Carmarthenshire County Council
CARMARTHENSHIRE: Saron councillor Peter Cooper dies, remembered as a “dedicated public servant”
The Labour councillor for Saron served his corner of Carmarthenshire for more than two decades: in the council chamber, on…
HEOL GOFFA ROW: Plaid accuses Labour of causing ‘unnecessary distress’ over special school claims
Carmarthenshire's education cabinet member has hit back at Labour's "£35m black hole" claims over Llanelli's promised new Ysgol Heol Goffa…
LLANELLI: ‘£35m black hole’ row erupts over Ysgol Heol Goffa funding — days after consultation opens
Families have waited a decade for a new Ysgol Heol Goffa — and days after being asked their views on…
SCHOOL TRANSPORT: Driver fined for carrying children on school run without taxi licence — despite earlier warning
David Rhydian Thomas of Windy Corner Coaches drove a school route on five occasions without the required driver's licence, a…
AMMANFORD: County’s only nursery school to close — taking Carmarthenshire’s last full-time nursery places with it
Children will instead attend Ysgol Bro Banw and Ysgol Gymraeg Rhydaman from age three — but on a part-time basis,…
LLANELLI: Consultation opens on £35m Ysgol Heol Goffa rebuild — two years after council scrapped the last one
Families and campaigners fought for years to save the 150-place special school project — now the formal process is finally…
SCHOOL CLOSURES: Council confirms village schools in Meidrim and Llangyndeyrn to shut — but campaigners say they will fight on
Carmarthenshire Council has confirmed it will close Ysgol Meidrim and Ysgol Y Fro in Llangyndeyrn, issuing statutory notices from June…
CARMARTHENSHIRE: Swiss Valley councillor elected as new council chair — and he wants to get around the whole county to meet its people
Cllr Giles Morgan has been elected Chair of Carmarthenshire County Council, taking over the chain of office from outgoing Chair…
CARMARTHENSHIRE: Sixty years after Beeching axed the trains, the railway line between Carmarthen and Llandeilo is open again — for walkers and cyclists
The Tywi Valley Path — 13 miles of walking and cycling route built on the trackbed of a railway closed…
LLANELLI: Local councillors welcome Aldi jobs but demand traffic improvements as condition of planning permission for Sandy Road supermarket
The two county councillors for the ward where Aldi wants to build a £7m supermarket on the site of Pinopolis…
LLANELLI: £35m new Ysgol Heol Goffa to open in 2029 after years of uncertainty — but funding question hangs over Plaid Cymru government
A new £35 million special school for Llanelli has cleared a major hurdle — but councillors are seeking assurances that…