Charities chosen for race funds
THE charities to benefit from Carmarthen's Mayor's Race next May have been have chosen.The race will be held on May Day bank holiday in the town centre and will support the Dr Mz youth project, the Ty...
View ArticleHealth projects cash on offer
THOUSANDS of pounds are being made available to health and wellness community projects in Carmarthenshire.Hywel Dda General Fund has released £100,000 to be donated to community projects who invest in...
View ArticleDonations most appreciated
LLANELLI'S remarkable generosity has shone through, giving hundreds of people a helping hand over Christmas.The Antioch Centre's festive appeal has reaped dividends at a time when added seasonal...
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Benefit change 'end of the world for disabled'
A DISABILITY rights campaigner has dubbed looming council tax changes "the end of the world" for disabled people.From April, the current national council tax benefit system will be replaced with a...
View ArticleNew flood gates to protect village
NEW temporary flood defences have been handed out to homes and businesses in Pendine.The properties, on and around Marsh Road, should now be better protected from flooding during high tides and stormy...
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Carmarthen police launch murder investigation after body found on Christmas Day
POLICE have launched a murder investigation, after the body of a 37-year-old grandmother was found at a Carmarthen home on Christmas morning.The woman, named locally as Charmaine Macmuiris was found...
View ArticleReading 0 Swansea City 0
SWANSEA City moved back into the top half of the Premier League after a 0-0 draw at Reading.Anthony Le Fondre saw a late volley headed over the bar by Swansea defender Chico Flores, though it was the...
View ArticlePolice to keep the peace as protest group attend hunt
POLICE will keep the peace between animal welfare campaigners and members of Carmarthenshire Hunt.West Wales Animal Aid and South West Wales League Against Cruel Sports are holding a meeting at the...
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Snapper turns detective to retrieve stolen lens
A CARMARTHEN crime victim turned detective to recover £1,700 worth of camera equipment stolen last month.Photographer Mike Walters had the specialist lens taken from his camera bag at a boxing show in...
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Attack on 'flawed' grading system
THE head teacher of Ysgol Glan y Mor has criticised the banding system and called on the education minister to visit his school, after it was given the lowest banding by the Welsh Government.Steve...
View ArticlePolice arrest 30 in purge
MORE than 30 people were arrested in Llanelli over the weekend as revellers poured into town for a pre-Christmas knees-up.Police brought them in for a range of offences including drugs, public order...
View ArticleVow to protect frontline police
NEWLY elected Dyfed-Powys crime commissioner Christopher Salmon has vowed to protect frontline policing in his Christmas message.Reflecting on 2012, Mr Salmon said the force had worked hard to secure...
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Heads' criticism of banding structure as 'unfair' model
THE headteacher at Queen Elizabeth High School in Carmarthen has described the Welsh Government's performance banding of schools as unfair, with some schools not being compared like for like.Peter...
View ArticleFestive working still on the rise
THE number of people working on Christmas Day continues to rise.Statistics from the TUC show the number of people who work on December 25 rose by 78 per cent between 2004 and 2010, the most recent year...
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Carrying out costume custom
MARI Lwyd has put in another seasonal appearance in the upper Swansea Valley.The horse's skull, decorated with stars, ribbons and bells, is part of an ancient Welsh custom which was regularly performed...
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Family's joy as Journal readers help Heti speak
GENEROUS Carmarthen residents have raised more than £10,000 to pay for a three- year-old girl to receive specialist speech therapy.The parents of little Heti Williams say they have been overwhelmed...
View ArticleHelicopter's boy search
THE police helicopter was involved in a search for a missing boy in Swansea.Its crew was alerted to the eight-year-old's disappearance on Sunday at 8.45pm.The youngster, from Mount Pleasant, was found...
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A Swansea night out is a hit for Ammanford star Alexandra Roach
A NIGHT out in Swansea city centre has had the thumbs-up from a rising film and TV star.Ammanford-born Alexandra Roach tweeted: "I'm telling you now ... can't beat Swansea for a night out."Along with...
View ArticleTwo people escape unhurt after collision in Gowerton
TWO people escaped unscathed following a head-on collision in a Swansea road.The smash happened in Mansel Street, Gowerton, on Christmas Day at 2.42pm.A Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service crew...
View ArticleDo not use expensive payday loans companies - says Swansea Council
SWANSEA Council is urging people not to use expensive payday loan companies in an effort to cover the excesses of the festive season.Many families find themselves in debt following Christmas.And some...
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