Cllr John Jenkins on Council mergers
WELSH Government and Welsh local government agencies are making noises about reducing local authority councils from 22 to 10. They indicate that unless Councillors volunteer to decide to merge there may be a movement from Welsh government to make it…
Llanelli Online interviews Celtic Media Festival Director, Catriona Logan
THE 2018 Celtic Media Festival will take place in Llanelli this May (2018). The three-day festival, which started in 1980, will be held at Theatre Ffwrnes with the aim of promoting and celebrating languages and cultures of the Celtic nations…
Llanelli’s Theo is new President of Oxford University’s Media Society
THEO Davies-Lewis hails from Bryn in Llanelli. He is the son of Roseanne Lewis who in turn is the daughter of Raymond Lewis, who many people will remember as one of the town’s main florists. Theo is a former St…
Soldier, mechanic, rugby player, rocket builder, fitness model and Mum – Meet Kayleigh
IT’S International Women’s Day and Llanelli Online has found a remarkable woman in the heart of Llanelli. Meet Kayleigh Williams. She is a wife and mother to two boys and she’s also served eight years in the British Army. That’s…
Nia Griffith MP interviews the Shadow Foreign Secretary
LLANELLI’S MP Nia Griffith interviewed the Shadow Foreign Secretary Emily Thornberry earlier this month ahead of her visit to Llanelli for International Women’s Day on 10th March. In a wide-ranging interview, they discussed progress on gender equality in the last century,…
Emyr is an inspiration
Emyr Evans from Pembrey is 38-years-old. Like many of us he lives his life on a day to day basis doing the things we all do. We all love our food and dare we say the occasional tipple. Try as…
Llanelli’s Jade Knight selected for women’s Welsh squad for 2018 Six Nations
Llanelli Online had the privilege of interviewing Llanelli’s own Jade Knight who has been selected to play in the Welsh women’s squad in this year’s Six Nations tournament. We hope you enjoy our exclusive interview. Have you been playing rugby…
Iain Sewell – Vollsanger
Iain Sewell is a man of many talents and varying careers. The son of a former journalist at the Daily Mail Iain climbed through the ranks and became a Chief Inspector in Dyfed Powys Police Force. He is chair of…
Phill Jupitus loves a bit of Ronnie and Ryan
Phill Jupitus has had a long an illustrious career in Film, TV, on stage and on radio. He is also an accomplished artist. He recently appeared at Theatr Ffwrnes with his one-man show ‘Juplicity’. We caught up with Phill after…
Llanerch Field – Alan’s Story
The issue of the sewage tank in Llanerch is lingering like a bad smell over the village as campaigners hoping to retain the field as a village green respond to a Plaid Cymru AM’s claims that the enormous underground structure…