Carmarthenshire County, Wales News

Martin Phillips, who grew up in Swansea, gives us an insight to what it was like in Malmo, Sweden for the Eurovision Song Contest.

A BETWS community councillor says she is sick and tired of being fed 'false promises' by Carmarthenshire county council officers.

The best-paid council executives in Wales, from left, Carmarthenshire's Mark James, Cardiff's Jon House and Pembrokeshire's Bryn Parry-Jones More than 50 top bosses from councils across Wales took home salaries of at least A 100,000 in 2011/12. The salaries covered a range of titles from chief executives to directors responsible for departments ... (more)

Ben Sweet works in the depths and darkness of the London Dungeon is "much better than working in the real world". While most of us are stuck behind desks in nine to five jobs at the office, Ben Sweet works in the depths and darkness of the London Dungeon.

A CARMEL man received a 12-month conditional discharge and was ordered to pay A 85 costs after pleading guilty to cannabis possession when he appeared before Llanelli magistrates.

Talking place across two days at venues around the city centre it features the current cream of the Welsh music crop.

The UK has been holding out for a Eurovision hero for a long time and this year hopes rest on Wales' Bonnie Tyler with her song Believe in Me.

A licensed bookmaker has had a A 8,000 financial penalty slapped on it by the Gambling Commission for operating betting in pubs in west Wales.

CARMARTHENSHIRE'S first live webcast was a record breaker with 551 people tuning in to watch the county council AGM.

DSW executive director Jon Morgan said he welcomed the rise in figures, which had been a trend for the past 10 years.

A COUPLE who were assaulted in the street in a homophobic attack have spoken of the lasting effects of the attack.

Llwyncelyn Road was shut after the incident last August as the structure of the property was considered unsafe and a potential danger to highway users.

THE race to select a new Plaid Cymru candidate for the Carmarthen East and Dinefwr seat in the 2016 Assembly Election is underway.

Volunteer bat detectors are being called on to take to the streets and lanes across the city and surrounding area in search of information on how bat numbers are bearing up here.

Public Health Wales warn against complacency as figures in measles epidemic area and in Gwent, where there are increasing concerns about the disease, rise.

The application - for a new outlet roughly the same size as the town's Tesco store - has been submitted by local c o n t r a c t o r s TRJ and is earmarked for their Foundry Road site.

Liberal Democrat Business Secretary Vince Cable will blast advocates of EU withdrawal as "self-indulgent and reckless" a day after more than 100 Conservatives rocked the coalition by voting in support of a referendum.

Now, a BBC Wales documentary will remind sports fans how Jonathan Davies rose from humble beginnings in West Wales to a dual-code legend with the oval ball in his hands, despite controversy and personal tragedy.

Officially, they were men from Swansea and surrounding towns including Neath and Port Talbot who made up the 14th , The Welsh Regiment, part of the Welsh 38th Division during World War I. And the 1,200-strong "Swansea Pals" battalion found itself in one of the deadliest battles of the war, Mametz Wood, in which almost 100 of them were killed and ... (more)

A 23-year-old woman made a second preliminary court appearance today charged with murdering a man who was stabbed in Swansea at the weekend.