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....
Swansea Building Society’s Carmarthen branch has achieved a new record for mortgage and savings balances, passing the significant milestone of £100 million for both. The branch,...
A brand-new clinical research centre has opened at Carmarthen’s Glangwili Hospital, providing access to new research opportunities to patients in west Wales. Hywel Dda University Health...
A group of school children from Carmarthen are helping to bring the town’s railway station back to life with a unique piece of artwork. Pupils from...
Werndale Hospital in Bancyfelin, Carmarthenshire has announced it will seek to sponsor visas for Ukrainian refugees and their families. Werndale Hospital is part of Circle Health...
Police and Crime Commissioner Dafydd Llywelyn visited the old Police Station in Kidwelly, Carmarthenshire last week, which has been converted to a hub for the community’s...
Work on the multi-million pound Pentre Awel project at Delta Lakes in Llanelli is underway. Site clearance and ground investigation works started this week as contractor...
Six new industrial units have been completed as part of a £2.5 million investment by Carmarthenshire County Council in Glanamman. The former empty workshops site at...
Preparations are underway to open the new first of its kind in Wales electric vehicle charging hub in Cross Hands. The superfast charging hub which is...
Young people in Llanybydder have built a bench as a memorial to those affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Carmarthenshire County Council’s Youth Support Service have been...
Circle Health Group is investing £1 million in Werndale Hospital, Bancyfelin to transform the facilities and services on offer to its patients in Carmarthen and beyond....
Parents in Carmarthenshire will soon be able to recycle their children’s nappies. Carmarthenshire County Council is launching a free fortnightly collection service for parents to recycle...
Carmarthenshire is to host the Women’s Tour of Britain, a major televised road cycling race, for the second time. Some of the world’s top cyclists will...
Carmarthenshire County Council has adopted a Local Development Order (LDO) for Carmarthen Town Centre in a move to support a more streamlined planning process, which the council say will...
Two new language learning centres have been developed in Carmarthenshire to provide additional support to children to become bilingual. The language centres – one for primary...
A Carmarthen man has been convicted of abusing and raping children following a trial at Swansea Crown Court. James Thomas, aged 42, of Mansel Street, Carmarthen,...
A new national ID card for young carers has been launched in Carmarthenshire in recognition of their caring responsibilities for a family member at home. The...
Pupils at a Carmarthenshire secondary school vying to become the first carbon neutral school in Wales have met with Carmarthenshire County Council’s Cabinet Member for climate...
Carmarthenshire County Council has become the first planning authority in Wales to launch a free tool to help developers calculate the impact of their project on...
Preparations are underway to open the new Carmarthenshire Archives building with the first collection arriving from storage this week. The historic Vaughan Pedigree returned to Carmarthenshire...
Hywel Dda University Health Board’s first solar farm will be installed at its Carmarthen site. Work has begun on creating the solar farm at Parc Dewi...
To mark St David’s Day, Education and Welsh Language Minister Jeremy Miles has announced 11 new capital projects to support the growth of the Welsh language....
Carmarthenshire’s first self-service environment has opened its doors in Newcastle Emlyn Town Centre. The library, which is located within the Foyer of the Cawdor Hall Building,...
A West Wales health board is calling for patients who have emergency problems with their eyes to visit their local Opticians and Optometrist. Hywel Dda University...
The Llanelli Railway Goods Shed project is being used to train local apprentices and offer Onsite work experience opportunities Llanelli MP, Nia Griffiths, has given her...
A new shop selling repaired and reused items donated by the public will open its doors in Llanelli Town Centre this week as part of a...
The Chair of Carmarthenshire County Council has been wearing down the treads of his walking boots in efforts to raise money for the Wales Air Ambulance...
A care home in the Carmarthenshire village of Llannon in the Gwendraeth Valley has been sold specialist business property adviser, Christie & Co has announced. Ffynnon Non is...
The Farmers’ Union of Wales and FUW Insurance Services Ltd. are looking forward to welcoming members and customers back to Carmarthen Mart in March 2022. The...
