Communities in south west Wales have become the latest to log on to one of the most exciting developments on the web.

The BBC's Where I Live community website for the region will be unveiled in an official launch on Friday.

Community involvement is a key element of the project and people are invited to drop into a new studio in Carmarthen - equipped with the latest technology - to access BBC sites.

"People might want to call in to surf BBC websites, tell us about local events, exchange views online or even make and watch their own stories," said site producer Margaret Keenan.

The site follows the launch of a north east site in March this year and is part of an initiative to make the BBC more accessible for the people of Wales.

The south west studio is based at the refurbished BBC offices in Priory Street, Carmarthen where people can call in on Wednesday and Friday between 1130 -1530 BST.

The Where I Live website provides in-depth local news and information on the region's weather, travel, sport and events.

Elisabeth Windsor 'Queen' of Tairgwaith

News is one of the main features and the site has covered all of the major events in the area since it went live in May.

As part of the Queen's Golden Jubilee celebrations the site featured its very own Elizabeth Windsor.

Mrs Windsor, 73, from Tairgwaith near Ammanford, was guest of honour at the village party on 3 June and said it was great to be "queen for the day".

One of the most dramatic picture events captured by the Where I Live journalists was a blaze at a meat processing factory in Cross Hands.

The blaze at the Dawn Pac factory

The plant caught fire on the night that the Queen visited Carmarthenshire and Neath-Port Talbot.

Workers had to evacuate the Dawn Pac plant.

No-one was hurt but nearly 200 people lost their jobs as a result of the subsequent closure of the plant.

In the past six months, the region has been hard hit by a series of redundancies with the loss of nearly 2,000 jobs.

Nearly 1,000 of those went with the collapse of ITV Digital which based its call centre in Pembroke Dock.

A further 1,000 jobs have been shed by the Dewhirst ladies wear company, which announced it was pulling out of Wales.

Kite surfer Kirsty Jones at the end of her Irish sea crossing

The clothes manufacturer for Marks and Spencer, announced the closure of its factories in Swansea, Cardigan and Fishguard.

But hopes of a revival in the jobs market were raised by plans to establish a 'Bluestone' holiday village complex providing 600 posts.

On the sports front we featured a banned Pembrokeshire cricketer's bid to clear his name at the High Court.

But the sporting performance of the year was captured by the extreme sports enthusiast Kirsty Jones who became the first person to kite-surf across the Irish sea.

Responding

Site producer Margaret Keenan said the site is growing and changing on a daily basis in response to feedback.

"We have just been overwhelmed by requests to add Spurs footballer Simon Davies, originally from the Solva area, to our Hall of Fame section after Wales's recent international success," she said.

"There are a whole series of debates going on in the Your Say section and an area for people who just want to have a rant.

"There are daily updates on farming news, along with a monthly diary submitted by a local hill farmer."

If you want to let us know about any news item, or an event which you are organising, then e-mail us on wales.southwest@bbc.co.uk