35-year-old Darren Nicholas has been jailed for 2 years and nine months for a string of assaults including breaking his pregnant girlfriend's hip and threatening her...
Dame Nia Griffith, MP for Llanelli, has called on DVLA bosses to reconsider plans to end all of its works bus service routes at its Swansea...
A man has been handed a 13-year extended sentence after an unprovoked assault in which his then-partner sustained such serious facial injuries he tried to claim...
Legendary broadcaster and entertainer Chris Needs' life story is coming to the stage.
Carmarthenshire County Council has opened a brand-new supported accommodation project with 24 hour support for its residents in Coleshill Terrace, Llanelli.
Carmarthenshire Council have announced that pop-up shops will return this Easter to the county's three main towns - Ammanford, Llanelli and Carmarthen.
Llanelli based business Tinworks Brewing Company has recently opened a new tap room and pizzeria named Tinhouse, in Vaughan Street, Llanelli with the support of a...
Dyfed-Powys Police is investigating the circumstances surrounding the sudden death of a 22-year-old man in Llanelli in the early hours of Saturday (25 March).
Construction work has started on Carmarthenshire Council's 'Pentre Awel' wellness village at Delta Lakes in Llanelli.
British Transport Police have launched an appeal for witnesses after a woman was sexually assaulted on a train between Swansea and Llanelli.
36 charities will each receive a £3,000 donation as part of Nando’s ‘No Chuckin’ Our Chicken’ initiative, established ten years ago to help feed communities in...
Planners at Carmarthenshire County Council have rejected proposals for a new Lidl supermarket and drive-through Tim Hortons coffee shop.
Plans for a new special school and respite centre have been revealed on the site of the former Draka works in Llanelli.
A ‘School Street’ is being introduced outside Ysgol Maes y Morfa school in Llanelli from Monday (6 February).
Dyfed Powys Police have issued an appeal to find a 12-year-old who has been reported missing from his home in Llanelli. Alfie is described as about...
Natural Resources Wales (NRW) has said its programme to eradicate invasive non-native species Topmouth gudgeon from Sandy Water Park lake in Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, has been halted.
An experienced angler from Llanelli caught using an illegal method of fishing at the river Loughor has been fined by the courts.
Dyfed Powys Police have arrested and charged an 18 year-old man following a collision in Llanelli which left an elderly man with serious injuries.
Plans for 16 new commercial units on Heol Aur at Dafen Industrial Estate in Llanelli have been revealed.
Swansea Building Society, with branch offices in Swansea, Mumbles, Carmarthen and Cowbridge, has appointed a new Non-Executive Director to its board – Sophie Thomas.
A man in his 90s has been injured after being involved in a collision with an off-road style motorbike on High Street in Llanelli.
A light up Disney Princess Castle, a box of 50 fresh oysters and a photo of a New Year’s kiss from 1974 make the 2022 Travelodge...
Distressing footage passed to RSPCA Cymru has captured a man appearing to kick and beat a German Shepherd type dog which he’d tied to a fence...
Natural Resources Wales and Environment Agency plan to eradicate the invasive non-native Topmouth gudgeon from a popular lake in Llanelli. In early January 2023, the two...
Swansea Building Society has made generous donations, totalling £7,000, to ten foodbanks and two local charities this December, driven by concerns over the cost-of-living crisis affecting many...
Llanelli MS, Lee Waters, who has ministerial responsibility for transport, became embroiled in a twitter spat with Welsh Conservative leader Andrew RT Davies after Mr Waters...
Specsavers stores across Wales are thanking customers for helping raise funds to support people experiencing homelessness. Research has revealed that more than half of people experiencing...
Peter Lynn and Partners Solicitors have extended their support of Llangennech RFC by sponsoring the team for a second season. The Bank Road club have a...
First Minister Mark Drakeford has announced Harry Gourlay is the winner of his annual Christmas card competition. Eleven-year-old Harry is a pupil at St Mary’s Catholic...
Groups and organisations with great ideas for how to improve the wellbeing of their local communities are being invited to apply for a grant from the...
Jollyes is putting the finishing touches to its first store in south Wales as it prepares to open in Llanelli just in time for Christmas. The...
Hywel Dda University Health Board has announced the opening of its new £20m Day Surgery Unit at Llanelli’s Prince Philip Hospital, in a major boost to...
The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has opened up the Great Western Main Line to competition and enabled a significant increase in rail services between...
Out-of-town shopping centre, Parc Trostre in Llanelli has been awarded a Green Apple Environment Award at the Houses of Parliament. The award represents an annual international...
A Carmarthenshire logistics, warehousing and distribution company has marked half a century in business by raising money for the Wales Air Ambulance. Llanelli-based Owens Group...
