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LLANELLI MP Nia Griffith has been shortlisted for an award by DIVA magazine, the UK and Europe's leading magazine for lesbians and bisexual women. The Llanelli MP has been shortlisted in the politician category which makes the award to an individual who serves their constituents well and promotes LGBT+ values in their everyday.
The DIVA Awards are split into 18 categories, paying tribute to the lesbian, bisexual, trans and queer people making a difference in all walks of life.
Winners...
AS if missing the Irish ferry wasn't enough, then rushing back by bicycle to cover the coast run and then cover Burry Port RFC's hammering of Lampeter our man with a microlight Dai Lenscap was up and away above Burry Port on Saturday (Apr 21) to provide us all with the latest aerial views of the construction site of the new RNLI station.
Burry Port RNLI - New Station Construction from Byron Williams on Vimeo.
THE Healthy Life Activities triathlon series has got underway over the last seven days with a double header of events for novice and elite triathletes of all ages in Ammanford and Carmarthen.
Carmarthenshire Senior Triathletes got their 2018 campaigns underway on Sunday 15th April with the first event of the Healthy Life Activities.
The Amman Valley Sprint Triathlon at Ammanford Leisure Centre attracted 250 athletes last year and was boosted to 300 this time round, with entries sold...
FIRST Minister Carwyn Jones is to stand down in the autumn.
The Labour AM made the announcement at the Labour Party Conference in Llandudno earlier today Saturday (Apr 21).
There has been speculation for some time whether the First Minister would be standing down but it still came as a surprise to a lot of people.
After almost ten years as leader he cited family reasons as contributory factors giving up his role as First Minister.
Speculation about the identity of his successor...
NIA Griffith MP has said that Llanelli needs more hospital services at Prince Philip Hospital not less.
Speaking exclusively to Llanelli Online today, Friday (Apr 20) following the Hywel Dda board meeting yesterday she said: “Absolutely no way do we want to see Llanelli become a community hospital.
We want to keep the services we have here in Llanelli. We are the largest town in the Hywel Dda area.
We've also got a...
IS it an omen before the big game? Have they been testing smoke bombs at Pendine? Is it global warming? Is it smog from those hundreds and hundreds of cars bumper to bumper spewing out the fumes on Sandy Road?
What exactly causes this eerie mist, which is travelling all along the Burry Estuary towards Llanelli?
Llanelli Online decided to find out and we asked our resident or not so resident weather man, climate change expert and champion tomato grower Iwan Lewis.
This is what he...
FIRST Minister Carwyn Jones told an audience in Llanelli that the proposals to downgrade Prince Phillip Hospital had not come from the Welsh Government but from the Hywel Dda health board, and urged people to take part in the 12 week consultation exercise.
At one of his regular ‘Carwyn Connects’ public Q&A sessions, he answered a range of questions from the public and from the evening’s chair, local author, Alun Gibbard.
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RESIDENTS of Sandy Road in Llanelli will be relieved to know that their sewage system will be back online soon. Dwr Cymru engineers have been working around the clock to repair the damage caused to a mains sewage line in what local resident's are claiming was as a result of a Berlin Wall type structure being erected in the lane to the rear of their properties.
Some of the top brass from Dwr Cymru were at the site today, Friday (Apr 20) along with some very heavy machinery and a lot of...
THE sun was shining down on Parc Y Scarlets this morning as hundreds of Scarlets fans set off to Dublin ahead of tomorrow's European semi-final showdown with Leinster at the Aviva Stadium.
It is the first time the Welsh region have reached the semi-finals of Europe since 2007 when they faced Leicester Tigers at Welford Road.
Wayne Pivac's side have been in impressive form over the last couple of seasons, winning the Pro12 title last season and now in the top 4 of club rugby's...
Lee Waters AM has stated that he is 'bitterly disappointed' by the proposals that Hywel Dda have published, which include a consultation to downgrade PPH from a general hospital to a community hospital.
The Llanelli AM said: "For the last two years they’ve been telling me that they regard Llanelli’s Prince Philip hospital as the ‘jewel in the crown’ of the health board, and the minor injury unit as one of the few in the country to meet its targets despite treating a growing...
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