Carmarthenshire
CARMARTHENSHIRE: Blue bags scrapped for a third of homes — and everyone’s collection day could change
Around one in three Carmarthenshire homes, mostly in the west of the county, will stop putting recycling out in blue…
CARMARTHEN: Fly-tipper handed 200 hours’ unpaid work after repeatedly dumping waste beside railway line
Edward Bassett admitted fly-tipping household waste and building materials on several occasions on land near the Cillefwr Industrial Estate in…
SCARLETS: ‘Not only a rugby club’ — council welcomes WRU deal securing two years of west Wales rugby
Carmarthenshire Council has hailed the "security and stability" of the Scarlets' new agreement with the Welsh Rugby Union — a…
PONTYBEREM: Six weeks of roadworks to close Capel Ifan Road — and cut the village’s direct bus to Ponthenri
A six-week closure of the B4317 from Monday 20 July will sever the direct bus link between Pontyberem and Ponthenri,…
LLANELLI: Opulence closes — as prime Eastgate unit loses its third bar in a decade
The owners of the Eastgate bar say the closure is "one of strategy, not necessity" — but the unit opposite…
LLANELLI: Two sites cleared in Seaside fly investigation — but source still not found
Carmarthenshire Council has named the locations it's investigating over the fly infestation plaguing Seaside and Morfa — as it confirms…
LLANELLI: ‘Thousands of children’ — charity boss retires after 29 years keeping Carmarthenshire’s kids safe
Tracy Pike MBE walked into a small Llanelli play centre in 1997. Nearly three decades later she leaves as the…
CARMARTHENSHIRE: RSPB buys 96-hectare ‘missing link’ to reconnect a rare Welsh rainforest — 60 years after it was split apart
The purchase of Gallt-y-bere reunites the two halves of the RSPB's Gwenffrwd-Dinas reserve for the first time in almost 60…
RICS AWARDS: Y Storfa named Wales’ Project of the Year — as Llanelli’s Pentre Awel and Porthcawl’s Sker House complete a near clean sweep
The former BHS reborn as Swansea's civic hub took the top prize at the Wales property awards — with three…
A40: ‘Utterly heartbroken’ — family’s tribute to van driver Ashley Keane who died in coach collision
Ashley Wayne Keane, 38, died when his van and a coach collided between Llandeilo and Nantgaredig on Friday 3 July…