Made news as a Welsh centre (7)
I believe the answer is:
swansea
'welsh centre' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both locations as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'made news as a' is the wordplay.
'made' indicates anagramming the letters.
'news'+'as'='newsas'
'newsas' anagrammed gives 'swanse'.
'swanse'+'a'='SWANSEA'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for swansea that I've seen before include "South Wales city" , "Home of the DVLA" , "Welsh port" , "Ecstasy, a win! (anag)" , "Second city of Wales" .)