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Llanelli Star, 2 Sep 2026

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The Llanelli Star, a weekly newspaper published by Reach PLC, is in tabloid format. It has served Carmarthenshire and southwest Wales since 1909. The paper informs readers on council decisions, school, healthcare, business and community issues, reflecting residents' priorities. Each issue features detailed articles on Welsh culture, heritage and language, alongside profiles of individuals and groups shaping civic life. Sports coverage focuses on rugby, football and grassroots competitions, reinforcing Llanelli’s reputation as a rugby stronghold while supporting the broader sporting community. Opinion pages include commentary and letters that spark public discussion on local developments. The Llanelli Star has earned local recognition for its commitment to community-focused journalism. Its tone is clear, approachable and reader-oriented, designed to keep information accessible without sacrificing depth. As part of Reach PLC’s network of regional titles, it benefits from shared resources while maintaining a strong identity rooted in Llanelli’s distinct history and cultural identity.

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ArticleCRACKDOWN ON E-BIKES & E-SCOOTERS

POLICE have seized 12 e-scoot­ers and e-bikes that had been used illeg­ally in three areas of Llan­elli. Dyfed-Powys Police’s local Neigh­bour­ing Poli­cing and Pre­ven­tion Team tar­geted three known hot­spots in Sta­tion Road, North Dock and Peny­fan.

CRACKDOWN ON E-BIKES & E-SCOOTERS

ArticleThou­sands are miss­ing upgrade to broad­band

FULL fibre broad­band is now avail­able to 22,000 homes and busi­nesses across Llan­elli fol­low­ing a major invest­ment of around £6.6m – but many people could be using slower, less reli­able con­nec­tions. With almost 94% of prop­er­ties in the area...

Thou­sands are miss­ing upgrade to broad­band

ArticleSlop could be off the menu amid AI back­lash

RECENTLY Chatty­bot has become an intro­vert. I tried to find out why it was slug­gish in the morn­ing, off its favour­ite bytes and refus­ing to watch China’s Humanoid Robot Games. It’s even stopped listen­ing to its favour­ite band, the Algo­rhythms.

Slop could be off the menu amid AI back­lash

ArticleHun­dreds of red pel­lets removed from park

MYSTERIOUS red pel­lets have been removed from a Car­marthen­shire park after they were spot­ted by a dog-walker and repor­ted to the local author­ity. The walker found the pel­lets scattered at Sandy Water Park in Llan­elli – a pop­u­lar coun­try...

Hun­dreds of red pel­lets removed from park

ArticleTHIS WEEK’S WEATHER FORECAST

Fore­cast: Some light rain but noth­ing sub­stan­tial. Fair tem­per­at­ures. Thursday: Light rain. Day 21C/70F Night 15C/59F in Burry Port. Mod­er­ate south-west­erly. Fri­day: Light rain. Day 21C/70F Night 14C/57F in Oxwich Bay. Mod­er­ate west­erly....

THIS WEEK’S WEATHER FORECAST

ArticleNOTICES

Find the latest inform­a­tion on plan­ning pro­pos­als, traffic notices, goods vehicle oper­ator licences, licences to sell alco­hol and pro­bate notices,

NOTICES

ArticleFun­drais­ing appeal to keep magic of movies alive at his­toric venue

A SMALL inde­pend­ent Car­marthen­shire cinema set in a vil­lage hall which first opened more than 100 years ago is des­per­ately try­ing to raise funds so it can con­tinue to wel­come fam­il­ies for gen­er­a­tions to come. Cross Hands Pub­lic Hall...

Fun­drais­ing appeal to keep magic of movies alive at his­toric venue

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