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Kidwelly

'I was given two years to live but have surpassed expectations – now the cancer has spread to my brain'
Health
Luke Thomas was given an incurable cancer diagnosis in 2019 but has lived with no evidence of the disease for the last three years
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Plans for museum with replica old cottages thrown into doubt
Carmarthenshire
The project has planning permission but no-one, at the moment, to build it
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Higgledy-piggledy town square in Carmarthenshire is getting a major makeover
Carmarthenshire
All the funding appears to be in place now
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Man had to 'play dead' to survive after cows trampled him on coastal path
Farming
'I was lying there, pretending to be dead, and I could hear them standing there, breathing. I thought my time was up'
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The future of an industrial museum which has been in the doldrums for years
Carmarthenshire
Options for Kidwelly Industrial Museum need to be 'realistic', says Carmarthenshire Council
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Organisers who cancelled festival five minutes before start issue update
Kidwelly
The organisers of the Gwên Gwen say that better decisions could have been made
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Town's three-day music festival cancelled five minutes before it was meant to start
Carmarthenshire
The music and arts event was due to get underway on Friday evening, but organisers have blamed the weather and 'added extra costs' for their decision to pull the plug at the last minute
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Several police stations to be sold off in major shake-up for policing in west Wales
South-West Wales
Dyfed-Powys Police has insisted the decisions have been made after 'careful evaluation to make best use of resources'
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The Welsh castle that was the setting for the iconic Monty Python and the Holy Grail scene
Welsh history
"Where did you get those coconuts?"
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Car lands on its roof after crashing into parked vehicle in residential street in Kidwelly
Carmarthenshire
Emergency services have been at the scene
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'I had to take my dog for cancer treatment by boat as we were trapped by floods'
Wales weather
Fionna Ashman is calling for something to be done, because she and her animals have been left stranded 30 times since October last year
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The ridiculous lengths some drivers go to avoid being prosecuted
Crime
From naming an imaginary builder as the driver to fitting stripes on their vehicles or paying a 'Mr Fix It' to make the problem go away, some drivers go to extraordinary lengths to avoid taking responsibility for their wrongdoing on the roads
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New school in Kidwelly gets final approval after flooding and ecology matters are resolved
Carmarthenshire
The new Ysgol Gwenllian will have eight classrooms, a nursery, football pitch, multi-use games area and hall
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'A speeding driver on the wrong side of the road hit us and we've been in wheelchairs ever since'
Carmarthenshire
Richard and Alison Amner received life-changing injuries and need carers every day
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Man taken to hospital after three-vehicle crash shuts road for four hours
Carmarthenshire
The crash involved a motorcycle and two cars
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Rugby fans and players told to park elsewhere after fire service struggles to get down narrow road
Kidwelly
People have been warned 'lost time may cost lives'
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Wales' Home of the Year: Winning property owner didn't know if he'd live to see it finished
Property Television
Winner Luke Thomas says the project to restore his 'baby' kept him alive
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Wales' Home of the Year: Inside the incredible derelict cottage renovation that has the judges falling in love
Property Television
See inside how it looked before the TV cameras turned up
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Married couple in hospitals 70 miles apart more than seven weeks after horror crash with drug driver
Carmarthenshire
Richard and Alison Amner sustained terrible injuries when a drug driver overtook on a bend and crashed head-on into their motorcycle. Both were thrown from the bike and have been in hospital ever since.
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School IT worker downloaded and shared child sex abuse photos and videos
Courts
The images were discovered after the computer expert arranged to meet a 14-year-old girl in a local park
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Up to 150 homes could be built in Kidwelly fifteen years after plans were first put forward
Carmarthenshire
Legal issues and a planning backlog have affected what could be a significant new development in Kidwelly
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Museum with replica cottages and tank wins council approval for Kidwelly despite 'split in the community'
Carmarthenshire
Local businesses were said to support the History Shed Experience scheme and councillors expect tourism to benefit, but there were also objections
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Driver raced through town at 80mph before crashing outside school
Courts
A judge told Joshua Gillatt he had shown a 'callous disregard' for the safety of pedestrians and other motorists.
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Biker catapulted in the air and suffers life threatening injuries after drug driver smashes head-on into him
Courts
Mathew Bell tried to overtake another vehicle on a bend, a court was told
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