Ditch the car and get active is the aim of ‘Beat the Street Llanelli’ as the interactive game gets underway in the town from Wednesday 28 September to...
Carmarthenshire Council say the rising cost of inflation, food and energy prices along with increased global demands for goods and services, means it is facing a...
A young volunteer has been praised by Carmarthenshire County Council for his environmental work in the Whitland area. 10-year-old Leon litter picks his local area every...
A Carmarthenshire Bowls Club raising funds for a wheelchair for one of its members has secured vital support from housebuilder, Persimmon Homes. Cross Hands and District...
Welsh electric vehicle charging company Clenergy EV has announced that it is increasing charging rates at their Swansea and Carmarthenshire charging stations from 35p/KWh to £1/KWh....
A Proclamation of the new Sovereign was read by the Chair of Carmarthenshire County Council, Cllr Rob Evans on the steps of County Hall, Carmarthen at...
“It’s almost uncool to want to learn as vaping and bad language is like the new thing” Carmarthenshire Council has launched a new campaign which aims...
As part of Cadw’s Open Doors heritage festival, more than 200 of Wales’ historic sites, landmarks and hidden gems will offer visitors free entry this September – 12 of...
The Farmers’ Union of Wales has given a cautious welcome to a Welsh Government decision to scale back plans to plant prime agricultural land in the...
The Welsh Government and Carmarthenshire County Council say they’re supporting the construction of new high-quality office space in Cross Hands, aimed at helping create new jobs...
Visitors to Carmarthenshire’s heritage garden, Aberglasney can learn all about orchids this coming weekend (Saturday 3 & Sunday 4 September) as the garden hosts the Welsh...
Students from across South West Wales are celebrating after receiving GCSE results, but there are fewer top grades across Wales as a whole following the results...
Dyfed Powys Police are appealing for witnesses after a collision on the A486 near Llandysul left a cyclist with serious injuries. The collision around 8.25am on...
Environment body Natural Resources Wales (NRW) has declared large parts of South West Wales are now in a drought area. The announcement affects Carmarthenshire, Swansea, Neath...
A temporary use ban – more commonly known as a hosepipe ban – will come into effect today for over 60,000 households served by Llys y...
Learners across Swansea Bay are celebrating exam successes as A-Level results are announced. Top grades have fallen, however the percentage is still higher than the last...
A new report by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) has said that Dyfed Powys Police has made improvements in the...
Staff from University of Wales Trinity Saint David (UWTSD) visited Canolfan John Burns Centre in Kidwelly to host a day of educational activities to pupils from...
Dyfed Powys Police are the first police force in Wales to launch a DNA Protected service in efforts to help dog owners protect against pet theft....
Aberglasney Gardens will offer special tours of the upper floors of the Grade 2 listed Mansion House during September as part of Cadw’s national ‘Open Doors’...
Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service has launched a hunt for new firefighters to join its Carmarthenshire fire stations. It’s looking for people who...
The last Prince of Wales, Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, (also known as Llywelyn the Last) is a national hero – but his life and times are shrouded...
Werndale Hospital in Bancyfelin, Carmarthenshire has opened its £1millon ward extension thanks to Scarlets and Wales rugby international, James Davies. The new extension features a suite...
Hywel Dda University Health Board has recruited 45 international nurses and says it plans to increase this number significantly over the coming months. Hywel Dda say...
Consultation on flood prevention schemes by Carmarthenshire and Ceredigion councils in the Teifi Valley has been extended to August 31 to give more residents an opportunity...
Midtec, one of the UK’s leading manufacturers of chimney cowls and flue systems has completed the construction of 2500 square feet of additional manufacturing space at...
Hywel Dda and Swansea Bay University Health Boards have both issued a warning of a major computer outage that is that is used to refer patients...
Welsh Water have announced a hosepipe ban for Pembrokeshire and parts of Carmarthenshire as the country experiences its driest year since 1976, record temperatures and an...
Early ideas on potential rail and bus service improvements for passengers throughout the Swansea Bay City Region have been discussed. A presentation from regional local authority...
To celebrate HRH The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Aberglasney Gardens has planted a rare Handkerchief Tree to commemorate the occasion. The Handkerchief (Davidia involucrata) tree is the...
Carmarthenshire County Council and CWM Environmental Ltd have officially opened Canolfan Eto, a brand-new re-use village in Nantycaws which the council says aims to help close...
The rare Fen Orchid (Liparis loeselii) has been rediscovered by an 11-year-old boy at Laugharne-Pendine Burrows in Carmarthenshire. Tristan Moss was out with other members of...
