Carmarthenshire

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Halifax Bank on Union Street in Swansea

HALIFAX: After 173 years, one of Britain’s most famous bank names is being killed off — and its branches in Swansea and Neath are already on borrowed time

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A composite image showing Cllr Martyn Palfreman (top left) and Cllr Edward Skinner (bottom left), the Hengoed ward councillors for Llanelli, alongside a Google Maps street view of the Pinopolis entertainment centre on Sandy Road — the site where Aldi is proposing to build a new supermarket.

LLANELLI: Local councillors welcome Aldi jobs but demand traffic improvements as condition of planning permission for Sandy Road supermarket

The two county councillors for the ward where Aldi wants to build…

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A residential street in Felinfoel showing a row of terraced houses in pale colours with cars parked along the roadside under a blue sky.

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LLANELLI: Bomb disposal team called to Felinfoel after suspect package found — residents evacuated before all-clear given

Residents on two streets in Felinfoel were evacuated from their homes this…

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Midwife Michael Nixon in navy scrubs stands on the left alongside Liam John leaning over Shania Jenkins who is lying in a hospital bed, with midwife Leanne Daniel in navy scrubs on the right, all smiling at the camera in a hospital room.

SWANSEA: ‘We couldn’t say his name without getting emotional’ — the Singleton midwife so kind that parents named their baby after him

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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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The exterior courtyard of Canolfan Pentre Awel in Llanelli, a modern multi-storey building complex in dark brick with large glazed sections, surrounded by paved walkways and landscaped planting under a blue sky.

Hywel Dda University Health Board

LLANELLI: Blood test services moving to Canolfan Pentre Awel on 1 June — with drop-in event next week for patients who want to know more

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Eleven members of the Western Steel women's cricket team posing for a group photograph on a cricket ground, wearing their new red, black and gold Maiden kit with a hillside and trees visible in the background. Seven players stand in the back row and four kneel in the front row.

WOMEN’S CRICKET: ‘The younger girls would race to get the smallest shirt’ — how south Wales women finally got a kit that fits

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Parents and campaigners holding Save Ysgol Heol Goffa banners during a protest outside Carmarthenshire County Hall.

LLANELLI: Town council welcomes Heol Goffa commitment but calls for faster delivery as families face wait until 2029

The new Independent-led administration at Llanelli Town Council says it welcomes progress…

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Artist's impression of the proposed Aldi supermarket on Sandy Road, Llanelli (Image: Aldi)

LLANELLI: Aldi to build £7m supermarket on site of Pinopolis — the entertainment centre that only opened three years ago

Aldi is planning a brand new £7 million store in Llanelli on…

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The interior walls of Castell Llansteffan showing blue spray paint graffiti daubed across the ancient stonework, with offensive language pixelated

Mindless vandals spray offensive graffiti all over ancient Llansteffan Castle — and police want to know who did it

Dyfed-Powys Police are investigating after offensive graffiti was sprayed across the ancient…

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