A Welsh village in Neath Port Talbot, served by Skewen railway station and home to its rugby club.
The Total Eclipse of the Heart singer, Gaynor Hopkins, dies at age 75 in a Portuguese hospital. Tributes flow from peers; a funeral plan centers on a public procession through Swansea and Skewen, with a memorial at Swansea Minster. Family donations will support Noah’s Ark Wales and Cerebral Palsy Cymru. A celebration of life is scheduled for 17 August; the star’s coffin is to travel from Faro to her home before public tributes.
The Welsh pop icon Bonnie Tyler has died aged 75 in Portugal. A funeral service is held at Swansea Minster with a private cortege through her hometown of Skewen, following public tributes in Mumbles. Family and friends celebrate her life, reflecting on a career that produced Total Eclipse of the Heart and Holding Out For A Hero.