Discover fun and adventure at the Royal Welsh/Dewch o hyd i...
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VISITORS to this year’s Royal Welsh Agricultural Show can discover fun and adventure at Carmarthenshire’s marquee.
As this year’s host county, Carmarthenshire is planning a...
Woodland Trust Tree Packs and the Long Forest Project
Free trees for schools & communities
We’ve got thousands of free tree packs to give away!
We want to make sure that everybody in the UK...
July – Sept Events…
PLEASE LET US KNOW IF YOU WISH TO ATTEND ANY OF OUR WALKS
Note - Please check Facebook or website before leaving for any walk...
Step forward in animal welfare after Welsh Government agrees to ban...
The Cabinet Secretary for the Environment and Rural Affairs has agreed to a Plaid Cymru request supported by an Assembly Committee to ban non-code...
Plaid Cymru urges Westminster government to support Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon
Plaid Cymru has written to Liz Truss, Chief Secretary to the Treasury urging support for the Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon.
Business leaders, including Liz Maher,...
Residents asked not to leave out sacks of garden waste
PEOPLE in Carmarthenshire are being reminded not to leave sacks of garden waste out for collection.
A new collection service, which started in April...
KEEP WALES TIDY AND RELATED EVENTS IN JULY 2017 (CARMARTHENSHIRE)
Date: 2nd.
Event type: Work day.
Location: Tumble park.
Meeting point: Changing rooms.
Map link: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Ssy1XqzK_Qn6n1hihwLrCqc8_p4&usp=sharing
Time: 9.30am – 4pm.
Bring along (if possible): Gloves.
Physicality level: Med – high.
Suitability:...
Food Safety Week June 19-25
Carmarthenshire environmental health officers are urging residents to take care with how they store food in the fridge.
They are emphasising the importance as part...
Royal Welsh Agricultural Society Chief Executive Challenge
A legendary challenge has been set for the Royal Welsh Agricultural Society Chief Executive Steve Hughson and his assistant Aled Jones to celebrate that...
KEEP WALES TIDY AND RELATED EVENTS IN JUNE 2017 (CARMARTHENSHIRE)
Date: 6th.
Event type: Working party (grass cutting, tree pruning, cleaning up).
Location: Capel Libanus near Llansadwrn.
Meeting point: Outside chapel grounds.
Map link: https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=51.969997,-3.91993&hl=en&num=1&t=m&z=16
Time: 10am – 3pm.
Bring...
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Hi,
One of our dedicated litter pickers sent this to me:-
Have just had some horrible news from a close friend who was walking her
daughter’s...
Causing unnecessary suffering to cattle
A Carmarthenshire farmer and his company have been fined £17,000 for causing unnecessary suffering to cattle left on a marsh.
Alex Holland and Big House...
Spring Clean Cymru March Events 2017
The following events are part of Spring Clean Cymru 2017:
Date: 1st.
Event type: Big Beach Clean.
Location: Cefn Sidan.
Meeting point: Car park 2 in Pembrey Country...
Spring Clean Cymru
There will be a high profile event in Carms to mark the start of the campaign, and this will be a beach clean on...
Expert guide unlocks snowdrop secrets
Expert guide unlocks snowdrop secrets
Snowdrops are the centre of attention for a special weekend devoted to these pretty, delicate harbingers of spring - taking...
Welsh Conservatives back findings of tidal lagoon review
Welsh Conservatives back findings of tidal lagoon review
Welsh Conservatives have backed the findings of an independent review - published this morning at 11am -...
Scottish Hunting Law Review Agrees with League and Police Scotland That...
Scottish Hunting Law Review Agrees with League and Police Scotland That Legislation Needs Strengthening
The League Against Cruel Sports has welcomed the findings from Lord...
Brands including KitKat, Pot Noodle and Colgate toothpaste implicated in Indonesian...
Brands including KitKat, Pot Noodle and Colgate toothpaste implicated in Indonesian palm oil child labour abuse
Unilever, Nestlé, Kellogg’s, Colgate-Palmolive, Procter & Gamble among household...
Cabinet Secretary takes strong Welsh message to climate talks
Cabinet Secretary takes strong Welsh message to climate talks
Stop Climate Chaos Cymru meet Lesley Griffiths AM before she sets off for COP22 in Marrakesh
The...
New Refuse Lorries – Ready to Hit the Streets
New refuse lorries are ready to hit the streets
A NEW fleet of refuse collection vehicles will soon be hitting the streets of Carmarthenshire.
The council...
Troserch Woodlands Society Guided Walk
Troserch Woodlands Society will be holding a guided walk of the woods on Sunday, 23rd October. The walk will be led by current members...
Stadium unveils new pitch for ‘Go Green Day’
Principality Stadium has shown its support for ‘Go Green Day’ by unveiling the new pitch that will host Wales’ Under Armour Series matches against...
Let’s make next year a ‘Butterfly Summer’
We need to make next summer a Butterfly Summer – and we need to start work right now.
As a reaction to the grim picture...
“Oil spill a double-blow to the people of West Wales” –...
Welsh Conservatives Angela Burns AM (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire) and Paul Davies AM (Preseli Pembrokeshire) have issued a joint-statement in response to the Cabinet Secretary for...