Council leaders in Carmarthenshire have welcomed the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Wales David TC Davies MP to the site of Llanelli’s landmark Pentre Awel...
Llyn Llech Owain Country Park has received the prestigious Green Flag Award for the very first time, whilst Pembrey Country Park has also retained its Green...
Carmarthenshire County Council has pledged £80,000 to the Urdd National Eisteddfod which is being held In Llandovery next year. The Cabinet has also approved a budget...
Survey works are underway to determine future options for Kidwelly Industrial Museum, the UK’s oldest and only surviving tinplate works. The Kidwelly Industrial Museum Trust took...
Children in Carmarthenshire are being urged to take part in this year’s Summer Reading Challenge which is all about science and innovation. They’re being asked to...
Hywel Dda University Health Board’s (UHB) first solar farm has been installed at Hafan Derwen, located on the Parc Dewi Sant site in Carmarthen. The 1,098...
Carmarthenshire Council are asking residents and businesses in the county to help shape the council’s Cabinet ‘vision’ for the next five years. Council Leader Cllr Darren...
Carmarthenshire Council’s Armed Forces Champion Cllr Phillip Hughes has pledged the council’s ongoing support by signing the Armed Forces Covenant alongside Lieutenant Commander Andrew Davies RN...
A leading national volunteering charity is looking for friendly volunteers to help improve the lives of Carmarthenshire residents by joining their community transport service. The Royal...
A brand new washplant at an aggregate recycling facility at Cwmgwili in Carmarthenshire is the largest in Wales according to family-owned recycling company Gavin Griffiths Group....
Two nurses from Hywel Dda University Health Board have been selected from hundreds of entries as finalists at the RCN Nursing Awards. Learning disability health facilitation nurse,...
National Lottery raised £32,498,615 for good causes in Wales so far this year – but which areas have benefitted the most? New research has revealed that...
A programme of traditional skills training and education is underway in Carmarthenshire as part of Ancient Connections – a cross-border arts and heritage project linking Wexford...
Carmarthen’s award-winning pork producer, Red Valley Farm, is celebrating being shortlisted in Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales’s ‘Put Your Best Sausage Forward 2022’ competition,...
A new pilot project is underway across Carmarthenshire to encourage native flowers to grow and to provide food for pollinators. Carmarthenshire County Council received funding under...
A memorial has been unveiled at Pembrey Country Park to commemorate a hard-fought campaign to save Pembrey sands for public use. Between 1969 and 1971, the...
With 800 years of history all under one roof, Carmarthenshire Archives has opened its doors in a new £2.2 million purpose-built facility at the rear of...
Judge orders the ringleader of a long-running illegal poaching operation on the Afon Teifi to have £61,791.50 confiscated due to the financial gains he made from...
Crowds of people turned out to celebrate the Birmingham 2022 Queen’s Baton Relay in Carmarthenshire. More than 150 schoolchildren welcomed the Queen’s Baton to Pembrey Country...
Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire MP, Simon Hart has quit his cabinet role as Welsh Secretary in the latest blow to Prime Minister, Boris Johnson. Mr...
Staff at Werndale Hospital near Carmarthen have been recognised for the quality of their patient care. The prestigious ‘Private Hospital Group of the Year’ award is presented to an organisation...
HRH The Prince of Wales will visit the National Botanic Garden of Wales to receive an oak sapling from the First Minister of Wales, as a...
New research has shown that drivers in Dyfed-Powys police’s area are the least likely to have their car stolen in all of England and Wales. There...
Brand new trains that aim to transform services across Wales and the English borders have been on show today at Chester railway station. Assembled by CAF...
Ferryside author John Nicholl is celebrating the re-release of his Carmarthenshire-based detective books as the Carmarthen Crime Series. His new publisher, Boldwood Books – winner of...
A cheesemaker from Carmarthenshire has secured its first listing with the Co-op as part of the retailer’s continued focus on local and community sourcing. Family-owned Caws...
Natural Resources Wales (NRW) are asking communities surrounding the Tywi Valley in Carmarthenshire for their views to help inform the next steps in shaping the design...
Llanelli’s ground-breaking Pentre Awel project has taken a major step forward paving the way for building work to start as early as this autumn. Carmarthenshire County...
Richmond Park School in Carmarthen is the first school in Carmarthenshire to achieve School of Sanctuary status. The school has been recognised for all its good...
Aimed at securing funding worth nearly £138m to South West Wales over the next three years, a new regional investment plan is being produced. The plan...
