Carmarthen

Aerial view of Carmarthen Leisure Centre in Johnstown with the grassed field beside its tennis courts, Llansteffan Road to the left and the River Towy to the right
Carmarthen

CARMARTHEN: Neighbours line up against 38 council homes behind the leisure centre

The council is the one applying, and three of its own councillors say too few people on Llansteffan Road have…

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Kit Peters
Scott Bayes standing with arms folded in front of security fencing and scaffolding on the former Debenhams building in Carmarthen
Atriwm

CARMARTHEN: 835 demand an inquiry into the £41m Atriwm, as the council keeps St Catherine’s Street roadworks until Christmas

Campaigner Scott Bayes will put the case for an independent inquiry to councillors on 12 November. The council says the…

The glass and stone frontage of Westminster Magistrates Court in London, with the royal coat of arms above the entrance
animal cruelty

CARMARTHEN: Three men charged with conspiring to supply unfit meat after food crime investigation

Two of them also face an animal cruelty charge. All seven defendants are due at Southwark Crown Court next month.

Dyfed-Powys Police custody photograph of James McKenna, a bald man with a white beard
attempted murder

CARMARTHEN: Man who spent the day hunting his ex-partner with a knife jailed for 24 years

He packed a kitchen knife before he left home, then spent the day looking for her. Detectives call what happened…

A black TaithCymru coach with a large green T logo parked outside Bangor railway station, the route's stops from Bangor to Carmarthen listed along its side
Aberystwyth

TAITHCYMRU: Carmarthen to Bangor for £10 as tickets go on sale for the new north-south coach

Nine coaches a day from 25 October, five hours end to end, and promotional fares until January. Bus passes won't…

The former Wilko store entrance at Friars Park, Carmarthen, behind metal fencing with a bilingual Danger Keep Out sign
Buzz Parks

CARMARTHEN: Wilko demolition pushed back to next year as council says a tenant “of significant benefit to the town” is in talks

The bulldozers were booked for 26 October. Now there's a new date, a new bill-payer and a tenant the council…

Custody photograph of Daniel Gravell issued by Dyfed-Powys Police
Carmarthen

CARMARTHEN: Former teacher cleared of 2001 rape as jury fails to reach verdicts on two other allegations

Daniel Gravell was found not guilty of raping a teenager at his family home near Carmarthen. The jury was discharged…

A group of campaigners holding "Jobs not rubble" and "Stop the demolition" placards beside a red Buzz Trampoline Park van outside the former Wilko store in Carmarthen
Buzz Parks

CARMARTHEN: ‘Jobs not rubble’ campaigners want the old Wilko saved for a trampoline park

Buzz Parks says it would spend its own money turning the empty Friars Park store into a family entertainment centre,…

A black TaithCymru coach with a large green T logo parked outside Bangor railway station, the route's stops from Bangor to Carmarthen listed along its side
Carmarthen

TAITHCYMRU: Nine coaches a day from Carmarthen to Bangor, one going on to Holyhead, and the operators want drivers

Edwards Coaches will run Transport for Wales's new north-south coach with Llew Jones when it launches on 25 October. Both…

A red TrawsCymru T1 bus signed Lampeter for Aberystwyth pulling away from the kerb outside Carmarthen railway station, with the platform canopy and taxi rank behind
Carmarthen

CARMARTHEN: TfW wants the railway station to work better as a train-and-coach interchange

Transport for Wales has opened a survey on improving facilities at Carmarthen railway station and joining up the TrawsCymru coaches…

PC Taylor Rees and PC Guto Dafydd holding their bronze bravery medals in presentation boxes, with Chief Constable Ifan Charles in uniform
Arson

BRAVERY MEDALS: The Carmarthen rookie and his tutor who ran into a burning house to save a sleeping woman

PC Guto Dafydd was two months out of classroom training when he and his tutor PC Taylor Rees pulled a…