Carmarthen

A group of protesters, including children, stand on the steps of County Hall in Carmarthen holding banners and placards opposing the closure of Ysgol y Fro, Llangyndeyrn, on a wet day.
Carmarthenshire

MEIDRIM: Village school down to 24 pupils ahead of final vote on Christmas closure

Six children have already left Ysgol Meidrim. On Wednesday, councillors decide whether the school shuts for good, along with a…

A black TaithCymru coach with a large green T logo parked outside Bangor railway station, the route's stops from Bangor to Carmarthen listed along its side
Aberystwyth

TAITHCYMRU: Carmarthen to Bangor for £10 as tickets go on sale for the new north-south coach

Nine coaches a day from 25 October, five hours end to end, and promotional fares until January. Bus passes won't…

The former Wilko store entrance at Friars Park, Carmarthen, behind metal fencing with a bilingual Danger Keep Out sign
Buzz Parks

CARMARTHEN: Wilko demolition pushed back to next year as council says a tenant “of significant benefit to the town” is in talks

The bulldozers were booked for 26 October. Now there's a new date, a new bill-payer and a tenant the council…

Custody photograph of Daniel Gravell issued by Dyfed-Powys Police
Carmarthen

CARMARTHEN: Former teacher cleared of 2001 rape as jury fails to reach verdicts on two other allegations

Daniel Gravell was found not guilty of raping a teenager at his family home near Carmarthen. The jury was discharged…

A group of campaigners holding "Jobs not rubble" and "Stop the demolition" placards beside a red Buzz Trampoline Park van outside the former Wilko store in Carmarthen
Buzz Parks

CARMARTHEN: ‘Jobs not rubble’ campaigners want the old Wilko saved for a trampoline park

Buzz Parks says it would spend its own money turning the empty Friars Park store into a family entertainment centre,…

A black TaithCymru coach with a large green T logo parked outside Bangor railway station, the route's stops from Bangor to Carmarthen listed along its side
Carmarthen

TAITHCYMRU: Nine coaches a day from Carmarthen to Bangor, one going on to Holyhead, and the operators want drivers

Edwards Coaches will run Transport for Wales's new north-south coach with Llew Jones when it launches on 25 October. Both…

A smiling man and woman in Christmas shirts lean over a table of Gower Gin bottles in front of a North Pole backdrop, with a Small Drinks Producer of the Year award plaque
Business

CARMARTHEN: Food wholesaler heads for a record £75m year as Gower Gin’s ‘Baby Guinness’ liqueur makes its Christmas brochure

Harlech Foodservice, which supplies pubs, restaurants, schools and hospitals from its Carmarthen depot, says festive pre-orders are up 1,100% in…

A red TrawsCymru T1 bus signed Lampeter for Aberystwyth pulling away from the kerb outside Carmarthen railway station, with the platform canopy and taxi rank behind
Carmarthen

CARMARTHEN: TfW wants the railway station to work better as a train-and-coach interchange

Transport for Wales has opened a survey on improving facilities at Carmarthen railway station and joining up the TrawsCymru coaches…

Five people standing in front of an Urdd banner holding a large Persimmon cheque made out to Urdd Gobaith Cymru for £2,500
Cllr Emlyn Schiavone

URDD: Regional eisteddfods in Swansea, Neath Port Talbot, Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire get £2,500 boost

The money from housebuilder Persimmon will go towards next year's regional rounds of the Urdd Eisteddfod across west Wales. The…

Dyfed-Powys Police custody photograph of Cameron Davies, a man with short cropped hair, a moustache and a tattoo on his forehead
Cameron Davies

LLANGUNNOR: Stabbing threat report led police to £118,000 of drugs, a zombie knife and an axe

Cameron Davies, 23, has been jailed for two years and ten months. Police say they traced two vehicles to an…