park and Ride on Sunday 26 September.

Theatre goers who attended the first of this summer’s Outdoor Theatre events, not only enjoyed the good weather, but the performance was hailed as a great success too.

Brynmill Park Fun Day features a variety of stalls and free entertainment for all ages

The annual Clyne in Bloom festival returns to Clyne Gardens, Swansea.

Visitors to Swansea promenade are in for a treat this summer with the introduction of a new free discount voucher booklet.

The recent West Glamorgan Dolls House Club exhibition at Swansea Museum continued its excellent record of fund raising for very worthy causes.

A Swansea Art Gallery is appealing to the local community this week by organising a series of free events and activities for the half term holidays.

Ablity Answers completes rebrand and launches new website

Staff at West Glamorgan Archives service have helped a Neath resident to unearth her family history.

Plantasia in Swansea is closing between 4 and 18 January 2010 for essential maintenance.

Fortune 500 Company Leggett & Platt (www.lpadjustables.eu), the World’s largest manufacturer of adjustable beds, is set to unveil its new Prodigy™ Adjustable bed at the interiors show 2010, Birmingham NEC (Hall 5 Stand E1).

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PEOPLE across Swansea will be able to get into the festive mood this weekend as two of the best loved events take place in the city.

MORE than 1,000 people each month are now visiting the Swansea-based West Glamorgan Archive service.

‘Sparks in the Dark’ will light up Swansea Bay with spectacular fireworks on the 5 November at St Helen’s Ground.

A SWANSEA Mum is doing her bit for a cause close to her heart.

The Swansea Bay Rider land train is all set to stop at the former Mumbles Railway ticket office.

Swansea Museums Classic Motorcycle Show thundered on last Sunday, despite the real thunder and torrential rain that accompanied it.

Two new air displays have been confirmed at the Wales National Airshow in Swansea Bay on July 11 and 12. The City and County of Swansea confirmed that the RAF King Air and Team Osprey are the new additions to the packed programme.

This summer visitors to Swansea can enjoy a whole host of outdoor attractions along Swansea Prom from the boating lake at Singleton Park to Southend Gardens in Mumbles..

The Swansea Museum floating exhibit pontoon in Swansea Marina will be playing host to the Royal Navy ship HMS Exploit this Bank Holiday. The ship is usually berthed in Penarth, but is visiting Swansea over the weekend.

OVER 6,000 visits were recorded last month alone on the new-look Swansea Bay Summer Festival website, according to figures just released. Statistics show 6,273 visits were recorded in April- and that's over 2,000 more than the same month last year.

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The theme of ‘Changing Swansea’ is to be explored in a free screen printing with stencils workshop at the Glynn Vivian Art Gallery.

Celebrate being Welsh this St David's week in Swansea - there are great activities and events going on, from Dragon Parades to crafts and storytimes.