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Designs on card prizes
TALENTED youngsters in Llanelli received a visit from Nia Griffith yesterday after designing the MP's official Christmas card.Ms Griffith made a visit to the schools of the winners of her annual...
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20-year-old admits second sex attack in a year in Carmarthen
A 20-YEAR-OLD sexually assaulted a teenager in broad daylight — less than a year after he subjected another woman to an almost identical attack.David Keith James attacked the 14-year-old girl at 2.30pm...
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FREE parking for Christmas has now started in Neath Port Talbot Council-run car parks and will continue until next Sunday.23The annual concession was due to have been scrapped after this year but has...
View ArticleUnison calls for council tax to go up in Neath Port Talbot to protect workers...
UNION leaders have called for an increase in council tax bills to protect Neath Port Talbot Council workers from being hit by crippling pay cuts.The authority is finalising proposals to combat a...
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Prince Charles commends steel workers in Port Talbot during royal visit to...
THE Prince of Wales has told steel workers in Port Talbot Wales they can be proud of what they have achieved.Prince Charles visited Tata Steel's plant yesterday and unveiled a plaque marking the...
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Prince Charles to be patron of celebration year for Dylan Thomas
AFTER a hectic walkabout at Swansea Market, Prince Charles had a more serene engagement at 5 Cwmdonkin Drive — the birthplace of Dylan Thomas.And it was later announced that he would be patron of...
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Performer collapses in front of Prince Charles at Trinity St David University
THERE was a moment of stunned silence when a woman, mid-way through singing a duet for Prince Charles, collapsed on stage.The prince was attending a traditional Welsh carol service at Trinity Saint...
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Teacher at St Helen's Primary School goes into labour . . . during the nativity!
HARK! We bring tidings of great joy for unto you a child is born... and Miss is about to give birth as well!As pupils in a Swansea school were re-enacting the most famous birth of all — staging their...
View ArticlePort Talbot police tackling crime at Aberafan Shopping Centre
PORT Talbot police have been working with Aberafan Shopping Centre security staff to tackle crime.PCSOs Andrew Balzano and Dan Morris are patrolling the shopping centre every day to talk to and offer...
View Article19,000 homes face tax benefit changes
THOUSANDS of households in Carmarthenshire will be affected by changes to the council tax benefit scheme.From April 2013, the current system will be abolished and replaced with an all-Wales localised...
View ArticleGovernment 'should appoint OAPs' tsar'
THE Swansea-raised outgoing Archbishop of Canterbury has told the Government it should consider appointing a pensioners' tsar in England to help address the challenges posed by an ageing society.In his...
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Government to extend blue badge coverage
THE blue badge parking scheme for disabled people is being extended to those with conditions such as autism, the Welsh Government has announced.The badges will now be offered to those with 'severe...
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royal show goes on
A WOMAN singing a duet in front of Prince Charles collapsed on stage during a carol service.But the show had to go on and her partner helped her to one side — before turning and singing the rest of the...
View ArticleNorth boost to Scarlets
THE Scarlets' hopes of registering a first Heineken Cup victory of the season have been boosted by the return from injury of Wales wing George North.North has recovered from a hip problem to take his...
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Treboeth pensioner David Dowling cleared of sex assault on seven-year-old girl
A PENSIONER has been found not guilty of indecently assaulting a seven-year-old girl.David Dowling, 68, was cleared by a jury at Swansea Crown court of one charge of indecently assaulting the girl when...
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Scarlets welcome George North back for Exeter return
THE Scarlets will look to open their Heineken Cup account at Exeter today (3.40pm) boosted by the return from injury of Wales wing George North.The 20-year-old powerhouse sat out last weekend's 22-16...
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Title fight for Tobias Webb - but it'll be a hard one
TOBIAS Webb will have the chance to claim the first title of his professional career when he takes on Joe Calzaghe's old sparring partner for the Welsh super- middleweight crown.Nathan King had a...
View ArticleWoman rescued from Swansea Marina
A WOMAN was rescued from the freezing waters of Swansea Marina last night.She had entered the water at the lock by the Pump House pub at around 11.20pm.Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service sent a...
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Llansamlet against second traveller site www.la2ts.co.uk
Dear residents of SwanseaAs a resident of Birchgrove, previously Llansamlet and Manselton, I am writing to bring to everybody's attention the proposal of a second Traveller site on the land behind...
View ArticleTottenham vs Swansea: Spurs pair could face Swansea
Scott Parker and Benoit Assou-Ekotto have returned to first-team training and could feature in Tottenham's Barclays Premier League game against Swansea.Manager Andre Villas-Boas said Parker, who has...
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