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Llanelli exhibition ‘shares a moment in time’  A FREE digital storytelling and photographic exhibition is taking place in Llanelli. Carmarthenshire Voices celebrates the older people in...

Police and Crime Panel this Friday   THE next meeting of the Dyfed Powys Police and Crime Panel will take place in Carmarthen this Friday (July...

Brass Band Hits All The Right Notes Last Saturday (July 21) saw an afternoon with a difference as brass bands from various parts of Wales...

Summer Reading Challenge 2018   The popular Summer Reading Challenge begins on Wednesday 25th July 2018 inNeath, Cwmafan, Pontardawe, Glynneath, Sandfields and Port Talbot libraries.   Last year...

Llanelli Coast Junior Park Run celebrate birthday   AFTER a hugely successful 12 months, a Llanelli running event is about to celebrate its first birthday. Set...

Jenkins Bakery raising money for Cancer Research UK by Robert Lloyd   Staff at Jenkins Bakery shops in Llanelli and the rest of South West Wales are dressing...

Man Looked Directly At Police As He Sped Past Them A Cross Hands man appeared at Llanelli Law Courts (July 19) accused of drink driving....

Heritage construction project launches   A PROJECT which aims to strengthen the heritage sector in Wales will be launched at the Royal Welsh Show on Tuesday,...

An online survey has been opened to gauge support for the possibility of re-opening Brynaman's historic outdoor swimming pool. The Lido was built by local...

Reply-To: john.mct@ ”Retiming of the T2 bus service to arrive at 6.50 pm was done for no reason at all” Madam, The 5th July edition featured a...

Terry Davies: Tyisha Ward and Plaid Cymru. Tyisha Community Engagement Programme is being rolled out in the Tyisha Ward By Carmarthenshire County Council. PLANNING FOR...

Party celebrates new Penlan Community Garden Action for Children’s Swansea SAIL project in partnership with Mums with Passion, Penlan Methodist Church, Interplay, Step by Step...

Man Drove Intoxicated After Argument With Girlfriend A local man appeared at Llanelli Law Courts today (July 19) accused of driving his Fiat Punto at...

Man Stole Meat To Fund Illicit Drug Habit A Burry Port man appeared at Llanelli Law Court today (July 19) via video link from HMP...

Man Accused of Affray And Possession Of Steel Extendable Baton In A Public Place A Burry Port man appeared in Llanelli Law Courts today (July...

LAUNCH AT PARC Y SCARLETS - JULY 17 2018, 6.30pm   Opening remarks by Chair Mary Roll:        Ladies and gentlemen, let me share with...

HUNDREDS of Carmarthenshire pupils will soon be learning about the £1.3 billion Swansea Bay City Deal.   From September, the City Deal will feature as part...

Actif Holiday Club returns for summer holidays   CARMARTHENSHIRE County Council’s Actif Holiday Clubs are returning for the school summer holidays and parents are being encouraged...

Childcare providers who service the area of Neath Port Talbot are set to benefit from a new Welsh Government childcare scheme.   The scheme, known as...

NSPCC Cymru concern over children left home alone during summer holidays  Last August 849 children were referred by the NSPCC Helpline to social...

Cwmamman United Get New Stand-The Paul's Pledge Stand The game itself was always going to be secondary to the message being delivered from the naming...

Party to celebrate new Penlan Community Garden   Action for Children’s Swansea SAIL project in partnership with Mums with Passion, Penlan Methodist Church, Interplay, Step by...

HSBC FUNDS COUPLE'S DREAM TO BUY FIRST HOLIDAY PARK IN PEMBROKESHIRE   A West Wales couple have secured a six-figure finance package from HSBC to fulfil...

Indecent Assault Case Sent Straight To Crown Court A Burry Port man appeared at Llanelli Law Courts (July 12) accused of three indecent assault...

Crafty Seniors Community Project ‘Under The Sea’ During this term pupils of Ysgol Gymraeg Brynsierfel have been busily collecting recycling items for a special project,...

