Lucy’s Best Bites café in Gorseinon, Swansea, was destroyed by a fire in the early hours of 23 March, leaving its owners devastated and their business unable to operate. The loss matters because the café was both the couple’s livelihood and a community-focused business they had built around their shared passion for food.

Police first noticed smoke coming from the High Street premises at about 1.45am, and the owner was alerted at 2.10am. Owner Lucy Sharp, who ran the café with partner Mark Williams, said nothing could be salvaged after the blaze; the cause was not confirmed in the report.