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Big hearted fire fighters help school
Warm Hearts: Ammanford Special Needs School were the grateful beneficiaries of a £500 donation from the town's fire brigade. The station also gave £250 to both the Air Training Corps and Ammanford Talking Newspaper. Picture by Mark Davies swgmd843h04-
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Steering group!
MAKING WAVES: Musical youngsters from the Amman Valley are pooling their talents to raise money for the tsunami victims. Local bands Garner and El Chihuahua along with Just Up Your Street star, Jemma Krysa, are making a CD of their own material with all
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Sex abuse man, 66, jailed for 10 years
AN Amman Valley pensioner has been jailed for ten years at Cardiff Crown Court for sexually abusing two girls. John Howells, aged 66, of Lauderdale Road, Tair-gwaith, was found guilty of 17 offences involving two girls of charges of indecent assault and
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Tax rise will not be spent on statue alone
AMMANFORD Town Councillors say that a five per cent tax increase will not solely fund a new statue. In a statement released to the press, Town Clerk Miriam Phillips stated that the increase was necessary to fund last June's elections and to increase the
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Bridlepath move has created a 'death trap'
CAMPAIGNERS in Llandovery claim that the council has created a "death trap" by diverting a public right of way on to a road. The saga involving a bridleway through the Llwynywormwood estate, Myddfai, has rumbled on for 14 years - including two public
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Jailed driver branded 'a risk to the public'
AN YSTRADGYNLAIS man who is a risk to the public has been sent to prison for four months by town magistrates. Justices heard that 23-year-old Andrew Cornish, of Penybryn, Penrhos, failed to comply with community rehabilitation and punishment orders made
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Shoplifter seen jumping around in shop
A LLANDEILO woman who was seen "jumping around" in an Ammanford store, was found guilty of both shop-lifting and possession of drugs. Hayley Jayne Thomas of Iron Gate Lodge, Talley, was spotted acting suspicious in New Look, Quay Street on January 20,
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Shane stars in landmark win
SHANE Williams scored the only try of the match as Wales beat England in Cardiff for the first time in 12 years. The Glanaman flier crossed for his 22nd - and arguably most important - international try in the eighth minute following a sweeping width-of-the-field
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Major redevelopment leaves pitch "worse state than ever"
A VETERAN of the local sports scene who has been visiting Ammanford's Recreation Ground for the best part of half a century has blasted major redevelopment work at the ground, branding it a complete "waste of money". Ken Rainford, of Pantyffynnon Road
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Pugh provides perfect tonic
FOLLOWING the disappointment of losing against Blaenrhon-dda, this was just the tonic for the suffering Cwmaman supporters. Llantwit Fardre started the stronger but without troubling Richard Walton in the Cwm goal too much. Llantwit Fardre's centre-half
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Cup kings Caerbryn rack up the goals
CAERBRYN eased through to the third round of the cup as they trounced a hapless Killay side. The visitors found it difficult to compete with a team a division above them. Daniel Knight played a commanding role in midfield and was rewarded with a well
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Hoax 999 calls land teenager in court
A LLANDEILO teenager made two bogus 999 calls, Amman-ford magistrates were told. Christopher Mark Roberts, of Heol y Garreg Las, admitted two charges of raising false alarms to West Wales Fire Brigade. The 18-year-old used the telephone kiosk at Crescent
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Ammanford roundabout smash
THREE children were helped to safety by passers-by after two cars collided near Ammanford town centre on Thursday, February 3. A blue Audi A4 and a black Mazda Primacy crashed at the mini-roundabout where Foundry Road meets Park Street at 3.40pm. One
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Smith is supersonic
HAT-TRICK hero Jason Smith inspired Llandeilo to a thumping win over Calsonic, which enabled them to maintain their promotion push. The home side made the better start and they were unlucky not to be a goal up in the opening minutes when a deflected shot
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£500,000 ready for charity bids
Community groups in areas served by News-quest titles, including the South Wales Guardian, will share in a near £500,000 cash bonanza this year. The money is available to worthy causes in the UK from the Gannett Foundation, which is sponsored entirely
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Colts showing spirit
THE score was harsh on a Colts side that ran and tackled for the entire match. The most pleasing aspect was the fantastic team spirit and the way in which the side held its shape throughout. Goalkeeper Harri Criddle again impressed while the defence of
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Scouts prepared to recycle
INDIVIDUALS and companies in Llandovery are being urged to save office materials that normally ends up in the bin to raise money for local Scouts. The First Llandovery Scout Group has teamed up with leading recycling company Eurosource in an innovative
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Opportunities knock
AMMANFORD deservedly earned a share of the spoils in a match that they could easily have won. The opening half an hour was mainly uneventful, but the match suddenly sprang to life when Tex Ward had a great chance to put Ammanford a goal up with a diving
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A rousing winner
JAMIE Davies scored a dramatic late winner to steal a superb win for Ammanford after a rousing fight-back. Johnstown took an early lead when Nathan Griffiths and Steffan Phillips collided leaving the centre forward in to score from close range. The remainder
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Hosgrove strike finally seals the win after lead slips twice
PENRHOS started the game with some good passing and movement, taking the lead midway through the first half with a well-taken goal by Jonathan Hapgood. Sunnybank caused the Penrhos defence problems and they capitalised on some poor defending to make it
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Demolition makes way for flagship superschool
AN AMMAN Valley school built shortly after World War One has been demolished. Ysgol y Twyn in Garnant was flattened to make way for the council's flagship superschool Ysgol y Bedol. The new school is nearing completion and will replace Ysgol y Twyn, as
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James up for the challenge
Standing his ground: Waterloo Wanderers No.8 Simon James keeps possesssion against Felinfoel during Saturday's Challenge Cup Second Round match at Cefneithin. The visitors ultimately proved far too strong for Wanderers and Waterloo crashed to a 7-1 defeat
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Shops blitz by Welsh battlers
AMMANFORD businesses have hit back at Welsh language campaigners for launching an "unnecessary" attack on their Welsh language services. On Thursday night members of Cymdeithas yr Iaith targeted a number of businesses, including Woolworths, Peacocks and
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Farmer fired gun near cop
A LLANDEILO farmer lost his gun licence when a passer-by he shot too close to turned out to be an off duty detective sergeant. David Robert Little, aged 70, appealed to a judge at Swansea crown court against a decision by Dyfed Powys Police to take away
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Bus tragedy parents' 'life sentence'
THE parents of a Gwen-draeth Valley five-year-old who died when a coach ploughed into their family car have spoken of their relief following the conviction of coach driver Kevin Roy Barnes. "It's been very hard and very stressful," said Meinir Walters
