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Llanelli is getting £15.5 million to boost the town centre
Carmarthenshire
The plan includes regenerating the former Woolworth's building
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Out-of-control XL bully dog 'bit chunks' out of woman's face
Courts
Sending the dog owner to prison for 20 months the judge told him he had been in charge of what was effectively a 'dangerous weapon'
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The normal detached house with a Caribbean beach in the garden
Gardening
It's not what you expect just outside Llanelli and there's an indoor swimming pool hiding around the back too
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Council claims £230,000 over Stradey Park Hotel asylum seekers fiasco
Carmarthenshire
The leader of the council said staff spent more than 2,700 hours dealing with the Home Office's aborted plan to house asylum seekers at the Stradey Park Hotel in Llanelli
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'My dad was off his food but medics didn't think it was anything urgent, then he turned yellow and died months later'
NHS
Suzanne Jenkins said her dad Roderick was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer at A&E, and she is is now calling for more training for staff around the symptoms, and awareness among the wider public, as it can be difficult to spot until it's too late
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The latest death notices across Carmarthenshire as families remember loved ones
Carmarthenshire
Our thoughts are with their families and friends
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The 'deep wounds' that just can't heal yet after a disastrous plan to house asylum seekers at a Welsh spa hotel
Carmarthenshire
It's been a tumultuous summer and autumn in one corner of Llanelli and despite the people getting what they want, confusion, anger and distrust remain
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Llanelli town centre sealed off after large fire in three-storey shop building
Llanelli
Five fire pumps were called to the scene
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Car flips over after crash in middle of residential street
Carmarthenshire
Two people were treated at the scene after getting out of the car largely unscathed
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Men fought with a machete and a pole on a Llanelli street
Courts
A judge told the defendants: "The public should not have to put up with scenes such as these."
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Town centre shopping centre hit by store closures to open late-night food court
Llanelli
The development has been welcomed by many, with one local saying it's 'about time something good came to Llanelli'
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Man repeatedly pleasures himself in police cell
Courts
It's not the first time Samuel Billaine has engaged in such solo cell behaviour
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Bill for policing protests at controversial asylum seeker hotel tops £300,000
Dyfed-Powys Police
The crime commissioner said he intended to ask the UK Home Office to reimburse the huge cost of policing Stradey Park Hotel in Llanelli
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The latest death notices across Carmarthenshire as families remember loved ones
Carmarthenshire
Our thoughts are with their families and friends
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Home Office refuses to answer key questions about Stradey Park Hotel fiasco
Carmarthenshire
The UK Government department has been asked how much the original plan to house asylum seekers at a spa hotel in Llanelli cost the taxpayer and whether police and other local services will be reimbursed for policing the scene of a large-scale and long-running protest
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‘I was bullied relentlessly as a black girl growing up in a Welsh town and I just felt helpless'
Race
But Summer Davies found a unique escape which led to her dream career
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Shocked Lidl shopper opens pack of cheddar to find it covered in mould
Carmarthenshire
'As soon as I got home I couldn’t believe it', said the angry shopper
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Former hotel under 'blockade' from protesters despite asylum seeker plans being binned
Llanelli
It's more than a week since the Home Office reversed plans to house more than 200 asylum seekers at the former Stradey Park Hotel in Llanelli, but people remain outside the venue, seemingly angry with the way the whole situation has been handled
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The latest death notices across Carmarthenshire as families remember loved ones
Carmarthenshire
Our thoughts are with their families and friends
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Girl with special needs missing after leaving school
Carmarthen
Katelyn was last seen behind Tesco Extra in Carmarthen at 2.30pm on Tuesday
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BBC Michael McIntyre's The Wheel: Award-winning Welsh bus driver who 'almost died' scoops £21k
Llanelli
Keith Thomas from Llanelli won the cash prize on Michael McIntyre's The Wheel
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Council leader feared loss of life during unrest at Llanelli's Stradey Park Hotel
Carmarthenshire
Cllr Darren Price said shelved Home Office plans to house asylum seekers at the hotel had caused great harm to the town
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Stradey Park Hotel owners plan to re-open and re-hire staff after asylum seekers plan is scrapped
Llanelli
The hotel said staff would now 'work hard to restore the business'
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Tension at Stradey Park hotel in Llanelli as community celebrates decision to cancel asylum seekers plan
Carmarthenshire
The hotel has long since closed and almost 100 people have lost their jobs, but the future of the site in Llanelli is now up in the air after it was confirmed that it will not house asylum seekers after all
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