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BRAVERY MEDALS: The Carmarthen rookie and his tutor who ran into a burning house to save a sleeping woman
PC Guto Dafydd was two months out of classroom training when he and his tutor PC Taylor Rees pulled a sleeping woman from a burning house on Mansel Street. On Emergency Services Day, both received bronze bravery medals. The post BRAVERY MEDALS: The Carmarthen rookie and his tutor who ran into a burn...
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Police officers rescue sleeping woman from burning Carmarthen home moments before explosion
PC Taylor Rees and PC Guto Dafydd have received awards for the bravery they showed in entering the property before the fire service arrived
Met Office weather maps show Wales to be hit by downpours on Thursday
There's a real mixed bag of weather on the way with Thursday promising to be wet and breezy
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CARMARTHENSHIRE: Free hour agreed for every council car park, and the towns’ free parking days are gone
The cabinet has signed off the county's new parking strategy: first hour free in all 67 council car parks, charges frozen for three years, and the free days towns used for Christmas scrapped, despite the council's own scrutiny committee asking for them to stay. No start date has been announced. The ...
HOTEL HUNT: Premier Inn wants new hotels in Mumbles, Carmarthen and Milford Haven
The owner of Premier Inn has named Mumbles, Carmarthen and the Milford Haven and Pembroke area among the places it wants new hotels, on the very day it shuts its Brewers Fayre restaurants for good. None of the three currently has one. The post HOTEL HUNT: Premier Inn wants new hotels in Mumbles, Car...
Empty and eerie abandoned building that used to be full of busy people
It offers history and character, space, and oodles of potential
Stallholders worried about being put on second floor of major new market development
It's one of several concerns and the council says it's listening
Life at county town market where footfall and customer service is key
Carmarthenshire Council is confident that a £41m regeneration project nearby will help local businesses
Wards closed at Carmarthen's Glangwili Hospital after scabies and flu outbreaks
Two wards have been closed to new admissions and visitors as a result of the outbreaks
Welsh Water lifts hosepipe ban affecting 33,000 homes
Around 33,000 properties across parts of Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire and Carmarthenshire were affected by the ban
CARMARTHENSHIRE: First hour free in every council car park, but the towns’ free parking days face the axe
Monday's cabinet report proposes a free first hour then a flat rate in all 67 council car parks, with cheaper rates outside Carmarthen and Llanelli. The price is the end of free parking periods and the free days towns use for Christmas and events, which the council's own scrutiny committee wanted ke...
The changes that could be coming to one of Wales' busiest roads
A consultation about the proposals for one of Carmarthenshire's busiest roads is open until later this month
New gym to open in Whitland despite objections saying it's too close to another one
A gym has recently opened in Whitland and now another one has got the green light
LLANGUNNOR: Tributes to Mair Lloyd, ‘a great Carmarthen character’, who has died aged 98
Twice chair of Llangunnor Community Council, a fixture of the knit and natter clubs and press officer for Carmarthen Fuchsia Club, Mair Lloyd showed Prince Charles and Princess Diana around her flood-damaged home after the 1987 Tywi flood. The post LLANGUNNOR: Tributes to Mair Lloyd, ‘a great Carm...
Questions remain unanswered over £41m revamp of empty building in Carmarthen
The huge building was home to Debenhams between 2010 and 2021. It is now being turned into a 'hub' by Carmarthenshire Council but at a huge cost
CARMARTHEN: Additional 84 homes approved on fields off A40 near Travellers Rest
The next piece of the 1,100-home Carmarthen West scheme goes on the land between the A40 Travellers Rest junction and the old St David's Hospital. Councillors approved it on Thursday, and were told the school promised alongside the homes still has no application. The post CARMARTHEN: Additional 84 h...
The best sandwich in Wales is found at a cafe in the middle of nowhere
And everything else is ridiculously delicious too at this Carmarthenshire restaurant icon
Wales' 50 best pubs 2026
These pubs all have this in common: they are all places you will love having a drink
A giant mast will be installed in Brechfa Forest but then removed again
There were objections to the proposal but councillors unanimously approved it
Decision on rural home still not made six years after council received the application
And it's now out of their hands, says planning officer