Ammanford

Owain Wyn Evans laughing in headphones at a BBC Radio 2 microphone, wearing a black Children in Need T-shirt, with a large Pudsey bear behind him
Ammanford

AMMANFORD: Owain Wyn Evans admits ‘wobbles’ 19 days before his 400-mile Children in Need ride

The Radio 2 presenter told Sara Cox he has been doing everything Professor Greg Whyte tells him, but 400 miles…

South Wales Police custody photos of Andrew Flipping, left, with a shaved head, beard and neck tattoos, and Paul Martin, right, with short greying hair
Ammanford

HAFOD: Two men jailed for more than 12 years between them after a heroin and crack deal in a parked car

He got out of the car with two ounces of heroin and two of crack cocaine. He didn’t get far.

Dyfed-Powys Police custody photograph of Ian Stanton, a man with short spiky fair hair and grey stubble
Ammanford

AMMANFORD: Cocaine dealer jailed after police raid finds £5,500 cash in boxes and bags

Officers forced their way in and found white powder, scales and cash split between boxes and bags. The dealer wasn't…

Ben and Rachel Davies sitting on blue sofas in front of a wall of LBS Group brand logos including Talbot Timber, Total Plumbing and LBS Renewables
Ammanford

AMMANFORD: The builders’ merchant that started as a Llandeilo sawmill in 1931 posts £92m sales, a 30% profit rise and a national award

LBS Group, still run by the fourth generation of the Davies family, says it grew sales and profits in 2025…

Owain Wyn Evans, smiling in a yellow Children in Need T-shirt, holding a large Pudsey Bear against an orange background
Ammanford

AMMANFORD: Owain Wyn Evans swaps the drumsticks for a bike on a 400-mile Children in Need ride

The Ammanford-raised Radio 2 presenter will cycle nearly 400 miles through all four UK nations in five days this November,…

Two coaches and college minibuses parked in front of the long low Coleg Sir Gâr building in Ammanford, with cars in the car park and a stone wall by the road
Carmarthenshire Council

SCHOOL BUS SHAKE-UP: Catchment-only free transport signed off for 2027

Carmarthenshire's cabinet has approved the policy ending free transport to your nearest school where it isn't your catchment school, taking…

Two coaches and college minibuses parked in front of the long low Coleg Sir Gâr building in Ammanford, with cars in the car park and a stone wall by the road
Carmarthenshire Council

SCHOOL BUS SHAKE-UP: Nearest school? Not any more. Carmarthenshire to scrap free transport to anywhere but your catchment school

Hundreds of Carmarthenshire families would lose the free bus to their nearest school from 2027, and Amman Valley sixth-formers would…

Custody image of Jordan Richards with the Dyfed-Powys Police watermark
Ammanford

AMMANFORD: Child rapist jailed for 21 years as survivor says ‘we are not victims, we are survivors’

Jordan Richards admitted 36 sexual offences against the same child, committed in the Ammanford area between 2012 and 2016, after…

A three-panel montage of First Cymru bus drivers Paul Wakeman, Aaron Wells and Simon Rogers in their uniforms
Bus Driver of the Year

BUS DRIVER OF THE YEAR: Three First Cymru drivers steering for national title in Blackpool

Paul Wakeman and Aaron Wells from First Cymru's Tycroes depot, and Simon Rogers from Swansea, will compete against 106 finalists…

Cllr Peter Cooper, wearing a navy jacket and checked shirt, standing in front of playing fields under a blue sky
Ammanford

CARMARTHENSHIRE: Saron councillor Peter Cooper dies, remembered as a “dedicated public servant”

The Labour councillor for Saron served his corner of Carmarthenshire for more than two decades: in the council chamber, on…

Lloyd Henry seated in a school food technology classroom, wearing a grey apron and bow tie
Awel Aman Tawe

AMMAN VALLEY: Free ten-week cooking course launches at former Cwmgors school

Sosban Fawr begins at Hwb y Gors in September, teaching healthy and affordable cooking in Welsh and English, with community…