Plans for a new Health and Well-being centre in Cross Hands, Carmarthenshire, has been submitted to Welsh Government. Hywel Dda University Health Board say an integrated...
Carmarthenshire is becoming the premier destination for major sporting events according to the county council, after hosting stage five of the Women’s Tour – Britain’s biggest...
Twenty organisations and community groups in South-West Wales have been awarded grants to help them improve their local communities. The funding, totalling £15,004.23, comes from the...
Cross Hands-based plant-based food producer Do Goodly Foods has won Wales Food and Drink Start-Up Business of the Year at the inaugural Wales Food and Drink...
A female entrepreneur from Carmarthenshire has launched a new venture with the intention of revolutionising the way in which sportswear is provided for grassroots and amateur...
Aberglasney say they’re sad to announce their Head Gardener, Joseph Atkin, will be hanging up his gardening shears for the last time next week as he...
Carmarthenshire Council are advising residents who usually have refuse and recycling collections on Thursdays and Fridays that there will be no collections this week over the...
Schoolchildren have been busy planting trees in Pembrey Country Park as part of the Queen’s Jubilee Celebrations. Pupils of Pembrey School swapped their pens and pencils...
Families in Carmarthenshire can now sign up for free fortnightly collections of children’s nappies. Carmarthenshire County Council is launching a new collection service for households to...
Pembrey Country Park has won more Blue Flags than anywhere else in Wales. Cefn Sidan has secured the prestigious Blue Flag status once again making it...
Carmarthenshire County Council has formally welcomed its new leader as part of a Plaid-Independent alliance. Cllr Darren Price has been named as the Leader of the...
A driver who caused a head-on collision with a car being driven by a pregnant woman told police officers at the scene he had drunk 13...
Carmarthenshire Council have announced plans to improve car parking at Burry Port Harbour. The council say the move will see underused land transformed into an additional...
The countdown is on before the world’s top women riders will race through Carmarthenshire as part of the Women’s Tour of Britain. Some 108 cyclists will...
Carmarthenshire Council say work is continuing throughout the county to remove diseased ash trees on council land – with the latest felled overnight adjacent to the...
A Ukrainian doctor practicing in the UK, Sergey Tadtayev – a Consultant Urologist Surgeon has teamed with his hospital operator, Circle Health Group and Werndale Hospital...
A 60-year-old man has been jailed for 21 years for the historical rape and abuse of children. Christopher Daniel James, of Brynheulwen, Blaenannerch, raped and abused...
New research has revealed the most expensive places in Wales to refuel – with Neath Port Talbot in the top 5. Despite not having the cheapest...
A Llanelli pet owner who repeatedly ignored requests to clear up her dog’s mess has been ordered to pay nearly £1400. Llanelli Magistrates heard how the...
Wildlife and environmental groups are to benefit from a collaborative approach taken by Natural Resources Wales (NRW) and Castell Howell Foods following a pollution incident caused...
Sunday (10 April) was the first event of the year for the team at Wales’ largest independent mass participant running organisation and what an event it...
Wales & West Housing is planning a new development of homes for older people close to the centre of Carmarthen. Plans have been submitted to Carmarthenshire...
Carmarthenshire Council’s “100% Sir Gâr” pop-up shop is returning to Carmarthen over the Easter holidays. A range of local independent businesses are taking advantage of free...
A brand new £2.2m state-of-the-art CT scanner has been installed at Glangwili General Hospital in Carmarthen The scanner, which has been funded by a Welsh Government...
A 200-year-old hotel in Pembrey near Llanelli is set to get a new lease of life after its new owners secured £420,000 of investment. Nickesha Graham-Burrell...
The marathon season has begun and athletes from across the UK are getting ready to take on the longest-running marathon event in South Wales. The Great...
Celebrated photographer Nigel McCall’s has launched his first ever book ‘Aberglasney Gardens, a Calendar Year‘ which features his beautiful photographs of the Gardens through the seasons. ...
A West Wales advocacy charity has hailed the services provided by community interest company RCS, naming it one of the reasons it has been able to...
A drink-driver who caused the death of a colleague when he crashed his car following a Christmas party has been jailed for seven-and-a-half years. Meirion Emerson...
The drive-through Mass Vaccination Centre (MVC) and community testing unit at the Showground in Carmarthen permanently closed on Wednesday 23 March 2022. The Showground MVC was the...
Carmarthenshire County Council says it will offer a full range of support to Ukrainian families and local people who offer to host refugees in their homes....
