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Summer 2025 officially hottest ever in Wales says Met Office
With an average temperature, according to provisional statistics, of 16.06°C in Wales from June, July and August, the figures have beaten a record which stood for three decades.
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Man who shared images of young girls being raped avoids prison because of 'shocking' police delay
Paedophile Gethin Samuel admitted he had been sexually attracted to children for 25 years
Farmhouse with mysterious trapdoor and surrounded by countryside going to auction for £40,000
It's a renovation project that needs finishing off but can offer you more than you think once you step inside to explore
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‘Rise up and show up’: Carmarthen student’s courage earns top learning award
Inspirational Carmarthen student Mandy Price overcomes major health challenges to earn top learning award at Swansea’s Brangwyn Hall. The post ‘Rise up and show up’: Carmarthen student’s courage earns top learning award appeared first on Swansea Bay News....
Police called after 'men approach three children and offer them sweets'
The incident was one of two similar encounters to have been reported to police within a matter of days
Tiny village bolthole sells one of Wales' best sandwiches and I have to stop on every drive west
And everything else is ridiculously delicious too at this Carmarthenshire restaurant icon
11-year-old girl tried to end her life after being told there was nothing wrong with her
Silver Taylor and her family have faced a decade-long fight for her to receive appropriate education which has led to her living around 200 miles away due to no appropriate facilities existing in Wales
Latest death notices across Wales as families remember loved ones
Our thoughts are with those who have lost a loved one
Our little boy picked up a cold. A few months later he was gone
"I can't give Joseph a cwtch in the traditional sense anymore. But through this, I give him a cwtch a million times a day."
Police called amid anger over land clearance work at former hospital
The company which owns the site and wants to build houses there says it's cutting back annual growth
Plan for padel courts by golf driving range turned down
Machynys Peninsula Golf and Country Club, which is behind the project, intends to reapply to the council
Patients could be forced to travel long distances due to huge hospital shake-up in part of Wales
A consultation on the Hywel Dda University Health Board's Clinical Services Plan, which focuses on nine healthcare services that are "fragile and in need of change," is coming to an end in days, with final decisions expected to be announced later this year
Teacher stabbed by pupil 'could never' return to work and says 'everything stopped that day'
Liz Hopkins was one of three people stabbed by a 13-year-old girl at Ysgol Dyffyn Aman last year
School in Wales will not open in September over safety concerns
Pupils will be moved to a different school miles away
Juror denies having personal connection with school in stabbing trial
Christopher Elias, 45, is accused of failing to 'properly complete the jury questionnaire and disclose [he] had a personal connection with the school involved and the persons associated with the trial'
Woman buys £45 'charity shop find of year' in Carmarthen and is shocked by true worth
Carole Rees recently visited a charity shop in Wales, and couldn't believe what she managed to find. She was thrifting in Carmarthen when she snapped up a brilliant item
I feasted on ridiculously fresh seafood fire-roasted right on the beach
Along the craggy coastline, you'll find a well-stocked seafood larder, everything from laver seaweed to molluscs, prawns, and edible plants
New holiday lodges proposed for west Wales location in multi-million investment
'Our plans will enhance the site's long-standing role as a convenient and welcoming stop for visitors and local customers alike'
Concerns raised over 'unfavourable' pollution levels at Welsh bay
The area is said to be affected by pollution caused by agriculture and domestic sewage there is also evidence of 'chemical and biological failure'
Calls to put 'millions' into Welsh hospital as fears grow over 'doomed' £1bn replacement
There was hope that a new hospital in Carmarthenshire would be ready to open within the next four years, but ambitious plans seem dead in the water, at least for now, leading to calls for fresh investment in an existing hospital which has seen better days