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  • Huge Black Mountain fire seen for miles around

    Firefighters have been battling a huge mountain fire in the Amman Valley. The Black Mountain is engulfed with flames that can be seen for miles around. Plumes of smoke have been billowing down the valley since Thursday afternoon. The fire

  • Work gets underway on temporary hospitals in Carmarthenshire

    RAPID progress is being made converting three sites in Carmarthenshire into temporary medical provision. Carmarthenshire County Council has commissioned its framework contractors to prepare Carmarthen Leisure Centre, and the Selwyn Samuel Centre

  • Wales coronavirus enforcement powers signed in

    NEW powers to help reduce the spread of coronavirus, protect the NHS and save lives have now come into force in Wales, First Minister Mark Drakeford has confirmed. The First Minister has signed into law new public health regulations strengthening

  • Six further deaths and 113 more coronavirus cases in Wales

    SIX further people have died from coronavirus in Wales, with 113 more positive cases in a day in Wales, as of March 26. The total number of officially confirmed cases is now 741, although the true number of cases is likely to be higher. There

  • Health board meeting will not be public

    TODAY'S (Thursday) health board meeting is no longer being held in public, following the latest government advice on coronavirus. Hywel Dda Health Board is set to hold its meeting on March 26, but it will not be open to the public, nor held where

  • Council is hiring carers to help protect vulnerable

    CARMARTHENSHIRE county council is urgently recruiting carers to help support older and vulnerable residents of Carmarthenshire as a result of the coronavirus outbreak. The council said it is particularly appealing for people who have worked within

  • Man fined for failing to identify driver

    A LLANDOVERY man who failed to reveal the identity of a driver alleged to have been guilty of an offence must pay more than £800 and has had his licence endorsed. Laurence Rowden, of Clos Pluguen, found the case against him proved under the single