CHANGES TO BIN COLLECTIONS FROM OCTOBER 31
Around 65,000 households will be affected by changes to their bin collections from October 31.
If you are affected, you will be notified by post...
Recycling in Wales doubles in a decade
The latest and final recycling figures for this year reveal Wales is recycling double the waste it did a decade ago and is exceeding...
Carmarthenshire Wildlife Walks
Carmarthenshire Wildlife Walks
Walk List 2016
October Walks
Date
Walk
Level
Meet at
Sat 15th
Burns Penlan Farm
2/3
TBA
Tues 18th
Godre'r Graig River Walk
3/4
Junction Café, Ystalyfera
Sat 29th
Mynydd Mawr Woodland Park
1/2
Mynydd Mawr Main car park
November...
Swansea Council’s battle with the weeds goes to a second round
Swansea Council's streetscene teams are taking on roadside weeds for a second round in their battle with the perennial pests.
The council has already treated...
Wales Wildlife Watch: Margam Park Walk
Margam Country Park Walk
Meet in the car park. Parking £4.90
Autumn is a great time to visit Margam Country Park. The colours are fantastic, the...
Meatless Monday Endorsed by World Health Summit 2016
On Monday, October 10, thought leaders and decision makers from academia, the industry, government, and civil society will dine on a Meatless Monday menu at...
Tally-No! – Poll shows majority of public view anti hunt politicians...
30 September 2016: Any attempt to repeal the Hunting Act by the Conservative party would be deeply unpopular amongst the majority of the British public,...
Winter opening hours across Pembrokeshire’s six Civic Amenity and Recycling Centres...
It means all sites will operate reduced opening hours while closing two days a week.
The Winsel site on the Old Hakin Road will be...
KEEP WALES TIDY AND RELATED EVENTS IN OCTOBER 2016 (CARMARTHENSHIRE)
Date: 3rd.
Event type: River cleanup.
Location: Glanamman.
Meeting point: Entrance of Ger yr Afon.
Map link: https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=51.806983,-3.924608&hl=en&num=1&t=m&z=16
Time: 10am – 12pm.
Bring along (if possible): Gloves, wellingtons, waders.
Physicality level:...
Neath Port Talbot parks up for People’s Choice Award
Following a successful year for Neath Port Talbot, a year in which it has picked up several Green Flag Awards, people now have the...
Help keep Ceredigion litter free
Ceredigion achieves excellent positive recycling performance rates, according to recent Local Environmental Audit Management System (LEAMS) survey results for 2016-17.
The local environment is much...
Carmarthenshire Wildlife Walks – Next 2 Walks…
ALL WALKS START AT 10AM
PLEASE LET THEM KNOW IF YOU WISH TO ATTEND
Saturday 24th September 2016
Lower Swiss Valley Reservoir
Meet at the 'Mill Wheel' memorial,...
An Ammanford man has been fined for dropping a serviette in...
Llanelli Magistrates Court convicted Richard Lloyd Ellis in his absence last Friday of an offence of littering.
The court heard that on Tuesday February 16...
DROPPED CIGARETTE BUTT FROM CAR WINDOW
An Ammanford man has been fined £175 for dropping a cigarette butt from the open window of a car.
Nigel Wayne Phillips, of Brynteg, Capel...
Rare Fish Washed Up At Local Beach
An enormous blue marlin washed up at Freshwater East now has a new home in one of the world's leading marine collections - at...
BOGTASTIC DAY AT THE BOTANIC GARDENS
Visistors at the Botanic Gardens enjoyed a day of activities to discover the ancient secrets held in Carmarthenshire’s peat bogs.
A series of activities and...
Roots for future generations planted with well-being tree
During a Ceredigion Public Services Board (PSB) Meeting, member organisations came together to plant a well-being tree to set the roots of the work...
Recycling relationship paves way for future learning
The top two performing recycling authorities in Wales are seeking ways to make their waste service even better by pooling their resources.
Waste management teams...
Inspirational Butterfly Feeder Enlivens Your Garden and Supports Butterflies
Belightful Butterfly Feeder brings nature closer to our everyday lives by attracting butterflies, and this way enhancing the wellbeing of both people and butterflies. Belightful Butterfly Feeder combines form...
New stats confirm Labour’s spectacular failure to tackle Bovine TB
New Bovine TB statistics released by the Welsh Government once again highlight Welsh Labour’s failure to eradicate the disease in Wales.
The figures reveal that...
CONSULTATION LAUNCHED ON AIR AND NOISE POLLUTION
A public consultation on how Wales can do better in the management of air and noise pollution has been launched by Welsh Labour’s Cabinet...
Bus drivers to help with city-wide pothole scheme in Swansea
Bus operator First, has pledged to get on-board with Swansea Council's latest road repair scheme by reporting potholes its drivers encounter.
Swansea Council has made...
£90,000 to spark revolutionary local energy scheme
A new scheme which has the potential to revolutionise the way we generate and use energy has been awarded £90,000 from the Welsh Government...
Ceredigion Glass Collection Trial in Cardigan Area
Ceredigion County Council (CCC) is reviewing the way it collects waste and recycling from the kerbside, with one of the options considered being a...
