Train driver apprenticeship programme helps TfW wins prestigious award
A NEW train driver apprenticeship programme – the first of its kind in the UK has helped TfW win a prestigious award. Transport for Wales currently employs 189 apprentices and has recruited over 300 since being created over five years…
Race for Life Llanelli Event tops £34k
The Race for life event in Llanelli has raised over £34,000. Hundreds of people turned up to run and support the runners in the 3, 5 and 10 k races, which were held at the Festival Field site on Sunday…
Flipping great day of races in Llanelli Town Centre
Organised by Ymlaen Llanelli the sixth annual pancake race took place in Llanelli today, Tuesday (Feb 21). Stepney Street became a pancake race track with teams from Heno, Llanelli Town Council, Asda and Save Easy Credit Union taking part. The…
Nurses take to picket line outside Llanelli’s Prince Philip Hospital
by Dave Hurford and Alan Evans If the hooting of passing motor vehicles showing support was anything to go by it was clear that the general public were broadly supportive of todays action by nurses and NHS staff. The nurses…
Lifeshare foodbank providing a lifeline at Christmas
As the current cost of living crisis continues to bite hard many families are turning to food banks for the first time for help as they choose between heating and eating. it’s difficult to state the exact number of people…
Free Trees At Community Centres
The Welsh Government and Coed Cadw, the Woodland Trust in Wales, are offering trees to households in Wales, free of charge. It is hoped that the trees will help tackle the effects of climate change and will also contribute to…
Businessman creates Christmas wonderland to raise money for Great Ormond Street Hospital
WEEKS of work and a love for Christmas has transformed a home in Hendy into an incredible Christmas wonderland inside and out. Local businessman Richard O’Brien and his wife Lisa and family have decorated their home with an enormous collection…
Llanelli football fans enjoy USA thriller at Stebonheath Sports Bar
Wales took to the field looking relatively calm while across the nation fans gripped by the excitement of the match were on the edges of their seats waiting for the whistle to signal the nation’s first World Cup game…
Glittering Christmas Carnival sparkles again
THOUSANDS flocked to Llanelli town centre this evening, Friday (Nov 18) to watch the annual Christmas Carnival. It may only be November but the Christmas sparkle and magic was in abundance as the parade headed from the Festival Fields along…
Prince Philip Hospital receives generous donation of £6000
Alison Cambrey and daughters Lucy and Emily have kindly donated £6,000 which will go towards the purchase of an ECG machine for the Rehabilitation Ward at Prince Philip Hospital. An ECG machine records the electrical activity of the heart and…