Age Cymru released some shocking research this week showing that half a million older people across the UK are expecting to feel lonely this Christmas with a further quarter of million saying loneliness has become a ‘normal’ part of life.

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Residents in Carmarthenshire are being reminded that there are changes to bin collections over the 2018/19 festive period.

A lot more rubbish tends to be produced at this time of the year so people are being urged to try and recycle

More families than ever before have asked for support from Carmarthenshire County Council’s Christmas Toybox Appeal.

Families who have requested assistance are up 40 per cent on previous years, and despite more toys than ever before being donated to the appeal,

Carmarthenshire Council’s  annual Toybox appeal is underway and the council will be accepting donations up until Christmas Eve.

The earlier they land will make the work of the team easier.

Warm-hearted Carmarthenshire residents with

Llanelli’s Christmas carnival is set to go off with a big bang this year with 15 floats already confirmed.

Pentip School, KITE, RNLI and vintage tractors will be taking part in the procession on Friday, November 23.

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The team at Jenkins Bakery have started releasing their range of Christmas products.

The festive goodies are being released at intervals to Jenkins Bakery shops.

Jenkins Bakery operations director Russell Jenkins said: “Christmas is a great family time