Llanelli

HALIFAX: Llanelli’s Cowell Street branch to close in November as bank brand is wound down

The Halifax on Cowell Street will shut on 3 November, with customers directed to the nearby Lloyds branch — and…

LLANELLI: More NHS services moving to Pentre Awel — here’s what’s relocating and when

A string of NHS services for Llanelli patients are moving to the new Canolfan Pentre Awel over the coming weeks,…

LLANELLI: Cocaine dealer jailed after claiming Albanian crime gang forced him to sell drugs

A Llanelli cocaine dealer has been jailed after telling police he was coerced into selling drugs by an Albanian crime…

LLANELLI: MP pleads with Plaid government to honour £27m promise for new special school

Dame Nia Griffith has written to the new education secretary demanding she confirm the 75% funding deal for Ysgol Heol…

HEOL GOFFA ROW: Plaid accuses Labour of causing ‘unnecessary distress’ over special school claims

Carmarthenshire's education cabinet member has hit back at Labour's "£35m black hole" claims over Llanelli's promised new Ysgol Heol Goffa…

LLANELLI: ‘£35m black hole’ row erupts over Ysgol Heol Goffa funding — days after consultation opens

Families have waited a decade for a new Ysgol Heol Goffa — and days after being asked their views on…

WOOL POWER: Textile artists win bursaries to launch their own businesses — and one is halfway to a £7,000 loom

Kitty Haggar from Tenby and Megan Coombs from Llanelli have won bursaries from Wales' premier wool festival — as both…

LLANELLI: Consultation opens on £35m Ysgol Heol Goffa rebuild — two years after council scrapped the last one

Families and campaigners fought for years to save the 150-place special school project — now the formal process is finally…

STRADEY PARK HOTEL: Llanelli landmark in hands of receivers as minister confirms it will not house asylum seekers

Llanelli MP Dame Nia Griffith told the House of Commons the Stradey Park Hotel has gone into receivership — and…

PRINCE PHILIP HOSPITAL: Town council calls for Llanelli stroke unit to become ‘centre of excellence’ amid shake-up fears

Llanelli Town Council wants Prince Philip Hospital's stroke unit strengthened rather than scaled back, as Hywel Dda consults on a…