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Independent Senedd Candidate, Carl Peters-Bond with Meddygfa'r Sarn campaign organiser Clare Treharne
Carmarthenshire

PONTYATES: “Our community has been heard” — campaigners celebrate as Meddygfa’r Sarn is saved from closure

The campaigners who fought to save Meddygfa’r Sarn have hailed a “major…

By
Kit Peters
5 Min Read
Residents forming a human chain outside Meddygfa'r Sarn surgery in Pontyates holding protest banners against its proposed closure
Hywel Dda University Health Board

PONTYATES: Health board agrees to explore independent GPs for Meddygfa’r Sarn in major U-turn — as campaigners say closure should never have been on the table

By
Kit Peters
6 Min Read
Exterior of the Flying Tiger store in Swansea on Princess Way, with the brand's red heart and toy soldier logo on a sign jutting out from the building. Coffee#1 and Zinco Lounge sit alongside, with outdoor seating in the foreground.
Carmarthen

FLYING TIGER: Firm behind former WHSmith store closure plans set to buy quirky Danish chain — we reveal what this could mean for Swansea and Carmarthen

By
Kit Peters
10 Min Read
Three people standing outside next to a green wall-mounted defibrillator cabinet, with the man in the middle holding up a red Public Access Bleed Control Kit emergency bag.
Health and Care

SCHOOL SAFETY: Llanelli councillor calls on Welsh Government to put life-saving bleed kits in every school in Wales

A Llanelli town councillor who saved a man's life with CPR in…

By
Kit Peters
6 Min Read
Residents forming a human chain outside Meddygfa'r Sarn surgery in Pontyates holding protest banners against its proposed closure
Hywel Dda University Health Board

PONTYATES: The four-month fight to save Meddygfa’r Sarn — and the questions Hywel Dda still hasn’t answered as the board prepares to vote

By
Kit Peters
15 Min Read
Morrisons Daily convenience store in Trimsaran, Carmarthenshire
Food and Drink

MORRISONS DAILY: Supermarket giant announces 100 convenience store closures blaming government costs — we’ve identified the south-west Wales stores that could be affected

By
Kit Peters
5 Min Read
Glangwili General Hospital Carmarthen Hywel Dda regional hub emergency surgery stroke critical care
Carmarthen

HYWEL DDA: Stroke patients in west Wales face major shake-up as health board prepares to launch new consultation — with Glangwili set to become the region’s only 24-hour acute unit

By
Kit Peters
6 Min Read
Kev Johns MBE raises a pair of scissors to cut a yellow ribbon at the entrance to the new CK Foodstores in Bynea.
Celebrity

Kev Johns makes emotional first public appearance since stroke — to open new CK store for community he loves

Swansea entertainer Kev Johns MBE has made his first public appearance since…

By
Kit Peters
7 Min Read
Cllr Giles Morgan - Chair of Carmarthenshire County Council for 2026 / 2027 (Image: Carmarthenshire Council)
Carmarthenshire

CARMARTHENSHIRE: Swiss Valley councillor elected as new council chair — and he wants to get around the whole county to meet its people

By
Kit Peters
4 Min Read
A 39-year-old man has been arrested after a spate of car break-ins in the Gilbert Crescent area of Llanelli on Sunday evening.
Dyfed Powys Police

LLANELLI: Man arrested after spate of car break-ins in Gilbert Crescent as councillor calls for ‘swift justice’

A 39-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of theft after a…

By
Kit Peters
4 Min Read
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