To mark International Women’s Day, I met local WASPI women’s pension campaigners at the plaque commemorating Emmeline Pankhurst’s visit to Llanelli. 1950s women have been badly hit by the Government fast-forwarding of pension changes, instead of sticking to more...
Thanks to Llanelli Community Partnership and everyone who has helped make a great International Women’s Day in Llanelli. Truly inspirational opening from Prof Izo Iwobi OBE who has had to overcome shocking prejudice, great music from Cor Curiad and...
Very interesting talk by Graham Davies in Llanelli library on his new book ‘Outwitting Franco’ about the Welsh Maritime Heroes of the Spanish civil war.
Stop that sneeze by licking the roof of your mouth. You can prevent yourself sneezing by placing your tongue firmly against the roof of your mouth and keeping it there. With practice, you can prevent yourself sneezing, or failing...
Good to meet pupils from Stebonheath School at Felinfoel Co-op on Friday learning about fair trade, just one of many activities in Llanelli for fair trade fortnight this year. I look forward to presenting awards to the participating schools...
Very positive meeting with Network Rail last week about handing over the Llanelli Railway Goods Shed to us to transform into a community hub. All we need now is for them to speed up the paperwork to meet the...
With Wales so badly hit by flooding, as Welsh Labour MPs, we have written to the Prime Minister to stress the need for additional funding to help deal with the devastation.
Privileged to open Tyisha foodbank and uniform bank organised by Cllrs Suzy Curry and Andre McPherson to help those in need. Open Tuesdays 5-7pm and Saturdays 8.30am – 10am. For info about getting help or making donations of food...
As we mark LGBT history month here in Llanelli, another step forward by the Welsh Labour Government in making it compulsory for all school pupils to receive the new curriculum Relationship and Sexuality Education (RSE) which is LGBT+ inclusive,...
Thanks to the Armed Forces Parliamentary Scheme, we were privileged to to visit our Royal Marines undertaking cold weather training in the North of Norway, some 200 miles inside the Arctic Circle. We heard and saw at first hand...