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Killer to serve at least 13 years
Killer Maxine Williams was told today she will spend a minimum of 13 years in jail before being considered for release. The ruling by Mr Justice Nigel Davis at Swansea crown court follows a jury's unanimous verdict yesterday that Williams, 22, was
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Bedwas 17 Llandovery 22-Principality Premiership
LLANDOVERY’S improved form of recent weeks gained further momentum when they fully deserved this first league win of the season at Bridge Field. The Drovers had got three losing bonus points from their last three games but this time they converted
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Pontrhydyfen 11 -Pantyffynnon 24-Worthington District Cup
Panty avenged a league loss to reach the third round of the cup with a determined team effort. Panty controlled the opening quarter with the forwards playing keep ball rugby into the strong wind. The set plays were going well with Matthew James setting
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Porthcawl 34 Brynaman 20-SWALEC Cup 2nd Round
With the team bus failing to turn up, a last minute scramble to get to Porthcawl by car meant that Bryn’s pre-match preparations were thrown into disarray. Unsurprisingly matters soon went from bad to worse as the homesters raced into a ten-point lead
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Cwm Wanderers 0 Bryn Rovers 6-Neath League Reserve Division 1
BRYN travelled to neighbours Cwm Wanderers for a chance to extend their lead at the top of the Division. However, Bryn were not expecting the start they made. Bryn won the kick-off and Nicky Jones teed up Andrew ‘Beckham’ Evans who fired in from five
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Llandeilo 1Calsonic 0-LTC Mobility Carmarthenshire League Division 1
LLANDEILO made it two in a row but only after a hard-fought game. With Calsonic second in the division, Llandeilo knew they face a difficult challenge. The return of Simon Rees in goal and Simon Saddler to midfield aided Llandeilo’s game with the latter
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Zack’s a big hit!
SUPER Zack Davies introduced himself to the boxing world recently when he claimed silver at the Commonwealth Games in India with only a bout of food poisoning and a boxer three years his senior stopping him from getting gold. Sixteen-year-old sensation
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Slugfest cash
EARLIER this month the first of hopefully many charity boxing evenings was held at Cwmgors RFC. The aim of the evening was to raise money for the Duchenne muscular dystrophy charity, Cwmgors boxing club juniors and Bryn Rovers Juniors. The event was
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‘I was attacked by baying mob’
LOCAL MP Adam Price has described the terrifying moment he was set upon and beaten up by a gang of youths. The 40-year-old Carmarthen East and Dinefwr MP and his partner were targeted by the louts on Saturday afternoon in the centre of Worcester. Mr
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Maxine guilty of murder
Maxine Williams ran in tears from the dock at Swansea Crown Court yesterday afternoon (Tuesday) after being found guilty of murdering Bernard Evans at his Ammanford home. Following a three-week trial, the jury returned a unanimous verdict after hearing
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South Wales Guardian Opinion
MP Adam Price has never been slow to speak out over random violence and he was swift to condemn the horrendous attack which left Amman Valley footballer Paul Pugh fighting for his life back in January 2007. What bitter irony, then, that Mr Price should
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Making Halloween-a joyous occasion
POSTERS are being distributed to shops and supermarkets across Carmarthenshire in a bid to stop trick or treaters wreaking havoc this Halloween. Shopkeepers are being asked to help stamp out anti-social behaviour in the lead-up to Friday night by not
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Crash deaths -accidental
TWO young men were killed when their Ford Fiesta ploughed into an Amman Valley pub after the driver lost control of the vehicle, a Llanelli inquest has been told. Deputy Carmarthenshire coroner Pauline Mainwaring heard how driver Andrew Kent, 21, who
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Bridal whites through the ages
Brynaman Heritage Group have been celebrating a century of weddings in the community with an exhibition displaying everything from invitations to wedding dresses. The exhibition, which was held last week an Brynaman Community Centre, showed how weddings
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Police chief threatened
A GORSLAS man hurled a torrent of unprovoked abuse at an Ammanford police inspector who was patrolling alone in an unmarked car, a court has heard. Howell John Williams, of 45 Brynlleni, asked Insp Paul Lewis where all of his mates were and warned him
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Driver given-second ban
A LLANDEILO man has been banned for more than three years after he was caught drink-driving for the second time in less than two years. Oliver Griffith Roberts, of Pentrecwm Farm, pleaded guilty to driving while over the limit after he was stopped by
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Bobbies on beat reduce crime
IT may seem more Dixon of Dock Green than The Bill, but a dramatic fall in the number of violent crimes in Llandovery has been attributed to the good old-fashioned policy of getting bobbies back on to the beat. PC Howie Davies said a “substantial” police
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Vandals target mine in axe attack
POLICE are on the hunt for axe-wielding vandals who caused tens of thousands of pounds damage to machinery at East Pit opencast in Gwaun Cae Gurwen on Saturday. Officers believe the suspects entered the site and damaged plant machines between 3pm and
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Time to end the ‘ludicrous’ wait
A LLANDYBIE man has called on Carmarthenshire council chiefs to make up their mind over whether they are going to prosecute him for carrying out what they claim was “unauthorised” work on an old mill in the village. Nigel Humphreys says the council has
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Heledd’s princely support
A young Ammanford entrepreneur met Prince Charles last week at the launch of The Prince’s Trust Cymru’s Business Programme for Wales in Abertillery. Heledd Jones, 26, will be one of the first people supported by The Prince’s Trust Cymru’s Business Programme
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‘The world has-gone a bit mad’
CRACKERS! That’s the reaction of a Llandovery councillor on learning health and safety regulations have snuffed out the town’s Christmas tree tradition. Every Yuletide town councillors have taken it upon themselves to supply and erect up to 60 Christmas
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Lighting up headache
FLANAGAN and Allen sang about dreaming their dreams away underneath the arches. But Llandovery town councillor Robin Ennion is experiencing nothing but headaches over the arches underneath Llandovery Market Hall. Mr Ennion, the town’s postmaster, has
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Abattoir cuts up bug claim
THE boss of a Gwendraeth Valley abattoir has hit out at claims his meat is contaminated by the potentially lethal E. coli bacteria. Cig Calon Cymru, based at Cross Hands, was featured in a BBC Wales investigation for Week In Week Out regarding meat hygiene
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Grant aids safer routes
Children in the Gwendraeth Valley will soon have a safer route to school thanks to a grant from the Welsh Assembly to introduce traffic calming measures. The Assembly has backed a scheme by Carmarthenshire County Council to transform traffic management
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Crash accused in race crime claim
A SWANSEA Valley man and his Cwmgors mate face a trial just days before Christmas after denying a string of racially-agravatted offences. Darren Joseph Neesham, of 11a Herbert Street in Pontardawe, and Alan Peter Lewis, of 46 Heol y Gors, both pleaded
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Food store joins Ponty revolution
FROZEN food specialists Farm Foods look set to be the latest big-name company to join the Pontardawe revolution after agreeing to take up the last remaining unit on the former Somerfield site — bringing around 20 jobs in the process. The news was revealed
