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The SOS fight to save a GP surgery in Burry Port is being scaled up to include a protest at the next meeting of Hywel Dda University Health Board. Pembrey and Burry Port Town Council is in the vanguard of the campaign to save Harbour View Surgery. The council’s Mayor, Councillor David Owens, said the proposed closure would have ‘devastating’ consequences for the local community. Cllr Owens said: “A public meeting in Burry Port earlier this week demonstrated the massive groundswell of opinion against the closure of Harbour View Surgery. “The people of Burry Port and Pembrey will not sit back and let this happen. “The SOS campaign is all about Save Our Surgery. “We will be mobilising our campaign troops to protest at the next meeting of the Hywel Dda Board, when the board meets in Penygroes next week. “As a council representing the people here, we appreciate that Penygroes may not be the easiest venue to get to, so we are making it easy for SOS campaigners by organising a free bu...

Burry Port has a new ‘essential guide’ that informs of everything from its business bustle to its romantic settings to propose. If you want to 'tingle in the shingle' the guide informs that Burry Port has that magic-draw to go for a romantic stroll in the toe-tingling Atlantic surf and even identifies the fruiterers where you can buy the passion fruit. The colourful guide has been inspired by Pembrey and Burry Port Town Council supported by Carmarthenshire County Council’s tourism department. It lists all the town businesses from grocers to home interior designers and hairdressers to restaurants and takeaways - an astonishing 54 in total. They are all indexed to a colourful street map in the A5 fold-up brochure that also includes all the town’s attractions. As the brochure says: “Whether you’re an experienced cyclist, a family with children, or looking for historic attractions, coastal gems or quite simply fantastic pit stops to eat, Burry Port is the town to visit. “Burry ...