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Bang to rights speeding motorists had red faces having to explain their behaviour to the pupils outside their school. One driver was so embarrassed he dodged the ordeal by accepting a fixed penalty notice. The Speeding Initiative outside schools throughout the county is being promoted as part of Carmarthenshire's Community Safety Partnership. Officers from Carmarthenshire County Council's Road Safety unit teamed up with Cross Hands Neighbourhood Policing team and pupils from Drefach School Council to target speeding drivers. The aim of the campaign is to educate drivers and raise awareness of the impact that speeding vehicles has on local communities, and the objective is to reduce the number of people killed and seriously injured each year on the roads in Carmarthenshire. The offending drivers were given the option of speaking to the pupils to explain why they were speeding outside their school, or accept a fixed penalty notice. County Road Safety Officer Rhys John-Howes sai...

Menter Cwm Gwendraeth has opened a youth club in Drefach. The youth club meets every Tuesday in Drefach Welfare Hall from 5-8pm. Aled Evans, one of Menter Cwm Gwendraeth’s youth officers, said: “The club opened last Tuesday for young people aged 14-19. There is Wii, games and music and we are considering showing films when the nights draw in. “About 20 youngsters came to the first meeting of the club, which is a good start, and we are keen to have more.” Aled is asking anyone who is interested to come along to the club on a Tuesday night.

A rural Carmarthenshire business has expanded the services it offers thanks to a grant from the Rural Conversion Grant Fund. Roger and Simone Broome, the owners of Penybanc Business Services are celebrating a £30,378 grant to convert redundant calving shed and dairy buildings into meeting, event and conference facilities. The enterprise, which was set up earlier this year as a spin-off business from the adjacent Ceridwen Centre, has officially opened its new business premises at Drefelin, Drefach, Felindre. Carmarthenshire County Council is behind the Rural Conversion Grant Fund which is aimed at creating jobs and regenerating rural parts of the area. The authority has received funding to deliver the project through the Rural Development Plan for Wales 2007-2013, which is funded by the Welsh Government and the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development. The Penybanc Business Services project will safeguard two and a half jobs and create one new full-time position. Owner Roger Bro...