Carmarthenshire

Copper wire factory in Llanelli to close with the loss of 135 jobs

southgatearc.org     2 hrs ago          

BBC News report that the Dutch owners of the Draka copper facility in the Carmarthenshire town say the business will be 'consolidated' with its other European operations. It says the sales arm of its operation in Llanelli will...                    

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Lazy Arts Council Of Wales

libdemblogs.co.uk     yesterday          

At this moment in time there is a woman having an exhibition of Paintings at the Carmarthen library basement. Very interesting set of pictures. She told me that she had contacted the Arts Council in Carmarthen to come and view...                    

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Service's Response Too Slow

redorbit.com     yesterday          

By liz perkins Ambulances are failing to reach 999 calls within the target time after being left waiting for hours outside hospitals. Shock figures reveal thousands of hours have been lost by crews held up outside A&E...                    

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Heritage Disaster.... Goscombe-Johns 'Grief'

libdemblogs.co.uk     Aug 18, 2008          

Near to where I live in Carmarthenshire is one of the most remarkable works of art by a Welsh artist. Sir William Goscombe Johns 'Grief' is a funerary monument to a London born Philanthropist Rice Powell. Powell was a Victorian...                    

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Copper wire factory due to close

bbc.co.uk     Aug 15, 2008   5 related          

Draka makes more than 50,000 tonnes of copper wire a year across Europe A copper wire factory in Llanelli is to close with the loss of 135 jobs. The Dutch owners of the Draka copper facility in the Carmarthenshire town say the...                    

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bbc.co.uk: Ciaran Ryan bbc.co.uk

Drinking limit

bbc.co.uk     Aug 14, 2008   1 related          

It's been running two weeks and we have not had a single call since then Shops and off-licences in part of Carmarthenshire are no longer selling alcohol to anyone under the age of 21 at weekends. The move introduced in villages...                    

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Health and Safety prevents winding of town clock

telegraph.co.uk     Aug 14, 2008   3 related          

A town clock will have to be replaced after 150 years because it has been ruled too dangerous for someone to climb its tower to wind it up. Council officials in Llandovery, Carmarthenshire, have told David Rees, the fifth...                    

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Under 21 weekend alcohol ban

bbc.co.uk     Aug 14, 2008   438 related          

Twelve off-licences in Carmarthenshire have signed up to a Police scheme to ban under 21s from buying alcohol on the weekend. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. This page is best viewed in an...                    

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Carys cooks up a storm with her own Italian job

icnetwork.co.uk     Aug 14, 2008          

Aug 14 2008 by Deborah Rees, Glamorgan Gazette A SCHOOLGIRL cooked up a storm in a pizza-making competition at this year’s National Eisteddfod in Cardiff. Carys Kendall, 10, of High Street, Heol-y-Cyw, wowed the judges with her...                    

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SN3041 : Ye Olde Drovers date sign

geograph.org.uk     Aug 13, 2008          

Newcastle Emlyn/Castell Newydd Emlyn, Carmarthenshire, Great Britain Site, it would seem, of a C16 inn, replaced by a shop 500 years later, and now housing a vetinerary practice (which would have been useful to the those old...                    

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