Planning policy aimed at ensuring 1,936 new affordable homes in Carmarthenshire takes step forward
A PLANNING policy which aims to ensure nearly 2,000 new affordable homes are built in Carmarthenshire has taken a step forward. The affordable housing supplementary planning guidance, as it’s known, will be incorporated into a new planning blueprint for the county…
New service to help older people stay warm across Carmarthenshire
A new service has been launched by Care & Repair Carmarthenshire to help older people across the county stay warm and safe in their homes and keep energy bills down. The Older Not Colder initiative offers home energy assessments, expert…
Snowsport Cymru Wales hit the Dry Slope at Pembrey
On Saturday (8th Feb), Carmarthenshire News Online took a trip down to Pembrey Country Park where Snowsport Cymru Wales were in the midst of six training sessions for their regional squad and national squad of young skiers who were displaying…
Calls for urgent action following sentencing over Ammanford school stabbing
Senedd members called for urgent action to ensure safety in schools after a 14-year-old girl was found guilty of the attempted murder of two teachers and a pupil. Adam Price raised warnings from trade unions of a “behaviour crisis”…
Man jailed for conspiring to create scam website
A man from Bolton has been jailed for commissioning a phishing website. His intention was to deceive members of the public into thinking they were accessing a genuine Amazon webpage, with the intention of harvesting their personal information. An investigation…
New maternity and neonatal facilities open at Glangwili Hospital
Hywel Dda University Health Board (UHB) today (6 February 2025) welcomed Jeremy Miles, MS Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, to officially open maternity and neonatal facilities at Glangwili Hospital. Following a £25.2m Welsh Government investment, the Special Care…
Calls for 60,000 new social homes amid housing crisis
A committee called for Wales to build an estimated extra 60,000 social homes to begin to catch up to comparable countries across Europe. Labour’s John Griffiths, who chairs the Senedd’s housing committee, said increasing the supply of social housing…
Pothole Land officially closes following repairs to road surface
Pothole Land – the Glyn Ceiriog ‘attraction’ that gained international attention due to the state of its roads – has officially closed after Wrexham Council undertook road repairs. Councillors denied that they had reacted to the viral social media campaign…
New state-of-the-art 999 call handling centre for North Wales
Emergency ambulance call-handlers in North Wales will move into a new state-of-the-art home later this year – increasing the number of critical calls they can take. The region’s 999 call-handlers – who handle all emergency ambulance calls across North Wales…
Workers in Wales set to benefit from Labour’s plans to the raise minimum wage
Up to 130,000 workers in Wales will benefit from the UK Labour Government’s plans to raise the minimum wage, as ministers introduced changes to the law which could be worth £1,400 a year for an eligible full-time worker aged 21…