Tuesday 17 July 2018 at Parc Y Scarlets, Phil Bennett Lounge.   PROGRAMME   2.30 p.m.                       Opening by Cllr. Sian M. Caiach, Chairman, Llanelli Rural Council Mr David Darkin, Llanelli...

Free summer reading challenge   CHILDREN are being urged to take part in this year’s free Summer Reading Challenge. This year’s challenge, which launched on Saturday, July...

The shocking headline ‘You are looking at the person responsible for your own health and safety’ next to a mirror which reflects your own...

AMBASSADOR’S VISIT CELEBRATES GROWING LINKS WITH VIETNAM   Swansea University has been sharing some of its most innovative projects with the Vietnamese Ambassador to the UK...

Council to continue talking to Pantteg residents over best way forward Now Neath Port Talbot Council’s decision to evacuate people from their landslip threatened homes...

Road users are being advised of planned work to improve the road surface of the Neath Port Talbot stretch of the A483 Fabian Way.   Essential...

It’s going to be legendary         Tall tales, ancient legends, fables, fairy stories myths and mysteries - they are all part of   the National Botanic...

CARMARTHENSHIRE County Council’s recycling advisors are holding an action day to raise awareness and educate residents about the littering challenges we are facing in...

Schools try out Pembrey’s closed road cycle circuit   LOCAL school children have been the first to try out the new Closed Road Cycling Circuit at...

The Chairman welcomed Mr Ken Jones, Chair, Mr Mansell Bennett, Vice Chair and Mr Sam Dentten, Acting Chief Officer, Hywel Dda Community Health Council...

The Welsh Government is set to be dragged into a dispute over the City Deal and Ammanford Grant Funding, as the dispute between the...

Onecom has signed a UK partnership agreement with Sony Mobile Communications to sell, support and develop its Internet of Things (IoT) products and services. The...

EMBARGO: THURSDAY, JULY 12   Melin Consultants working to encourage construction industry’s young professionals   The team from Llanelli-based Melin Consultants are playing a key role in a...

Carmarthen Wetlands & Gateway project to be unveiled   An ambitious scheme could soon get underway to improve the western gateway to Carmarthen. Carmarthenshire County Council...

Temporary barbecue ban at Pembrey Country Park   RANGERS at Pembrey Country Park are enforcing a temporary ban on barbecues, camping stoves and camp fires to...

Man carried lock knife to deter people from picking on him A local man appeared at Llanelli Law Courts today (July 12) accused of possession...

A free, public event to present and launch the Forum will take place on:   Tuesday 17 July 2018 at Parc Y Scarlets, Phil Bennett Lounge.   FFORWM...

Carmarthenshire Council has taken a number of suffering dogs from the hands of a breeder this week. As temperatures soared across Wales, animal health officers...

A FORMER Chairman of Carmarthenshire County Council has been granted the Honorary Freedom of Carmarthenshire on his 100th birthday. David Tom Davies OBE, known as...

ELUNED MORGAN SETS UP “ONE-STOP, POP UP” ADVICE SHOP IN PENPARCAU   PENPARCAU COMMUNITY HUB BE BUSTLING ON FRIDAY MORNING (13TH JULY), AS ASSEMBLY MEMBER ELUNED...

Following a meeting with Tidal Lagoon Power, the company behind the Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon, Green Party of England and Wales deputy leader Amelia...

THE new Ysgol Parc y Tywyn in Burry Port has opened its doors to pupils for the first time. Current pupils moved into their new...

  Trimsaran Community Primary School is the latest school to be delivered through Carmarthenshire County Council’s Modernising Education Programme. The £6.8 million new building opened its...

Hefty bill for fly tipper   Fly tipping at a service station in Llanelli has cost one man nearly £1,200. Rennie Price was ordered to pay the...

  A Llanelli school has made nearly £600 in a day of trading in the town’s outdoor market. Ysgol Brynsierfel pocketed the money after battling it...