For three weeks in December, small local businesses are being given the opportunity to display and sell their goods amongst big high street chains in Carmarthen,...
Dyfed Powys Police are appealing for help in identifying two men who stole over £500 of alcohol from Tesco in Trostre, Llanelli. The theft, which took...
The York Palace in Stepney Street has been awarded a platinum rating by ‘Loo of the Year Awards’ inspectors. The awards are aimed at highlighting and...
Llanelli-born MP for Swindon South, Robert Buckland has become the first man to be knighted by King Charles III since he became the country’s monarch. Sir...
Mark it in your diaries, Friday, November 18, is the day that the carnival returns to the streets of Llanelli, starting the official countdown to Christmas...
A Llanelli man has been sentenced to 10 months, suspended for one year after pleading guilty to illegal money lending up to the value of £100,000....
Over the years, many Graphic Design graduates from University of Wales Trinity Saint David (UWTSD) have secured successful design careers in the field of Sport. However,...
Carmarthenshire Council has announced that it is to demolish the majority of homes on the Brynmefys Estate in Llanelli – with just three pairs of semi...
Carmarthenshire Council have designated its libraries at Llanelli, Ammanford and Carmarthen as spaces to keep warm over the winter months. The council says the cost-of-living crisis,...
Nine fire appliances from Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service are currently at a large recycling centre fire at Bynea in Carmarthenshire. The fire...
Dyfed Powys Police are appealing for help in identifying three people suspected of stealing large quantities of skincare products from a Boots store in Llanelli. CCTV...
Open access train operator, Grand Union Trains have submitted a fresh application to the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) for the right to operate a...
Supermarket chain Morrisons has announced it is giving shoppers who spend £40 or more in store a 5p off per litre voucher to spend at its...
Almost 700 people have signed a petition to make the B4308 Cwmbach Road safer after a series of accidents on the Llanelli to Trimsaran road. The...
Ditch the car and get active is the aim of ‘Beat the Street Llanelli’ as the interactive game gets underway in the town from Wednesday 28 September to...
Llanelli’s tennis legend Basil Smith – who still plays three times a week even though he is now 101 – has been named a finalist in...
The M&D Care Llanelli Half Marathon returned with a bang yesterday! With over 1,000 participants signed up, the runners went all-out to beat their previous record. Everyone seemed...
The Scarlets have teamed up with Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales (HCC) to publish a comprehensive fitness and nutritional guide for young people in...
Ysgol Gymraeg Brynsierfel in Llwynhendy, Llanelli has been awarded the Silver Rights Respecting School Award by UNICEF UK. Leading children’s rights organisation, UNICEF grants the Rights Respecting Schools...
As the M&D Care Llanelli Half Marathon edges closer, participants are starting to feel the excitement in the build-up to race day. The event, which takes place on Sunday...
Owens Group, the Llanelli-based transport and warehousing company is calling on motorists to ‘Drive your litter home’ as part of a new national roadside litter campaign...
Learners across Swansea Bay are celebrating exam successes as A-Level results are announced. Top grades have fallen, however the percentage is still higher than the last...
A 25-year-old apprentice from Llanelli wants to inspire a generation of female engineers through tackling stereotypes in the workplace. Emily Owens, an Apprentice Engineer at telecommunications...
Two Fashion Design students at the University of South Wales (USW) have designed leggings for Team Wales athletes – made from sustainable materials – to wear at the...
Work is nearing completion on the new Day Surgery Unit at Prince Philip Hospital, in Llanelli, which the health board says will help reduce surgical waiting...
An order banning visitors to an address in Llanelli for three months has been made by the courts. Dyfed-Powys Police applied for a closure order to...
The Llanelli Rotary Club has raised £7,000 for the Ty Bryngwyn Hospice in Llanelli thanks to generous match-funding from Swansea Building Society. The funds were raised by...
A £6million investment to upgrade Tata Steel’s Trostre plant in Llanelli with the very latest cutting-edge technology, is already paying dividends with record-breaking performances the company...
Council leaders in Carmarthenshire have welcomed the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Wales David TC Davies MP to the site of Llanelli’s landmark Pentre Awel...
Hywel Dda University Health Board has confirmed that restrictions for people visiting patients will be lifted in Glangwili and Withybush hospitals from Wednesday 20 July 2022....
Ysgol Gymraeg Brynsierfel in Llanelli has been awarded Intermediate level of the British Council’s prestigious International School Award in recognition of its work to bring the...
Hywel Dda University Health Board have said that all staff and visitors to Prince Philip Hospital must wear face masks (unless exempt) with immediate effect following...
