Carmarthen Market named best in Wales
IT’S no surprise to regular shoppers that Carmarthen Market is one of the best around, but now it’s official! The market has just been named Best Market in Wales by Slow Food Cymru, an awards scheme that highlights ‘good, clean…
Funding available for Community Projects through Police and Crime Commissioner’s Community Fund
THE Police and Crime Commissioner for Dyfed-Powys, Dafydd Llywelyn, has today launched a funding programme where grants of between £5,000 and £10,000 will be made available to groups and organisations across Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire and Powys. Dafydd Llywelyn is inviting…
Fire Crews tackle property fires at Morriston and Bont
ON Tuesday, 09/04/2019 at 07:55pm, crews from Morriston and Swansea Central attended a property fire in Parc Avenue, Morriston, Swansea. On arrival, firefighters made a forced entry into the two-storey terraced property and rescued a female casualty. The casualty was…
Old-fashioned policing and community support helped Dyfed-Powys Police solve a murder and manhunt in Pendine
ON Thursday, September 27, 2018, Simon Clark, aged 54, was beaten, stabbed and killed at his home. What unfolded was a complex and lengthy inquiry and manhunt that started with very little evidence – no CCTV, no witnesses and limited…
Campaign launched to tackle period poverty
FREE sanitary products are being given to schools, colleges and youth projects across Carmarthenshire as part of a new campaign to tackle period poverty. Boxes containing sanitary products are being distributed to all 97 primary and 12 secondary schools, as…
What next for Debenhams?
THE retail giant Debenhams is now in the hands of its secured lenders after administrators were appointed to handle the sale of the business to a newly incorporated company. The secured lenders are reportedly made up of a mixture of…
Royal British Legion Pontarddulais laying up and dedication of standards
WHEN people say the young are no good, they may not have watched this modest film, which offers evidence to the contrary. Hundreds of young people marched not once, but twice around the town of Pontarddulais on a hot day…
Public meeting organised is open for everyone
Dear Editor, The public meeting I am helping to organise is for local residents to discuss the anti-social behaviour problems in Seaside with housing association officers, council officers and the police. It is open to everyone in the Glanymor community,…
Dedication of new Royal British Legion standard brings out the crowds in Bont
THE dedication of a new Royal British Legion standard and the reopening of a branch of the Royal British Legion in Pontarddulais brought out huge crowds onto the streets of the town today, Sunday (Apr 7). Hundreds of serving and…
Hamilton pledges to fight by-election on Brexit Ticket
UKIP’S Neil Hamilton has thrown his hat into the ring for the Newport West by-election. The outspoken AM for Mid and West Wales has spoken to Llanelli Online ahead of the launch of his campaign. We began by asking Mr…