Man taken to hospital after crash near Cynheidre

ONE man has today been taken to hospital after being cut from a car crash on a road between Pontyates and Llanelli. Trapped in a car which had rolled onto its side, the casualty was freed by firefighters after they were called to the scene at 3.13pm

Miners strike: Setting the record straight over Cynheidre Colliery

I was the final chairman of the NUM at Cynheidre Colliery in the Gwendraeth Valley, in west Wales. A lot of attention has been focused on this mine over the past week, mainly due to the fact that it had more men back inside the gates by the en

30 years on – but the miners strike scars remain

And for former miners at Cynheidre Colliery the scars of the strike still haunt them today. In 1984, 90 per cent of South Wales miners who broke the strike and returned to work were based at the Cynheidre pit. It produced deep resentmen