Scarlets headed to Bath for the second, and final, pre-season friendly on the back of a solid victory over Bristol Bears last weekend.
The Scarlets, playing for the famous Ragdoll, were looking to build on last weekend’s performance with a number of players returning to

By Mark Jones, director of Carmarthen-based Clay Shaw Butler chartered accountants and business consultants. This column appears in the Pembrokeshire Herald, Carmarthen Herald and Llanelli Herald.
 
The ‘B’ word continues to dominate the news agenda and the headlines on TV, radio and on the

Carmarthenshire pupils are celebrating their well-earned GCSE successes as a result of much hard work and commitment.
Their individual achievements, within an ongoing evolving examination environment, are most warmly praised and congratulated.
Nationally, nearly three quarters of all entries were for reformed GCSE

The second, and final, pre-season friendly of the summer will take place at The Rec ground on Friday evening, 24th August, with Scarlets taking on Todd Blackadder’s Bath Rugby side.
A victory over Bristol Bears at Carmarthen Park last weekend secured a winning start to

Car parking charges for patients at Glangwili and Prince Philip hospitals are coming to an end on 31 August and the Health Board wishes to work with both staff and patients to continue to manage safe and smooth access to the hospitals.
As

Comedian Phil Evans is from Ammanford. He is known as the man who puts the ‘cwtsh’ into comedy. Website – www.philevans.co.uk
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Boris Johnson recently got into hot water (his hair needed washing) accused of making a racist joke.
But, from an objective viewpoint, it