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Council sells offices

CARMARTHENSHIRE Council is selling its vast Parc Dewi Sant complex on the outskirts of Carmarthen. Cabinet members accepted an offer for the 38-acre site, which...

Cycle path refusal

PLANS for a Gower cycle path which more than 2,000 people petitioned for have been turned down. A Welsh Government-appointed planning inspector has ruled that...

Smallholder Faces Hat-Trick Of Compulsory Purchase Orders

A dismayed smallholder in the Towy Valley said his family is facing the loss of land for the third time – on this occasion...

Students Attend Renewable Energy Course

Teenagers Ethan Adams and Jack Hale said they barely knew anything about renewable energy when they signed up to a brand new course at...

Swansea City Centre Plans To Use Shipping Containers

A street where goods were once unloaded from the River Tawe could feature commercial units made from shipping containers and a block of flats...

New Tax Regulation Tourism Fears

A woman who lets a chapel out to holiday-makers in the Upper Swansea Valley fears it may no longer be viable after new regulations...

Carmarthenshire-Aberystwyth Railway Link Not Expected For Decades

Rail travel from Pembrokeshire to neighbouring Ceredigion without having to face a massive detour through England is unlikely to happen for decades. Currently anyone wanting...

Councillor Checks Every Filling Station On Drive From Carmarthenshire To North...

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A councillor who drove from Carmarthenshire to North Wales and back said he checked the diesel price of every filling station he passed to...

Controversial Flood Guidance To Be Made More Flexible

Contentious flood risk guidance which some councils in Wales feared would thwart regeneration projects might be made more flexible. The Welsh Government is consulting on...

Carmarthenshire’s Budget Proposals Approved

Council tax is likely to go up by 6.8% in Carmarthenshire after cabinet approved a revised budget and dropped a number of savings proposals. A...

Burry Port Harbour Anger

Boats are regularly stuck in Carmarthenshire’s only harbour because it is so poorly maintained by a private company, the chairman of a campaign group...

Housing Plans In Carmarthen

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Plans for a new phase of house building on land west of Carmarthen have been unveiled. Persimmon Homes wants to build 92 two, three and...

Funeral Disruption

All non-essential Swansea Council services will be paused on Monday, September 19, to mark the Queen’s state funeral. All schools will be closed for the...

Waste Offences Rising

Wales’ environment regulator is receiving increasing reports of illegal waste sites and taking more of them forward for enforcement action, figures have shown. Natural Resources...

Electric Vehicle Pledge

Swansea Council chiefs said they expect all of its vehicle fleet to be electric or ultra-low emission in eight years’ time. It owns, leases or...

Health Consultancy Costs

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A health board racked up a ÂŁ225,524 bill last year on consultants for communications and engagement work. Swansea Bay University Health Board, which has its...

Much Of Swansea’s Black Bag Waste Now Ends Up In Bedfordshire

Much of Swansea’s black bag waste now ends up more than 200 miles away in Bedfordshire, which hasn’t gone down well with campaigners in the English county. Read the full article on our website.

Modular Theatre Progress

Three new operating theatres are a step closer at Swansea’s Singleton Hospital, and recruiting the staff needed to work in them is under way. Swansea Bay University Health Board chiefs have agreed to push forward with the proposal, although a business case will need to be approved in due course. Read the full article on our website.

Swansea Election Round-Up

Labour has held onto power in Swansea after securing 45 seats in the council elections. It was a loss of three compared to the 2017...

Pembrokeshire Round up

There will be some new faces in County Hall as Pembrokeshire elects its 60 councillors for the next five years. There were 19 uncontested seats...