Parc y Scarlets in Llanelli has been named as one of the best rugby stadiums in the world according to a new survey. Swansea’s Liberty Stadium,...
Inderjeet Kaur, 29, admitted to having concluded approximately 150 theory and practical driving tests on behalf of candidates between 2018 and 2020. Kaur committed the offences...
Crowds of people turned out to celebrate the Birmingham 2022 Queen’s Baton Relay in Carmarthenshire. More than 150 schoolchildren welcomed the Queen’s Baton to Pembrey Country...
Four young South Wales market traders are to showcase their skills in the final of a UK-wide competition. They were the highest placed competitors in the...
Dafen-based Llanelli Motor Company have broken ground on a new development that will see their forecourt double in size over the coming months. Led by Managing...
Dyfed-Powys Police is investigating a growing number of reports of people posing as bank staff or police officers, as eight people have lost £58,000 to criminals...
Four men caught using a barbaric and illegal fishing method by Natural Resources Wales (NRW) enforcement officers during patrols of the River Loughor, near Llanelli, have...
Llanelli’s ground-breaking Pentre Awel project has taken a major step forward paving the way for building work to start as early as this autumn. Carmarthenshire County...
Carmarthenshire welcomes the Birmingham 2022 Queen’s Baton Relay on Friday, July 1. The Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games will be held from July 28 until August 8...
Parents have rated Once Upon A Time Day Nursery in Llanelli as one of the Top 20 nurseries, out of 368 early years settings in Wales....
An investment by Carmarthenshire County Council has helped restore a Victorian derelict railway building in Llanelli. Plans to transform the Grade II* listed building in the...
A newlywed couple have thanked nurses in Morriston Hospital for helping them tie the knot on the groom’s ward. When Robert Pritchard, who has cancer, was...
Dyfed Powys Police are appealing for information over an assault that left a man requiring hospital treatment in Llanelli. The man was assaulted outside the Met...
After enjoying his fair share of success as a rugby player and team manager Anthony Buchanan now hopes to win big as an author. The former...
A man from Merthyr Tydfil who travelled to the River Loughor, near Llanelli to fish using a barbaric and illegal method, has been banned from driving...
An illegal dog breeder from Llanelli made thousands of pounds by selling his puppies on Gumtree and Free Ads websites. Llanelli Magistrates Court heard that unlicensed...
Hywel Dda University Health Board (HDUHB) has extended the free shuttle bus service between Llanelli town centre and the mass vaccination centre in Dafen to help...
A Llanelli pet owner who repeatedly ignored requests to clear up her dog’s mess has been ordered to pay nearly £1400. Llanelli Magistrates heard how the...
British Transport Police have released a photo of a man they want to speak with after a teenage girl was reportedly sexually assaulted in a “prolonged”...
Work on the multi-million pound Pentre Awel project at Delta Lakes in Llanelli is underway. Site clearance and ground investigation works started this week as contractor...
Two men from Newport who were running a county lines operation selling crack cocaine and heroin in Llanelli have been jailed.
Public Health Wales and Hywel Dda University Health Board (UHB) are urging people who have been contacted as part of the Llwynhendy tuberculosis (TB) outbreak to...
To mark St David’s Day, Education and Welsh Language Minister Jeremy Miles has announced 11 new capital projects to support the growth of the Welsh language....
The Llanelli Railway Goods Shed project is being used to train local apprentices and offer Onsite work experience opportunities Llanelli MP, Nia Griffiths, has given her...
A new shop selling repaired and reused items donated by the public will open its doors in Llanelli Town Centre this week as part of a...
Swansea City AFC’s Foundation has named Harri its ‘Local Legend’ as Premier league Kicks marks its 15 year anniversary. The Premier League is celebrating 15 years...
Plans are in hand to formally take Llanelli’s Ysbyty Enfys Selwyn Samuel through its decommissioning phase ahead of being returned to town council ownership later this...
A man has been jailed for two years after he was found in a house converted into a sophisticated cannabis factory containing 249 plants. Elton Haizi,...
Family and friends of a much-loved mother and grandmother from Capel Hendre in Ammanford are taking part in a 10-mile sponsored hand-bike and walking challenge in...
A 21-year-old man who calmly walked away after knocking a man out in an unprovoked attack, which saw his victim spend two months in hospital, has...
Work to demolish the Four Tys housing block in Tyisha to make room for a modern, mixed-use housing development is well underway Carmarthenshire County Council have...
Plans to transform an iconic Grade II-listed railway goods shed into a thriving heritage centre in Llanelli have been boosted by a grant of nearly £16,000...
The Llanelli Rotary Club Christmas appeal, which sees the club raise funds for local charities each year, will see its total donations double thanks to match-funding...