Student joins Hyperlocal Carmarthenshire News for work placement
It is always great to know that young people are reading our content. It is also very encouraging when some of these young people come to us for work experience. In the past we have accommodated a number of young…
Missing voices at hotel and developers who go under the radar
It has been interesting to say the least to follow events at the Stradey Park Hotel. From the outset we here at Carmarthenshire Towers smelt a rat. We have chased down enough rodents to know when something just ain’t right….
A Utopian Shangri-La for all but the motorist
BEFORE anyone gets on their high horse, bicycle or tandem, I am not against 20mph speed limits on roads in Wales IF those roads happen to be in locations where children and the elderly gather in numbers or struggle to…
A Text Book plan for easy cash from investors
You don’t have to be a genius to work out how the investment sales rip off works. It can be seen on websites on a daily basis. It usually involves an offer just to good to be true. The scam…
Avoid being hijacked by visiting opposition to Stradey Park
The headline does not refer to the halcyon days when teams like Neath or Swansea made their way down the M4 or covertly across the Loughor bridge. I’m guessing one or two fans found themselves travelling back east on a…
Has horse power been overlooked through climate change obsessed politicians’ love affair with the bicycle?
When we really did live in a green and pleasant land ecologically that is, it was because there were no polluting motor vehicles. There was heavy industry but not on the scale we have come to know across the world…
Is Coronation Chicken more popular than Coronation King?
I awoke this morning with an air of excitement. The aches in my legs had subsided and so I thought the wild garlic I had eaten the day before had performed a miracle cure. Apart from the complaints from my…
Street-view replaces local photographers in local reporting
DESPITE the ease of access to hand held camera technology, it seems we are in an era of news reporting where our local reporters (if you can find one) are more inclined to open mapping services, a not so smart…
Walking and cycling can be seriously bad for one’s health
Walking and cycling can be seriously bad for one’s health depending on where one lives in Wales. We have all walked or cycled at some time in our lives. As children we would have been overjoyed to receive our first…
Green homes revolution or just a load of hot air?
Stand long enough on the roadside anywhere in Carmarthenshire and you could not fail to notice vans carrying signage stating that they are some form of heating installer or other. Eco Install, Enviroheating, Greensave Heating etc. Many are newly established…