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  • Health board's maternity services recognised

    Hywel Dda University Health Board maternity services have been celebrating after receiving the maternity stage three accreditation of the UNICEF UK baby friendly initiative, given in recognition of promoting breastfeeding and the mother and baby relationship

  • Council welcome approval of Wellness Village plans

    CARMARTHENSHIRE County Council has welcomed a decision to allow Llanelli’s Wellness and Life Science Village to go ahead. The Welsh Planning Directorate has informed the authority that it will not call in the planning application for the £200million

  • Garnant man denies messaging underage girl

    A GARNANT man will stand trial in August accused of requesting nude pictures from an underage girl. Richard Hughes, of Maes y Bedol, denied the charges put to him at Llanelli Magistrates' Court on July 4. It is alleged that, between September

  • Barrow Racers raise over £700 for children's charity

    Around 80 people turned out to take on Ammanford’s wackiest challenge on Saturday, July 6. The annual charity wheelbarrow race, otherwise known as Barrow Racers, is a six-mile real life wacky racers bar crawl event where teams of pairs dress up

  • Concerns raised over Tywi Valley Path

    WORK on a new cycle path linking Llandeilo and Carmarthen will shift up a gear once land has been acquired for the 16-mile scheme, but new sources of funding will be needed. Concerns were raised at a Carmarthenshire Council committee meeting that

  • Looking back over the years

    These are the stories that were hitting the headlines 50 years ago in the South Wales Guardian. FOUR weeks after a Penybanc teenager disappeared while on his way to school there was still no word from the youngster. The 15-year-old, who was thought