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Emma Reardon, a woman with red-streaked grey hair and glasses, sits on steps outdoors with her hand resting on her Red Fox Labrador Jeff, who is wearing a blue Support Dog vest and looking directly at the camera.

CARMARTHEN: ‘Having Jeff means people recognise I might need help’ — how a Red Fox Labrador gave a mum her life back after long Covid and heart failure

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Shoe Zone store on Stepney Street in Llanelli (Image: Shoe Zone)

RETAIL: Shoe Zone is closing stores across the UK — here’s what it means for shops in Llanelli, Neath, Swansea, Carmarthen and Port Talbot

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Free energy advice events are coming to Llanelli, Carmarthen and Ammanford this month — as bills set to rise 20% in July, wiping out April's £150 reduction.

ENERGY BILLS: New data shows 40% of people are afraid to get help after energy bills more than double — as Iran conflict threatens to push costs even higher

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Six newly elected Members of the Senedd stand on stage at the Sir Gaerfyrddin count, with Plaid Cymru's Cefin Campbell standing at a wooden podium delivering remarks and Reform UK's Gareth Beer standing behind him. Lined up to one side in order of election are Plaid Cymru's Nerys Evans, Reform UK's Carmelo Colasanto, Plaid Cymru's Adam Price and Reform UK's Sarah Edwards.

SIR GAERFYRDDIN: Reform UK and Plaid Cymru take three seats each as Welsh Labour wiped out — Adam Price returns to the Senedd

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Five men stand together in a row indoors at a Save a Life Cymru reunion event, with two wearing the dark green uniform of the Welsh Ambulance Service, one in a yellow checked shirt holding a Bystander Commendation Certificate, one in a black Mitie security fleece, and one in a blue shirt holding another certificate

CARMARTHEN: ‘I woke up seven days later and was told what had happened’ — the job centre staff who saved a man’s life with a defibrillator they’d never used before

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A split-screen composite showing the vacant former Debenhams unit inside Swansea's Quadrant Shopping Centre on the left, and the former Debenhams building in Carmarthen wrapped in scaffolding with a Coming Soon hoarding on the right

CARMARTHENSHIRE: Two Debenhams buildings, two very different outcomes — as Senedd candidates question council’s town centre spending priorities

The contrast between Swansea's sold-and-tenanted former Debenhams and Carmarthen's delayed Atriwm project…

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A child with an owl on his arm at the British Bird of Prey Centre in Idole near Carmarthen

CARMARTHEN: Raptor attraction that drew 4,000 visitors in its first winter launches new all-weather facilities for spring

The British Bird of Prey Centre near Carmarthen has launched new all-weather…

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a person looking the sphygmomanometer hanging on the wall

‘We need action. We need jobs. We need answers’ — Welsh student nurses face unemployment after 2,300 hours of unpaid training

Student nurses in Carmarthen have written an open letter warning they face…

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Glangwili General Hospital Carmarthen Hywel Dda regional hub emergency surgery stroke critical care

CARMARTHEN: Glangwili Hospital faces £82m repair backlog as Wales-wide NHS maintenance bill nears £1bn

The bill for urgent NHS repairs in Wales has risen 71% in…

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Consultation room with medical bed and equipment inside refurbished Same Day Emergency Care unit at Glangwili Hospital Carmarthen

CARMARTHEN: £2m hospital unit to reopen in bid to ease A&E pressure

Patients in Carmarthenshire are set to see faster treatment times as a…

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