Pontyates
SCHOOL CLOSURES: Council to expand Pontyberem school “whether or not” Bancffosfelen’s village school shuts
Councillors sent the closure papers back once over “inaccuracies”. On Monday they reach cabinet anyway, alongside three more village schools,…
PONTYATES: ‘What has changed since January?’ Politicians quiz health board over GP surgery merger
In January, Hywel Dda’s own panel wanted Meddygfa’r Sarn’s patients moved to other surgeries. Now it backs a merger with…
SCHOOL CLOSURES: Four more Carmarthenshire village schools face the axe, three of them in the Gwendraeth Valley
Blaenau was saved five years ago. Carway's children haven't been inside their own school for more than a year. Now…
PONTYATES: Meddygfa’r Sarn would become a branch of Kidwelly surgery under health board merger plan
Nobody bid to run the village surgery. Now Hywel Dda wants to merge it with Meddygfa Minafon and keep Pontyates…
CARWAY: Council weighing village school’s long-term future as £1.8m classrooms stay on hold
Carway's children started a second school year being bussed to Pontyates this month, 13 months after their own school was…
PONTYATES: ‘Spread the word’ — campaigners urge GP teams to bid for Meddygfa’r Sarn as tender opens
The contract to run the village surgery goes out to tender next week — and the community group that saved…
PONTYATES: Dot Cotton, dragons and miners — the village mural years in the making
A huge new mural celebrating Pontyates has been completed on the wall by the rugby club, packed with local history…
PONTYATES: Campaigners back search for new GP team to secure future of Meddygfa’r Sarn
The Save Sarn Surgery group has welcomed plans to find an independent provider to run the practice from 2027 —…
ANIMAL CRUELTY: Senedd candidate and councillor banned from keeping animals for life after pigs and goats found in ‘appalling’ conditions
David Wayne Erasmus — a community councillor who stood for Gwlad in May's Senedd election — kept pigs and goats…
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 victory” after Hywel Dda University Health Board set…
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
Hywel Dda University Health Board has agreed to test whether independent GPs could take over Meddygfa’r Sarn in Pontyates —…