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  • Gwyl Hwyl Cwmaman Festival cancelled

    Gwyl Hwyl Cwmaman Festival has been cancelled due to bad weather. The annual festival was set to take place tomorrow - Saturday, August 10. A post on the festival's Facebook page said: "Cancelled due to weather. "We are gutted to announce

  • Major road scheme in Ammanford gets the thumbs up

    A £1.8million scheme to improve Wind Street and Tirydail junction in Ammanford has been given the thumbs up just months after opening. The new roundabout has significantly helped ease congestion after it replaced the old four-way traffic light

  • Bank closures impacting on 87 per cent of residents

    THE huge impact of the closure of bank branches particularly in rural areas has been spelled out in a survey conducted by the Welsh Assembly. The Senedd’s Economy, Infrastructure and Skills committee’s Access to Banking survey has highlighted the

  • Councillor slams plans to remove 30 public payphones

    A county councillor in Neath Port Talbot has criticised plans by BT to remove 30 public payphones in the county, saying not everyone has the luxury of a mobile phone or landline. BT wants to get rid of the telephone boxes, claiming their overall

  • Betws park saved from closure

    The future of a popular Betws park is no longer in jeopardy. Betws Community Council have signed the contact and now own Maesquarre Park. Last year The Guardian reported that the park was placed on Carmarthenshire County Council’s asset transfer

  • Plans for elderly takeaway service to open in Betws

    Plans for a takeaway dinner service for the elderly to open in Betws have been submitted to the planning department at Carmarthenshire County Council. An application to change the current business of Western Shooting Supplies in Betws into a community