Overall School Attendance in Carmarthenshire remains lowest in Wales

Overall school attendance in Carmarthenshire remains the lowest in Wales, a council meeting heard. Across the county, provisional attendance rates…

Call for More Rail Investment in West Wales Includes Reopening Amman Valley Line

A call for more rail investment in west Wales, including the reopening of the Amman Valley Line, has received unanimous…

Plastic pollution from Swansea wastewater works

Plastic discs from a wastewater treatment works in Swansea washed up in large numbers on the city’s beach and also…

Councillors Warn Swansea Communities Being Dismantled by Rise in HMOs

COUNCILLORS have claimed a settled community in Swansea is being dismantled and becoming transient due to an increase in the…

McMakeover for Swansea’s bustling McDonald’s Building

A DRAB-LOOKING city centre block in Swansea partially occupied by a McDonald’s restaurant could be given a major new lease…

Carmarthenshire Sees Fewer People in Temporary Housing but Costs Remain High

THE number of people placed in temporary accommodation in Carmarthenshire has fallen considerably but the costs haven’t. Like all local…

Pontarddulais Cycle Path Approved Despite Territorial Dog and a Decades-Old Van

PLANS for a new cycle path in Pontarddulais have been approved despite concerns about its effect on a territorial dog…

Swansea and Carmarthenshire Councils Paid Over £1m to Suspended Staff in Three Years

THEFT, turning up to work under the influence of alcohol, and aggressive behaviour led to a small number of council…

Ysgol Dyffryn Aman loses greenspace in favour of School Bus Park

The majority of a large lawn at a secondary school in Carmarthenshire will make way for a bus park although…

Swansea Councillor Francesca O’Brien explains her decision to join Reform UK

SWANSEA’S first ever Reform UK councillor said she reckoned others might follow and that she didn’t feel she’d broken the…

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