LLANELLI: Home-cooked meals for £2 from a freezer at the town’s old railway goods shed
It’s pay what you can, with meatballs, stews and lasagne cooked from scratch by volunteers. The freezer is open four days a week at Caffi’r Sied.
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MILK PRICE: Farmers paid 16% less in a year, and half of Welsh milk leaves Wales
The price dairy farmers get for their milk has dropped by 16.3% in a year, and nearly half of all Welsh milk is processed somewhere else. The farmers' union says…
ALLTWEN: Blue plaque for the Swansea Valley ironmaster America called ‘Papa’
He went to school in Alltwen, made his name at the Ynyscedwyn Ironworks, then took his iron-making breakthrough to Pennsylvania. Pupils at the village primary told his story before the…
PONTYATES: ‘What has changed since January?’ Politicians quiz health board over GP surgery merger
In January, Hywel Dda’s own panel wanted Meddygfa’r Sarn’s patients moved to other surgeries. Now it backs a merger with Kidwelly, and six local politicians want to know why.
CARMARTHENSHIRE: Your black bag day could change next month, even if you keep blue bags
Collection rounds are being redrawn across the whole county from Monday 2 November, not just for homes switching to the new sacks. Your letter this month has your new dates.
GROWTH CASH: Got a £500k idea? Under two weeks to bid, and there’s a catch
The region’s councils want big ideas that can grow the economy. Every project has to be finished by December 2028.
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DYFATTY: London dealer who bit a police officer by the Matthew Street flats jailed for 32 months
Abdullah Saed, 25, had come from Penge to the tower blocks on Matthew Street with a car holding cocaine, cannabis, cash and a phone, police say. Seven days earlier, police…
GLAIS: Family’s tribute to ‘heart of gold’ motorcyclist Wayne Bowron, 52, who died in A4067 crash
His family say he would do anything for anyone and loved the friends he made through motorcycling. Police want dashcam…
SWANS: Police investigate alleged racist abuse of Eom at Millwall
The game at the Den was stopped in the second half after a report of racist chanting towards the Swansea…
ALN FUNDING: Plaid and Labour strike £60m deal to revive the budget that fell in July
Labour asked for £100m this year and walked away from £40m. The number the two sides have settled on sits between them, and it brings back everything else that fell…
SWANSEA: Council housing officers could get powers to shut ‘cuckooed’ homes and bar troublemakers
Swansea Council adopted the powers in 2018 and its housing service never built them into day-to-day work. Cabinet is now…
OSPREYS AND SCARLETS: Minister says she can’t save a region as Senedd fails to agree a single word on Welsh rugby’s future
Swansea's £5.1m for St Helen's, Carmarthenshire's £2.4m Scarlets loan and £13.5m of Welsh Government money were all put on the…
GOWERTON: Roofer Jacob Lovell crowned the best in Wales and the Midlands
Lovell Roofing's boss came home from Wolverhampton with a trophy, a bottle of champagne and a date in London next month.
PORT TALBOT: Tata found guilty after two steelworkers breathed in gas at 18 times the safe limit
The pair stayed behind until every contractor was out, and now the steel giant faces a fine.
SWANSEA: Thinking of starting a business? The council could cover your first £2,000 of costs in full
It’s one of four grants now open, worth up to £50,000 to firms already trading. Most cover half the cost,…
SWANSEA: Three school friends turned a Princess Way corner shop into a nightclub. Next up, a coffee shop
Eighty people, shelves of noodles and soju, four hours of house and garage, and a waiting list. Now LibertySounds has booked its second unlikely venue.
SWANSEA: Brian Aldridge, Lilian and Jazzer bring The Archers to the arena for its 75th birthday
It's the only Welsh date on the tour, and the nights either side, in Exeter and Bath, have already sold…
COMEDY REVIEW: ‘A greatest hits album’ of characters, Harry Enfield and No Chums at Swansea Arena
Loadsamoney, Stavros, Kevin and Perry and a King Charles entrance: reviewer Jonathan Marshall finds the comedy legend's first solo show…
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