Carmarthen

Gareth and Michelle Beer

CARMARTHEN: Reform MS vows to visit shop that ‘excluded’ his wife to seek ‘respectful dialogue’

Sir Gaerfyrddin MS Gareth Beer has claimed his wife, Llanelli councillor Michelle…

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Kit Peters

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Cllr Linda Evans, Anna McMorrin MP and another official cut a red ribbon on a green metal bridge to mark the official opening of the Tywi Valley Path, with a group of children on bicycles wearing helmets gathered behind them.

CARMARTHENSHIRE: Sixty years after Beeching axed the trains, the railway line between Carmarthen and Llandeilo is open again — for walkers and cyclists

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Kit Peters

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Free energy advice events are coming to Llanelli, Carmarthen and Ammanford this month — as bills set to rise 20% in July, wiping out April's £150 reduction.

ENERGY BILLS: New data shows 40% of people are afraid to get help after energy bills more than double — as Iran conflict threatens to push costs even higher

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Kit Peters

6 Min Read

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: Bailiff threat and tax debts cast fresh doubt over south-west Wales stores as WH Smith refuses to fund redundancy payments

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Kit Peters

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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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Kit Peters

4 Min Read

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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Kit Peters

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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

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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…

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Kit Peters

4 Min Read

A split-screen composite showing the vacant former Debenhams unit inside Swansea's Quadrant Shopping Centre on the left, and the former Debenhams building in Carmarthen wrapped in scaffolding with a Coming Soon hoarding on the right

CARMARTHENSHIRE: Two Debenhams buildings, two very different outcomes — as Senedd candidates question council’s town centre spending priorities

The contrast between Swansea's sold-and-tenanted former Debenhams and Carmarthen's delayed Atriwm project…

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Kit Peters

7 Min Read

Dorothy Edwards known as Granny Dot seated in a pink jacket, alongside a Harlech Foodservice delivery truck at sunset

CARMARTHENSHIRE: Tributes to Granny Dot – the 102-year-old whose £6k gamble built a £70m Welsh food giant

Dorothy Edwards, known as Granny Dot, loaned her daughter and son-in-law 6,000…

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Kit Peters

6 Min Read

A child with an owl on his arm at the British Bird of Prey Centre in Idole near Carmarthen

CARMARTHEN: Raptor attraction that drew 4,000 visitors in its first winter launches new all-weather facilities for spring

The British Bird of Prey Centre near Carmarthen has launched new all-weather…

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Kit Peters

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