Carmarthenshire Council say that they will have delivered a total of 119 new council homes by the end of this financial year. The council say that...
Carmarthenshire Council’s pop-up shop is returning to Carmarthen to help give local traders and shoppers a half-term boost. The council has offered a range of local...
The first phase of a new recycling project to help save usable items from being thrown away at Carmarthenshire Council’s recycling centres is being launched. The...
Work has begun on more than 70 new houses in Cross Hands, the builder today announced. Persimmon Homes is pushing on with its third and final...
Carmarthenshire Council have announced that Carmarthen Mart is to re-open following a significant refurbishment. Leaseholders Nock Deighton Agricultural LLP will open the mart doors on Wednesday,...
Plans are in hand to formally take Llanelli’s Ysbyty Enfys Selwyn Samuel through its decommissioning phase ahead of being returned to town council ownership later this...
Aberglasney photographer, Nigel McCall, has been recognised in the Beautiful Gardens category of the International Garden Photographer of the Year (IGPOTY) competition for his stunning image...
The First Minister has announced the planned locations of Wales’ first commemorative woodlands to remember all those who have died during the pandemic. The first two...
Family and friends of a much-loved mother and grandmother from Capel Hendre in Ammanford are taking part in a 10-mile sponsored hand-bike and walking challenge in...
The former Debenhams department store in St Catherine’s Walk has been revealed as the preferred location for a new Carmarthen Hwb, which Carmarthenshire Council say will...
A 21-year-old man who calmly walked away after knocking a man out in an unprovoked attack, which saw his victim spend two months in hospital, has...
An 18th Century Inn, a Spanish tapas bar and an African food store are just some of the 73 Welsh businesses that accessed over £1.3 million of...
Aberglasney Gardens has appointed a new Director of Operations. Jim Stribling, who recently moved to Carmarthenshire from Miami, started in the position earlier this month and...
Age Cymru Dyfed has successfully secured grant funding to develop volunteering opportunities across Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire, and Ceredigion. The funding, awarded by Wales Council for Voluntary Action...
Art enthusiasts are being given the opportunity to view a masterpiece from the National Gallery’s Collection at Carmarthenshire Museum, as it re-opens its doors to visitors...
A new specialist unit to care for some of the most vulnerable newborn babies has officially opened at Glangwili Hospital, Carmarthen. The new Special Care Baby...
Work to demolish the Four Tys housing block in Tyisha to make room for a modern, mixed-use housing development is well underway Carmarthenshire County Council have...
Plans to transform an iconic Grade II-listed railway goods shed into a thriving heritage centre in Llanelli have been boosted by a grant of nearly £16,000...
Kaiser Chiefs are set to headline at Ffos Las Racecourse near Kidwelly in Carmarthenshire on Thursday 2 June 2022. The special ‘Live After Racing’ show will...
The University of Wales Trinity Saint David (UWTSD) Set Design Production Scenery Workshop has revealed its involvement in the newly released ‘Save the Cinema’ film for Sky....
It was in 1922 that Francesco Dallavalle first started selling his ice cream around the Amman Valley on a horse and cart. The Italian art of making...
Work has started on building a new £8.25million primary school for Pembrey. The new school building is being constructed on the recreation ground/playing field immediately adjacent...
The romantic, fantasy drama TV series ‘A Discovery of Witches’ has just returned to our screens for season three and those with a keen eye watching...
A police officer equipped with a miracle spray has saved the life of an overdose victim in Carmarthenshire. PC Gareth Rees, one of several officers across...
The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) has published a report into the derailment and fire of a tanker train at Llangennech in Carmarthenshire on 26 August...
Carmarthenshire County Council has secured a two-week showing of Sky Cinema original movie Save The Cinema at Carmarthen’s Lyric Theatre – the very subject of the...
Tributes have been paid to Cllr Mair Stephens, Deputy Leader of Carmarthenshire County Council, who has sadly died. Cllr Stephens, who led the Independent Group of...
