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  • Spider still at large

    THE family being terrorised by the elusive Gorslas spider has been forced into playing a dangerous waiting game. Traps laid at the house in Brynlluan have so far proved fruitless and it seems the terrified Price family have no other option but to sit

  • Battling Amman fail to deliver

    Amman United 12 Penclawddd 21 Division 3 West Penclawdd, unbeaten, and having won ten out of ten to date, needed a last minute try to seal a very hard fought victory and add their eleventh win. In fact, with some 15 minutes left, and just a point between

  • Solutions on line

    TRAFFIC chaos would be alleviated and the disabled would have better access to Ammanford if the Amman Valley railway line was re-instated, members of an action group have said. Plans to re-open the line have been in the pipeline for more than 13 years

  • Another point for Cwm

    Cwmaman United 0 Penrhiwfer 0 Macron Welsh League Division 3 Cwmaman gained another point to take them to 20 against bottom placed Penrhiwfer. The visitors are battling to keep their Welsh League status and the way they performed doesn't reflect their

  • Boasts exposed PC's madam girlfriend

    A WOMAN prosecuted for running a brothel in Brynaman has ended up in trouble again after her Gwendraeth Valley police officer boyfriend unwittingly exposed her secret life as a high-class hooker. PC John Thomas was so struck with new girlfriend Julie

  • Parking hike signals death of town centres

    THE increase in parking charges in Ammanford, Llandeilo and Llandovery will signal the death of the towns, councillors and traders have said. Despite mass objections from traders and shoppers Carmarthenshire Council rubber-stamped the proposal to increase

  • Kids are back

    CHILDREN will still be treated under the NHS at an Amman Valley dental practice which recently announced it is to go private. Ainsworth and Ewart Johnstone outraged patients with the announcement that they were leaving the NHS. They said children would

  • Maloney helps maul Bont

    Ammanford 39 Pontarddulais 15 Division Four West Second placed Ammanford took on previously unbeaten leaders Pontarddulias and gave them a rugby lesson, winning 39-15. Ammanford took an early lead when winger Craig Maloney chipped over the defence and

  • A ton of memories

    100 UP! Annie Maud Rees is celebrating her 100th birthday on Sunday. Annie, of Lotwen Road, Capel Hendre, has lived in the Amman Valley all her life. Picture by Mark Davies swgmd1523v05-100up

  • Cone all ye faithful

    Cold turkey: Bran Bucca, ice cream chef at Heavenly, in Llandeilo, samples his turkey and stuffing ice cream - part of a seasonal range that includes christmas pudding, mince pies, mulled wine sorbet and gold, frankincense and myrrh. "If anyone has any

  • Drovers delight

    Llandovery 29 Pontypool 7 Principality Premiership Pontypool's recent good run came to an abrupt halt at Church Bank where they were soundly beaten by a rejuvenated Llandovery side, writes Huw S Thomas. After the dizzy heights of winning 45-29 at Swansea

  • Opinion

    On the twelfth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me: Twelve policeman walking the beat; Eleven dentists working in the health service; Ten criminals sent to prison; Nine brains for politicians; Eight toddlers with water to paddle in; Seven banks

  • Knife man scares festive shoppers

    A KNIFE-wielding Ammanford man who struck fear into shoppers at the town's Tesco store has been warned he could face a spell behind bars. Stuart Nathan Rees, of Penybanc Road, was warned by Ammanford magistrates that his behaviour on Saturday, December