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The Star was originally published on a Thursday, but both are now published on Wednesdays. The two papers have different formats and news content which varies by area. The Llanelli Star covers the district of Llanelli and the Gwendraeth Valley where the Carmarthen Journal covers the town of Carmarthen and also the Gwendraeth Valley.
Alan Wynne-Thomas, born in 1941 in Carmarthen, Wales, and died on 28 September 2008, [1] was a British offshore sailor and navigator. He crossed the Atlantic eleven times, three of them solo. He crossed the Atlantic eleven times, three of them solo.
In 1840, a printing press was set up in Carmarthen by William Spurrell (1813–1889), who wrote a history of the town and compiled and published an 1848 Welsh-English dictionary and an 1850 English–Welsh dictionary. [27] Today's Collins Welsh dictionary is known as the "Collins Spurrell". A local housing authority in Carmarthen is named Heol ...
Owain Wyn Evans (born 9 March 1984) [citation needed] is a Welsh broadcaster and drummer. [1] He hosts BBC Radio 2's early breakfast show and previously presented weather bulletins on BBC Look North, North West Tonight and BBC Breakfast.
The Carmarthen Journal is a newspaper founded in 1810 in Wales and now based in Carmarthen, the county town of Carmarthenshire, Wales. The building housing the Carmarthen Journal asserts that the Carmarthen Journal is the oldest newspaper in Wales. In 2012, Local World acquired ownership of Northcliffe Media from Daily Mail and General Trust. [2]
In 1840, having returned to Carmarthen, he established a publishing business in the town. [2] This grew to become one of the most successful presses in Wales. William Spurrell wrote a history of Carmarthen town and compiled and published a Welsh-English dictionary (first published 1848) and an English-Welsh dictionary (first published 1850). [2]
Born in Carmarthen, Coslett was conscripted at the age of 18.He served as an infantryman with the Royal Welch Fusiliers and later became a merchant seaman. On his return to Wales, Coslett worked as a shot-firer in many of the small private coal mines in west Wales.
Gordon Samuel David Parry, Baron Parry DL (usually Lord Parry) (30 November 1925 – 1 September 2004) was a Welsh Labour politician.. He was created a Life Peer as Baron Parry, of Neyland in the County of Dyfed on 21 January 1976 [1] by the Prime Minister Harold Wilson.