Wilko has confirmed that it intends to close it’s St Elli Centre store in Llanelli town centre in August. The retailer said that “with regret”, it...
GMB union has accused Carmarthenshire Council of playing ‘Russian roulette’ with residents’ safety over a gritter strike. The claims came as the council issued their own...
Cilgwenyn Bee Farm in Carmarthenshire was recently announced as the winner of the Speciality & Fine Food Fair Rising Sustainability Star Award due to its holistic...
Gower-based coffee company FabFour Coffee, which is run by four Welsh rugby legends, is supporting enterprise education in Wales by partnering with primary schools to deliver...
Two unlicensed scrap metal collectors operating in Carmarthenshire have been ordered to pay over £2,000 each by the courts. Mark David Bennett and Sally Heritage of...
First Minister Mark Drakeford has announced Taliesin Bryant, a year six pupil at Llannon Primary in Llanelli, as the winner of his annual Christmas card competition....
Ammanford Accountants, Ashmole & Co, are helping to support the young local mathematicians of the future by making a donation to Ysgol Llandybie Primary School to...
Christmas has come early for these council housing tenants who have moved into modern, new build homes in Llandybie. The new £1.1million housing development in Maespiode...
Gritters in Carmarthenshire County Council Highways department are set to strike early in the new year, after GMB union members overwhelmingly voted to take industrial action. ...
A drink-driver who was involved in a crash with a mobility scooter has pleaded guilty to causing serious injury by dangerous driving, drink driving and failing...
People are being given the chance to help shape the revamp of Carmarthen town centre’s bus station. Carmarthenshire County Council, working with transport engineering group Atkins,...
Children and staff at Ysgol Pum Heol in Five Roads held a special celebration to mark the opening of their new £4.5million school. Phase one of...
Christmas shopping is well underway at Carmarthenshire County Council’s 100% Sir Gâr pop-up shops in Carmarthen and Llanelli. Local independent businesses have been given free retail...
Work is ongoing to clear a trail of destruction left in the wake of Storm Arwen along the A484 at Cynwyl Elfed. Carmarthenshire County Council has...
Proposals to close primary schools in Mynyddygarreg and Blaenau have been put on hold pending the outcome of an extended review of Carmarthenshire County Council’s Modernising...
Print Inc., a specialist in print and embroidered clothing, has celebrated its fifth anniversary by making a substantial investment in new technology and equipment, a move...
Carmarthenshire shoppers are being encouraged to use free parking days and support local businesses in the run up to Christmas. Carmarthenshire County Council has approved requests...
Scrub provides a splash of greenery in our sandy spaces, but too much scrub smothers the sand dunes and has a devastating effect on the specialist...
Work to demolish the Four Tys housing blocks in Tyisha, Llanelli has started, marking the next step in Carmarthenshire County Council’s plans to transform the area. ...
A huge clear up operation is still underway in Carmarthenshire following Storm Arwen which hit the county hard over the weekend. Carmarthenshire County Council’s highways team...
Carmarthenshire County Council has been working with location scouts and the production team to support the filming of a new thriller, which is using the county...
Carmarthen’s council customer services Hwb is moving to St Catherine’s Walk to make use of space in the council’s 100% Sir Gâr pop-up shop. Carmarthenshire County...
A £50,000 state-of-the-art prostate biopsy machine has been purchased for use at Glangwili and Prince Philip hospitals, thanks to charitable donations to local urology services, including...
Visitors to Pendine Sands will soon be able to enjoy additional car parking and beach friendly wheelchairs. An extra 30 plus spaces are being allocated next...
An animal rescue centre in Carmarthenshire has received a financial boost as it gears up for its busiest time of the year. Many Tears Animal Rescue...
Carmarthenshire Council have announced when they plan to start implementing major changes to kerbside waste and recycling collection in the county – with the first changes...
ALDI have announced that their brand new Llanelli store will open on Thursday 2 December at 8am. The new store at Trostre in Llanelli is the...