Monday, 4 March 2013

@carmsccpress with love

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The Electoral Reform Society recently carried out a survey of Welsh councils to establish how many of them allowed the use of Twitter durin...
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Saturday, 2 March 2013

Loaded dice - planning tales from Carmarthenshire

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Back in December (previous post here ) the people of Penybanc near Ammanford breathed a sigh of relief when the county council's plann...
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Friday, 1 March 2013

Election expenses - help yourself!

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Thanks to Freedom of Information requests submitted by Plaid Cymru (press release here ) we now know that Carmarthenshire County Council is ...
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Thursday, 28 February 2013

Women and the Council

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Next week Cneifiwr will be off to see Dyled Eileen in Crymych. The play tells the story of Eileen and Trefor Beasley who fought what was the...
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Wednesday, 27 February 2013

What the papers say - James v Thompson

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A week after the end of the James v Thompson, and the local press has a chance to catch up with events. The South Wales Guardian has come ou...
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Tuesday, 26 February 2013

Loss of cheese plant devastating to Newcastle Emlyn

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The BBC is reporting that the Saputo cheese factory in Newcastle Emlyn is to close with the loss of 70 jobs. The loss of 70 jobs affectin...
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Monday, 25 February 2013

More loose ends - limos and chauffeurs

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During the recent James v Thompson libel trial, Mr James's counsel made a great deal of fuss about a suggestion in Jacqui Thompson's...
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Sunday, 24 February 2013

Loose Ends

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A number of issues arose during the James v Thompson trial last week which deserve closer attention. Here are a few for starters. In an ot...
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Saturday, 23 February 2013

Carmarthen - a masterclass in town planning

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Readers of this week's Carmarthen Journal, at least those who live in the town or visit it regularly, will have been surprised to hear ...
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Thursday, 21 February 2013

The Today Programme and Other Media Matters

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Some readers of this blog will have heard an interview with Jacqui Thompson on this morning's Today Programme on Radio 4. If you missed ...
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Wednesday, 20 February 2013

Arrogant, excessive and defensive - The Thunderer (updated)

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Update 3.50 p.m. 20 February Well, that's it. Ms Christina Michalos, Jacqui Thompson's counsel, concluded her closing remarks earl...
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Monday, 18 February 2013

The Chief Executive has a shot at answering a few questions

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Update 4.30pm 19 February After a brief cross-examination of the head of planning, Eifion Bowen, the court was adjourned until tomorrow, w...
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Synchronised tree planting and other expenses

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Thanks to a Western Mail freedom of information request, we now know that the local government gravy train is still running as normal, desp...
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Sunday, 17 February 2013

James v Thompson: a conspiracy of malcontents

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On Friday Cneifiwr and three others travelled to London having been advised that they might be called to give evidence in the James v Thomps...
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Thursday, 14 February 2013

What the Papers Say - James v Thompson Trial

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The Press Office in County Hall is probably having a collective nervous breakdown as it digests reports on the opening day of the trial yest...
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Wednesday, 13 February 2013

James v Thompson - the trial begins - Updated

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For those of you who use Twitter, you can follow the trial with the hashtag #daftarrest . It is good to see that the case is attracting a go...
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Monday, 11 February 2013

Dw i eisiau byw yn Gymraeg yng Nghastell Newydd Emlyn

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Yn sgîl canlyniadau trychinebus y Cyfrifiad mae Cymdeithas yr Iaith yn mynd ati i ddangos ein bod ni eisiau byw mewn cymuned Cymraeg ei hiai...

Empty Properties

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Crunching and interpreting data from the 2011 census will no doubt go on for some time to come, but one interesting set of statistics relate...
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