Rail strikes to affect services later this week
GWR is warning customers that further strike action will affect rail services later this week. The Aslef union has announced strike action on Friday 12 May, Wednesday 31 May and Saturday 3 June, and the RMT has announced strike action…
£20,000 Community Changemakers Fund 2023 recipients announced
A total of £20,000 has been shared out between 25 organisations in South West Wales in the 2023 round of the Community Changemakers fund. The organisations in Carmarthenshire to have received funding are: Llanboidy Market Hall – Carmarthen…
RSPCA Young Photographer Awards opens for entries
Budding young photographers are being encouraged to enter the RSPCA’s high-profile national young photography competition which is now celebrating its 33rd year. The 2023 RSPCA Young Photographer Awards has now opened for entries and runs until Tuesday 15 August. The…
First Minister tries his hand volunteering with Barnardo’s for the Big Help Out
Shoppers at the Barnardo’s charity store in Pontypridd spotted a familiar face behind the counter when First Minister Mark Drakeford called in to meet some of its dedicated volunteers. The First Minister was visiting as part of the Big…
Communities event to be hosted at Cynheidre
The Llanelli and Mynydd Mawr Railway are delighted to be hosting a ‘Communities Together’ event at Cynheidre on Sunday 21st May 2023 from 10am to 3pm. The aim of the day is to raise awareness of local groups and activities…
Has horse power been overlooked through climate change obsessed politicians’ love affair with the bicycle?
When we really did live in a green and pleasant land ecologically that is, it was because there were no polluting motor vehicles. There was heavy industry but not on the scale we have come to know across the world…
Welsh Water called to explain solutions to pollution in West Wales
A CALL for Welsh Water to explain what it is doing to tackle pollution in west Wales will be heard by Pembrokeshire councillors next week. Last month, a Welsh Liberal Democrat analysis of sewage dumping statistics released by Welsh Water/Dŵr…
Call for moratorium on closure of public toilets in Pembrokeshire to be heard
A CALL for a moratorium on the potential closure of public toilets in Pembrokeshire is to be heard next week. Pembrokeshire County Council’s Cabinet approved the Local Toilet Strategy 2023 – required under the Public Health (Wales) Act 2017 –…
Pembrokeshire Council’s involvement in Bluestone holiday village to come under the spotlight
PEMBROKESHIRE County Council’s £1.9m financial involvement in the Bluestone holiday village will come under the spotlight next week. At the May 11 meeting of Pembrokeshire County Council’s full council, a question submitted by Councillor Alan Dennison will ask: “Given the…
Costs of Pembrokeshire’s South Quay to face scrutiny during full Council meeting
THE costs of the first phase of Pembroke’s South Quay project are expected to come under scrutiny next week. Led by Pembrokeshire County Council, the South Quay project – by the town’s castle – centres on the rebuild of formerly…