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Llanelli Star
Having a ball and helping vital local charities
A SPECTACULAR evening of glamour and generosity unfolded at Parc y Scarlets as the Trick or Treat Masquerade Fundraising Ball raised an incredible £17,772 in total, helping vulnerable children and families across Carmarthenshire.
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November 26, 2025
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Council's funding settlement revealed
THE amount of money councils in Wales will get from the Welsh Government in the next financial year has been announced.
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November 26, 2025
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Festive pop-ups set to showcase local traders
IT’S beginning to look a lot like Christmas and from next week local businesses across Carmarthenshire can shine on the high street with festive popup shops in three town centres.
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November 26, 2025
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Confused masculinity enjoys a day of its own
LAST week included International Men's Day, largely missed by most people and regarded by some as a misnomer since “every day is a man's day”.
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November 26, 2025
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A litigious confusion over bias and truth
WHAT jokingly has been called the Big Biased Corporation by those on both the Left and Right has recently received a verbal thrashing by the American legal profession on behalf of an irate convicted felon who lives in Florida but likes to meddle elsewhere.
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November 19, 2025
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Veterans deliver poppies by train for memorial
LLANELLI veterans have paid tribute to fallen heroes in a special Poppies to Paddington initiative.
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November 19, 2025
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Farmhand launched violent attack on stranger
A FARMWORKER launched an unprovoked attack on a stranger telling his victim: “I work with bulls... this will hurt.”
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November 19, 2025
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Call to end 'disgrace' of veteran homelessness
VETERAN homelessness has been labelled a “national disgrace\" as the Senedd debated Conservative calls for ex-service personnel to be given priority for social housing.
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November 19, 2025
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Pair escape as their property goes up in flames
FIRE crews spent two hours tackling a fire which tore through a garage and an outbuilding of a property in Carmarthenshire. The blaze broke out at a house in Sandy Road in Llanelli on Tuesday, November 4.
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November 12, 2025
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Parade and ceremonies in town in memory of the fallen
SUNDAY, November 9, marked the 107th national commemoration since the end of World War I in 1918.
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November 12, 2025
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A cure for proverbial linguistic laziness
THERE'S an old joke - a person who speaks two languages is bilingual, one who speaks three languages is trilingual, one who only speaks one language is British.
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November 12, 2025
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Effortless insight with little sense of humour
THE last time I wrote about my friend Chatty it was just an infant growing up in the no-umbrella world of Richy Rishi.
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November 05, 2025
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Ale and hearty! Five Welsh pubs make list of UK's best
FIVE Welsh pubs have been named among the best in the UK in the Good Food Guide's first-ever list of 100 Best Pubs in Britain.
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November 05, 2025
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Business district scheme to run for another five years
LLANELLI'S BID (Business Improvement District) has been extended for another five years after businesses and traders voted in favour of the project carrying on.
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November 05, 2025
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Festival of Light returns
THE popular Festival of Light in aid of Llanelli's Ty Bryngwyn Hospice returns next month.
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October 29, 2025
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Two towns prepare to honour the heroes who sacrificed all
CARMARTHEN and Llanelli are getting ready to remember the fallen in Remembrance ceremonies.
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October 29, 2025
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Wiring blunder led to false accusation over abuse images
THREE people were wrongly accused of downloading child abuse images due to a broadband wiring error by a BT engineer, a tribunal has heard.
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October 29, 2025
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The complex aftershocks of a bitter anniversary
IN 1938 a sheep farmer walking near Capel Celyn in Meirionydd came upon a man with a strange accent and measuring equipment - tripod and levels.
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October 29, 2025
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Phase one of hub opens its doors to visitors
RESIDENTS and sports clubs in Llanelli have been the first people to be welcomed through the doors of the town's newly opened Canolfan Pentre Awel.
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October 22, 2025
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School attendance falls as more being taught at home
Overall attendance rates at schools in Carmarthenshire are the lowest in Wales.
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October 22, 2025
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Spies, lies and awkward questions at election time
WHEN prosecutors recently dropped the charges against the two men accused of collecting insider information about UK politics and government policy, and passing it to a Chinese intelligence agent, it was a victory for Guandong's Intelligence operative, Wei C Yoo.
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October 22, 2025
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Can solution fly in face of our modern problems?
IF THERE is one thing that bugs me it’s the Drosophila melanogaster - the fruit fly.
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October 15, 2025
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Wards to get their own green oasis
PATIENTS at two wards at Llanelli's Prince Philip Hospital will soon be able to enjoy their own peaceful patch of nature.
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October 15, 2025
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Family to take on Dark Run challenge for charity
A LLANELLI family who are supported by children's hospice Tŷ Hafan will officially start this month's Dark Run event at the National Botanic Garden of Wales.
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October 15, 2025
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Council pledges support for Armed Forces
LLANELLI Town Council has reaffirmed and reinforced its respect for the Armed Forces, veterans, and their families, by signing a special pledge.
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October 08, 2025
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Denial of reality only works in the short term
I FELT sorry for the guy who told me he had found the meaning to life only to discover that they had recently changed it.
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October 08, 2025
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Mum suffers double vehicle woe within miles of forecourt
A WOMAN says she has been left with a huge debt after paying thousands for a car that she never received.
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October 08, 2025
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Actor is bringing Welsh to stage of the Bard
A LLANELLI actor will make history over the coming weeks when the Welsh language will be heard for the first time at Shakespeare's Globe in London.
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October 08, 2025
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Fans on the march to protest against WRU plans
SCARLETS fans marched through Llanelli on Saturday afternoon to protest the Welsh Rugby Union's controversial plans to cut the number of regions
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October 01, 2025
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It's time our railways got back on the right track
HAVING just experienced a Fawlty Towers on Wheels experience on the “Mancunian Express\" - late, overcrowded, and worst of all, suffering from a boiler malfunction on the refreshment trolley - I am still proud of the Welsh railway history and heritage.
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