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Llanelli Star
School bus service changes voted down
CARMARTHENSHIRE councillors have narrowly voted against a motion brought by Labour calling for improved bus services for pupils attending the county's schools.
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December 17, 2025
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£6.3m station access upgrade complete
LLANELLI railway station has officially unveiled its new improvements, marking a major milestone in creating a more inclusive, modern and welcoming station for all passengers.
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December 17, 2025
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Binfluencers are needed to spread the word!
IT SEEMS that Blaenau County Council had the binspirational idea to rummage through the black bags of 32,000 residents over the past eight years.
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December 17, 2025
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Woman dies following collision with car
A WOMAN has died after being hit by a car in Carmarthenshire, police have confirmed.
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December 10, 2025
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Claus for concern over true meaning of Christmas
APPARENTLY there is an attempt to introduce religion into Christmas.
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December 10, 2025
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More public control of buses moves closer in county
A STEP towards more public control of buses in Carmarthenshire has been taken by council chiefs.
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December 10, 2025
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Siblings step out and raise £30k to say thanks
SIBLINGS from the Gwendraeth Valley in Carmarthenshire have raised more than £30,000 by doing a three-day walking challenge between Cardiff and their home village to raise money for causes that helped in their mother's cancer battle.
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December 10, 2025
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Rugby legend overcomes a major foe to achieve his dream
SINCE starting to learn the Welsh language, former rugby player Scott Quinnell has been vocal about his passion for his “native tongue.”
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December 03, 2025
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Orwellian apologists for tyranny - then and now
COMRADE Nathan Gillovitz, a former leader of Reform UK Wales, is not the first person to have his head turned by the Russians.
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December 03, 2025
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Grandmother 'almost died' on coastal walk for charity
A GRANDMOTHER says she “almost died” in Carmarthenshire during a gruelling 730-mile, four-month long charity coastal walk, becoming trapped in a ditch in filthy water up to her neck for around an hour.
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December 03, 2025
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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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