Christmas Card entries now on display!
Congratulations to winners and runners up in our Christmas card competition. Delightful designs on display from today until Christmas on the stairs in Llanelly House.
Tesco Foodbank Collection
Big thank you to the Trussell Trust and Myrtle House foodbank volunteers collecting in Tesco’s today and tomorrow in Trostre. Please come and donate if you can….. Tesco adding 20% to all donations.
Ban gay conversion therapy now
Still no date for a bill to ban abhorrent gay conversion therapy, eight months after the consultation closed and four years since the UK Government first promised a ban. Need comprehensive ban ASAP to protect all LGBT people including...
Llanelli Star Column – The importance of supporting local small businesses
This Saturday, local businesses throughout Llanelli will be marking Small Business Saturday. According to the Federation of Small Businesses, SMEs make up 99% of the business population in the UK and create 16 million jobs. Now in its tenth...
Tritech Institute
Fascinating visit this week to ?Tritech Institute in Bynea, Llanelli where they combine research & design of innovative healthcare equipment & solutions with behind the scenes tech engineering which keeps the amazing range of clinical tech in our hospitals...
MP and MS Christmas Card competition shows talents of local pupils at their best
Schoolchildren from across Llanelli have been showing off their art skills as part of a competition to design the annual Christmas Card to be used by Dame Nia Griffith MP and Lee Waters MS. Hundreds of festive entries from...
Links – Veterans breakfast visit
Good to meet Llanelli veterans Idwal, Dai, Dennis, Eric, Roy, my former pupil Andrew ( the chef) and others this weekend at Links veterans breakfast. Always so many projects they are involved in. Thanks to Michelle & Kim of...
Five Roads WI Christmas Fayre
Fabulous stalls at Five Roads WI Christmas Fayre in aid of Ty Bryngwyn Hospice this evening. Taking place in Five Roads Community Centre, products on sale included Purah honey, Estuary Arts, Tegwen’s jams and many more.
Publicly owned renewable energy the way forward
With the Prime Minister just coming back from COP27, I reminded him that the Welsh Labour Government is investing in on-shore wind, thus reducing emissions, increasing energy security and using the profit for public good, and asked him when...
Tories broken promises on the pension triple lock could leave 17,330 pensioners in Llanelli £900 worse off
Abandoning the 2019 Conservative Manifesto commitment to the triple lock on state pensions for the second year in a row could leave 17,330 pensioners in Llanelli £900 worse off a year on average, according to new analysis published today....