Carmarthenshire

All the latest news from across the county of Carmarthenshire.

Six newly elected Members of the Senedd stand on stage at the Sir Gaerfyrddin count, with Plaid Cymru's Cefin Campbell standing at a wooden podium delivering remarks and Reform UK's Gareth Beer standing behind him. Lined up to one side in order of election are Plaid Cymru's Nerys Evans, Reform UK's Carmelo Colasanto, Plaid Cymru's Adam Price and Reform UK's Sarah Edwards.

SIR GAERFYRDDIN: Reform UK and Plaid Cymru take three seats each as Welsh Labour wiped out — Adam Price returns to the Senedd

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Neath Port Talbot tops Welsh league for homelessness applications linked to relationship breakdowns

Neath Port Talbot has recorded more homelessness applications linked to relationship breakdowns…

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TSB bank on Union Street in Swansea (Image: Google Maps)

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TSB brand to disappear from south-west Wales high streets after Santander completes £2.9bn takeover

TSB customers in south-west Wales face the prospect of their bank disappearing…

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A close-up of the TGJones storefront inside the Quadrant Shopping Centre in Swansea, showing the chain's blue signage to the left, a red Post Office sign in Welsh and English ("Swyddfa'r Post") in the centre and a Toys R Us giraffe display to the right

TGJONES: Post Office promises to update communities if any branches are forced to relocate amid TGJones store closures

The Post Office has reassured customers in south-west Wales that they can…

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TGJONES: Seven south-west Wales stores at risk as chain announces 150 closures

Up to 150 TGJones stores - formerly WHSmith - are set to…

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Singer-songwriter Brook Fox from Burry Port.

BURRY PORT: Local lad Brook Fox lands support slot for Emeli Sandé at one of the world’s biggest music festivals

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Five men stand together in a row indoors at a Save a Life Cymru reunion event, with two wearing the dark green uniform of the Welsh Ambulance Service, one in a yellow checked shirt holding a Bystander Commendation Certificate, one in a black Mitie security fleece, and one in a blue shirt holding another certificate

CARMARTHEN: ‘I woke up seven days later and was told what had happened’ — the job centre staff who saved a man’s life with a defibrillator they’d never used before

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Bobi Jones, an 18-year-old on-call firefighter, stands in front of a red fire engine wearing a yellow firefighter helmet and a beige fire-resistant tunic over his white school shirt and red school tie, with his Ysgol Bro Teifi school uniform visible beneath the tunic

He’s 18, he’s doing his A-Levels, and his school lets him leave class to fight fires

Bobi Jones, 18, balances A-Levels at Ysgol Bro Teifi with emergency callouts…

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Llanelli's Black Bridge crossing the railway line at , which is being replaced by Carmarthenshire Council as part of it's new Active Travel route (Image: Carmarthenshire Council)

LLANELLI: Dafen’s Black Bridge closes until October for replacement — as next stage of walking and cycling route takes shape

Dafen footbridge - the Black Bridge - has closed until October in…

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Modern Transport for Wales train stopped at Swansea Station platform with passengers walking nearby.

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RAIL: Transport for Wales wants to run trains to Bristol — and it could mean direct services from Milford Haven, Swansea and Carmarthen

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