Carmarthenshire

CARMARTHENSHIRE: Red sack or red bag? The mix-ups bin crews found in week one of the new recycling

Brown paper in the wrong sack, Pyrex in the glass box and battery sacks tied on with knots. Here is…

BURRY PORT: Harbour gate due back in early December as dredger works 54 tides

A dredger lifted over the quay wall by crane is now working the Outer Harbour, and boat owners have been…

YSGOL HEOL GOFFA: Cabinet gives go-ahead to 150-place special school

Llanelli's long-promised new special school has taken its biggest step yet. The argument has moved on from whether it gets…

BURRY PORT: Elanna swaps the catwalk for the Zante strip in S4C’s bar-running reality show

She has walked runways and done a summer as a rep. Now Elanna has a bar to keep open, five…

LLANGENNECH: Train firm blames a signaller for the diesel fire and wants £30m from Network Rail

Network Rail went to court in August wanting £5m from the firms it blames for the fire. One of them…

CWMGWILI: Diggers due at Plas y Bryn, a year after the council said work would start

Wynne Construction has the contract to replace the former care home with a 60-bed building, the first in Wales registered…

YSGOL HEOL GOFFA: Parents and pupils question if Llanelli’s planned special school is already too small

Llanelli’s £35m special school has passed its public test. Now the question is whether 150 places will be enough.

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,…

GWENDRAETH VALLEY: ‘Once you lose a school, it never comes back’: governors ask Welsh Government to halt closures

Three village schools facing closure have taken their fight to the Education Minister. The Welsh Government’s first reply has not…

TOWY VALLEY: Ministers want new power lines buried by default. So what happens to the 22-metre poles?

Buried by default, steel pylons scrapped: that is the Welsh Government’s plan for new power lines. Where does it leave…

CARMARTHENSHIRE: Your black bag day could change next month, even if you keep blue bags

Collection rounds are being redrawn across the whole county from Monday 2 November, not just for homes switching to the…