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April 23, 2025

These are the top-rated European campsites to enjoy a low-cost holiday at this summer. By SARAH MARSHALL

PROMISING a holiday filled with adventure without draining your bank account, campsites across Europe are booming. But how do you choose where to pitch your tent?

One way to whittle down the options is by cross-referencing consumer reviews. By analysing user ratings from 1,500 sites, search and booking platform Pitchup.com has compiled a Gold List of Europe's top camping sites, dominated by France, followed by Italy and Portugal. Below are a few of the sites to check out.

THE FRENCH VENDEE

Boating, birdwatching and butterfly spotting can fill sunny days on a trip to the Marais Poitevin nature reserve.

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Retail giant to relocate in blow to town centre

A LARGE retail chain is relocating to a bigger unit on the outskirts of Carmarthen but in doing so will leave behind another empty shop in the town centre.

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2 mins

June 24, 2026

Carmarthen Journal

Nan's the word for pioneering study

WORKING on a pioneering dementia research programme took on an even greater significance for one health professional - as one of the participants is her grandmother.

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3 mins

June 24, 2026

Carmarthen Journal

Helping out overseas is much more than 'vanity'

READING recently the Book of Taliesin, as you do, I came across the proverb from the famous 6th-century Brittonic poet: “As the king, so the kingdom”.

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1 mins

June 24, 2026

Carmarthen Journal

US is giving the beautiful game an ugly makeover

IT WAS a cruel blow to the Welsh football team when a penalty shoot-out defeat to Bosnia and Herzegovina broke Welsh hearts.

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1 mins

June 17, 2026

Carmarthen Journal

Nursery school to close its doors in blow to parents

A WELL-REGARDED nursery school will close this summer in Carmarthenshire, but the building will be used by the primary school next door.

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2 mins

June 17, 2026

Carmarthen Journal

Carmarthen Journal

From farm to fun days for the whole family at Grove Land

WHEN it comes to theme parks in West Wales, most people would think of the now-closed Oakwood Park in Pembrokeshire.

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4 mins

June 17, 2026

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Carmarthen Journal

Players run to honour Harri

JAC Morgan turned up to support players from Brynamman RFC as they ran the Swansea Half Marathon in honour of their team-mate and the Wales international’s cousin, Harri.

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2 mins

June 10, 2026

Carmarthen Journal

Road closure brings disruption

MOTORISTS are facing more than a week of disruption as a major road in West Wales closes for 10 hours a day for essential resurfacing work.

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1 min

June 10, 2026

Carmarthen Journal

Feudal fossil flies in the face of our democracy

DAVID Lloyd George, despite his descriptions of the Lords as the “House of Snobs” and “500 men chosen at random from the ranks of the unemployed”, was quite open about the sale of peerages. No nod and a wink - just £50,000 thank you.

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1 mins

June 10, 2026

Carmarthen Journal

Carmarthen Journal

Workload sparks ‘burnout’ fear for food safety staff

FOOD standards officers face an increasing work backlog and “potential burnout” in Carmarthenshire unless workforce issues in the sector can be addressed, a cabinet member has said.

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2 mins

June 10, 2026

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