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The Heart of Wales Line has been given a £500,00 shot in the arm securing its future well into the next century.

Ammanford town councillors are forging ahead with their ambitious plans for a cinema-theatre project.

Furniture in local schools is so dilapidated that a teacher is claiming £20 for a new pair of trousers after he tore them in three places.

A mural on the pine-end of Ammanford's Midland Bank has been vetoed by town councillors.

The closure at short notice of a bridge over the River Towy at Rhandirmwyn, which is too weak to carry even a single car, has brought a storm of protest from residents.

A new covered mart at Llandovery costing well in excess of £100,000 will provide a better and more efficient service for farmers.

Warden Matt Ridley spotted a rare swallowtail butterfly flutter past his window at Gelli Aur Country Park.

ADinefwr councillor has described plans to confer the title alderman' on members who have given 20 years' unbroken service as "the biggest farce out".

Ammanford miner Keith Perry hopes his first professional engagement as a vocalist at Swansea's Brangwyn Hall next month will be the beginning of a full-time career in showbusiness.