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A view of the TGJones store at the entrance to the Quadrant Shopping Centre in Swansea, with the chain's blue signage visible to the right of the centre's main entrance, alongside a Post Office sign, Burger King logo and shoppers walking in the autumn pedestrianised area
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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 close across the UK under restructuring plans announced…

Singer-songwriter Brook Fox from Burry Port.
Brook Fox

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

Singer-songwriter Brook Fox, from Burry Port, will support Emeli Sandé at the Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod this July - a…

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
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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

A Carmarthen man who suffered a cardiac arrest at the town's Job Centre Plus has been reunited with the security…

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
firefighter

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 as one of Mid and West Wales Fire…

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)
Active Travel

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 Llanelli while Carmarthenshire County Council installs a new…

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

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

Transport for Wales has applied to run new direct services between west Wales and Bristol Temple Meads - potentially serving…

A blue Lumo high-speed train travelling along an electrified railway line through the countryside, with overhead line equipment, mature trees and a hedgerow in the foreground
Bristol Parkway

CARMARTHEN: Lumo to launch direct Carmarthen to London Paddington service in December 2027 — with stops at Llanelli and Gowerton

Lumo has confirmed a December 2027 launch date for a new direct service between Carmarthen and London Paddington - calling…

Street‑view image showing the front entrance of Meddygfa’r Sarn GP surgery in Pontyates.
Carmarthenshire

PONTYATES: Green Party candidate calls for independent review of Meddygfa’r Sarn closure process — citing missing equality assessment and lack of pre-consultation engagement

A Green Party candidate has called on Hywel Dda to pause its Meddygfa’r Sarn decision, citing FOI evidence that no…

Ben Jones

Ffos Las Racecourse: Preview and tips for Tuesday’s six‑race meeting

Ffos Las Racecourse stages its latest National Hunt meeting this afternoon, with six races on the card — four over…

A Transport for Wales tram-train in green and grey livery at a station platform
Milford Haven

RAIL: Campaigners demand funding answers from next Welsh Government — as Labour pledges direct Milford Haven to London train service

Rail campaigners are demanding funding answers from the next Welsh Government ahead of Thursday's Senedd election - as Welsh Labour…