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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…

The A4069 Black Mountain road winding across open hillside in Carmarthenshire, with sheep on the verge and the carriageway and farmland stretching into the distance
A40

ROAD DEATHS: 12 killed on Carmarthenshire’s roads last year, at nearly twice the Welsh rate per mile

It is the second year running the county has lost more than ten people on its roads. In Swansea, the…

Two Asian elephants, one dark and one pale, grazing side by side in a grassy field under a blue sky
Adam Price MS

LLANPUMSAINT: Elephant sanctuary that says it cut a £1,000-a-week power bill to almost nothing gets £251,545 for batteries

Skanda Vale’s wind turbine and solar panels save it more than £40,000 a year, the Welsh Government says. The new…

A smiling young woman with long red hair in a striped cardigan beside a bronze lion head mounted on a gold-painted plinth
Folly Farm

FOLLY FARM: Carmarthen art student’s bronze Hugo now watches over the lion’s pride

Katie Morrissey had never sculpted on this scale before. The keeper who knew Hugo best chose her design from eight.

Black and white dairy cows walking on green pasture with Welsh hills in the background. Image credit: FUW.
Dairy Farming

MILK PRICE: Farmers paid 16% less in a year, and half of Welsh milk leaves Wales

The price dairy farmers get for their milk has dropped by 16.3% in a year, and nearly half of all…

Large crowd of over 100 people gathered in the car park outside Meddygfa'r Sarn surgery in Pontyates holding protest signs against its proposed closure
Adam Price MS

PONTYATES: ‘What has changed since January?’ Politicians quiz health board over GP surgery merger

In January, Hywel Dda’s own panel wanted Meddygfa’r Sarn’s patients moved to other surgeries. Now it backs a merger with…

A Carmarthenshire Council recycling lorry with coloured compartments, parked behind blue, red and orange reusable sacks, a white battery sack and black food caddies
black bags

CARMARTHENSHIRE: Your black bag day could change next month, even if you keep blue bags

Collection rounds are being redrawn across the whole county from Monday 2 November, not just for homes switching to the…

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…

Ysgol Meidrim's red-brick gabled school building behind red railings, with the school's name painted in large red letters along a front wall decorated with flowers, butterflies and toadstools
Carmarthenshire

MEIDRIM: Village school will close at Christmas after councillors vote it through

Ysgol Meidrim's 24 pupils move to Hafodwenog or Ysgol Griffith Jones in January, and Ysgol Y Fro, which has none…