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Carmarthenshire county council has moved to counter official figures showing it generated almost half a million pounds profit from car parking charges last year.

An YSTRADGYNLAIS man who has kept a cycle path between two communities in top condition has been presented with a bicycle for his efforts.

AMMANFORD firefighters responded to one of their more unusual call outs on Sunday – to free a corgi trapped beneath a reclining chair!

THE latest grass fire to strike the Amman Valley raged for more than five hours on the Black Mountain on Saturday night before being brought under control by emergency crews.

Ammanford Police are investigating a spate of incidents of criminal damage to vehicles in the town.

These were the stories hitting the headlines in the South Wales Guardian on April 23, 1964.

Carmarthenshire county council earned almost half-a-million pounds profit from car park charges last year, the latest figures have revealed.

PENYGROES-based county councillor Sian Thomas has confirmed she has stepped down as chairwoman of one of Wales’ oldest Welsh language support groups.

ONE of Wales’s oldest Welsh-language support groups has parted company with its chief executive. Former newspaper editor Cathryn Ings has left her post at Menter Cwm Gwendraeth amid claims that her Welsh was not considered good enough.

A 48-year-old Swansea Valley hairdresser who claimed she had not had a drink for more than 12 hours was three times the legal driving limit when stopped by police, a court has heard.