Kidwelly Carnival
Very imaginative fancy dress costumes at Kidwelly Carnival, great to see everyone enjoying themselves again.
National Manufacturing Day
Today is National Manufacturing Day and manufacturers will be opening the doors to their factories and sites all across the UK in order to show the potential careers and jobs on offer within the increasingly diverse manufacturing sector. The...
Park Home answer needed
Following my question in Parliament today, the UK Wales Minister has agreed to follow up the Business Department about how people who live permanently on Park Homes or similar sites like Poplar Court in Cross Hands and receive their...
Llanelli Star Column – Another week, another scandal…..
Another week brings yet another scandal engulfing the Conservative UK Government. This time, it’s the resignation of Tory Deputy Chief Whip, Chris Pincher MP, following groping allegations. Hardly a day goes by now without serious misdemeanours by those in...
Trimsaran School visit to Parliament
Very thoughtful questions and ideas about what they would do in Government from pupils from Trimsaran School visiting Parliament on Friday.
Local politicians respond to new hospital site proposals
Llanelli’s Senedd Member, Lee Waters, and MP, Dame Nia Griffith, have responded to the unveiling of five potential sites for a new ‘super’ hospital serving Hywel Dda University Health Board. Both Lee Waters and Nia Griffith have expressed some...
‘Jim’ Book Launch
Good to welcome Rev D Ben Rees this week for the Parliamentary launch of his significant book ‘Jim’ about Rt Hon Jim Griffiths, MP for Llanelli for 34 years, and who as Minister for National Insurance in the 1945...
Old Castle Rd / Princess St Green Update
Good to see the County Council has now started work on the Green between Old Castle Rd and Princess Street to stop cars cutting through over the grass. Now with a bit of clearing and maintenance, we hope to...
Armed Forces Day in Llanelli
Honoured to participate in the Armed Forces Day events in Llanelli earlier today including the parade through town, the Falklands 40 Drumhead Service and the unveiling of a special Falklands Memorial Bench in the Town Hall grounds. It was...
Give our Armed Forces the resources they need!
It’s Armed Forces Week and I called on the Tory Government to rethink their further cuts to the army, after already cutting it by a third, just when the Head of the Army stresses we need to be “ready...