Llanelli

Exterior view of Ysgol Heol Goffa special school in Llanelli, Carmarthenshire.
Anna Brychan MS

YSGOL HEOL GOFFA: Parents and pupils question if Llanelli’s planned special school is already too small

Llanelli’s £35m special school has passed its public test. Now the question is whether 150 places will be enough.

domestic abuse

LLANELLI: PC sacked for chasing a colleague he suspected was a domestic abuse victim

A misconduct panel also found he saved a witness’s number on his own phone after taking a statement about a…

Aerial view of the Machynys golf club driving range, with a fenced building site and concrete slab beside the club's maintenance shed, and houses beyond
Canolfan Pentre Awel

LLANELLI: Three indoor padel courts are taking shape at Machynys

The golf club’s new courts will be under one roof, so the weather won’t stop play. Here’s where things stand.

Lord-Lieutenant of Dyfed Sara Edwards with Army, Sea and Air cadets at the launch of Llanelli's Poppy Appeal
Armed Forces

LLANELLI: Poppy Appeal launches at new Royal British Legion hub, with a Friday deadline to lay a wreath

The Lord-Lieutenant cut the ribbon on the Legion’s new St Elli hub. If you want to lay a wreath at…

Brian Edwards, 83, holding a slate award with Peter Richardson of the Welsh Blood Service in front of a red heart backdrop
Blood Donation

LLANELLI: Blood donor, 83, may have helped save nearly 1,000 babies over 62 years of giving

Brian Edwards, 83, made a lifelong pledge after his first donation at Llandarcy refinery in 1964, and now he wants…

The entrance to Ysgol Heol Goffa special school in Llanelli, a single-storey brick building with a green flag flying outside
Anna Brychan MS

YSGOL HEOL GOFFA: Four pupils have died in six months, says councillor, and still no nurse

Health chiefs could give no guarantee and no deadline for a nurse at the Llanelli special school, campaigners say, and…

A volunteer carries a box of meals into the Goods Shed in Llanelli, under a sign reading Sied Nwyddau Goods Shed
Antioch Centre

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…

A crowd gathers in the street for the opening of Y Stryd, a cafe with a colourful mural, next door to Llanelli Mind
Beacon Cymru

LLANELLI: Young people can now walk in off the street for mental health support at a new café

There’s no referral and no waiting list at Y Stryd, which is open to anyone aged 11 to 24. Local…

A modern brick health centre building at Canolfan Pentre Awel, with a curved yellow path, bench and landscaped planting in front.
Bouygues UK

LLANELLI: 29,000 blood test patients since June as Canolfan Pentre Awel turns one

It opened a year ago on land where Llanelli once made tinplate. Here’s how the town has used it, and…

Three shopfronts inside the Quadrant Shopping Centre — a TGJones store on the left, the Post Office and Swyddfa'r Post in the middle, and a Toys R Us store on the right, with two shoppers walking past on a polished tiled floor.
Bridgend

SWANSEA: TGJones confirms closure date for the Quadrant’s old WHSmith

Swansea's former WHSmith in the Quadrant has been given a closing date. The Post Office inside it will shut days…

Aerial view of Ysgol Pen Rhos primary school in Llanelli and its green 3G pitch, with the AMG Resources waste site and the Loughor estuary beyond
AMG Resources

LLANELLI: Ysgol Pen Rhos pupils kept indoors all afternoon as bomb disposal team deals with suspected shell at the fly-plague waste site next door

The primary school told parents the find was well away from its 3G pitch and it was safe to stay…