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The Myddfai Ty Talcen charity has been granted permission to hold a Diamond Jubilee event at the Prince of Wales’s Carmarthenshire home. The charity applied for Temporary Event Notices to hold a fireworks event at Llwynywermod near Myddfai on June 4 with two marquees for guests. The event is pre-purchase ticket only. The application has been dealt with by Carmarthenshire County Council’s licensing section . The council has so far approved six other Temporary Event Notices for June 4 for events in Llandeilo, Llanwrda, Abergwili, Llandovery, Bynea and Cwmann, and a series of events by Five Roads Village Hall and Park on June 2, 3 and 5. Carmarthenshire has granted temporary road closures for Market Square, Llandovery; Church Street, Ammanford; Gilbert Crescent, Llanelli; Park Terrace, Burry Port; Randell Square, Pembrey; and Tunnel Road, Llanelli. There willalso be street parties going ahead at Llangadog Square, Llangadog, and Drefach, Felindre, without the need to close the road. The ...

Prince Charles has given a royal seal of approval to Carmarthenshire’s Ffos Las Racecourse. His Royal Highness flew in to the course by helicopter from his nearby residence at Llwynywormwood in Myddfai to spend the day at the races which had been laid on in his honour with a slice of proceeds from ticket sales being donated to his chosen charities. It is the first time Ffos Las has hosted a royal visit, which helped raise funds for The Prince’s Charities in Wales – the largest multi-cause charitable enterprise in the UK. As well as meeting Ffos Las officials, trainers, stable staff, vets and jockeys, the Prince also took time to meet and chat to representatives of the various charities, including those from the Prince’s Trust and PRIME Cymru. The Prince also took time to plant a tree, grown on the Duchy of Cornwall estate as part of The Woodland Trust’s Jubilee Woods Project, which aims to plant six million trees across the UK to celebrate the 60-year reign of Her Majesty the Queen. Af...