Pembrey Country Park has been announced as the official location for the “Grand Depart” (start) of the 2018 OVO Energy Tour of Britain.
The announcement was made in central London on Tuesday evening.
It will be the first time that Britain’s biggest professional cycle

Low income families in Carmarthenshire will be supported by the council to buy secondary school uniforms for their children.
Carmarthenshire County Council will pay £50 towards the cost of uniform under a new £15,000 scheme.
The council’s executive board passed the plans for the

Pembrey Country Park in Carmarthenshire has won prestigious Blue Flag status for the 10th consecutive year.
The attraction, which includes Cefn Sidan beach, has been awarded the status every year since 2009.
Since the Blue Flag awards were first introduced in 1988, Pembrey Country

Council officers are pulling out all the stops to uncover the source of a fly problem in parts of Llanelli.
They have been working around the clock with outside organisations to try to identify the cause in and around the Llanelli area, following calls

Views are being sought to help inform a review of Carmarthenshire’s gambling policy.
Feedback is wanted from residents, businesses, licence holders and their representatives as part of a survey that’s now running until June 1.
Law dictates that the current gambling policy, formally adopted

Dads are being urged to get creative for Father’s Day and reward themselves with a garden planter.
The council’s White to Green Goods scheme (Gwyn I Wyrdd) and The Crefft Pren project along with The National Botanic Garden of Wales (NBGW) have teamed up