The windows of Fountain Fine Art have been whitewashed

In October, some villagers complained to the police about a painting of a woman in the window of Richard Braine's Fountain Fine Art in Llandeilo.

"A few of the town's elderly residents took offence. One came in and said it had ruined her day," he said.

However, the complaints sparked the idea for a show of 40 exhibits.

This time, however, in order to spare anyone's blushes, Mr Braine has whitewashed the windows, leaving the word 'nude' visible in the transparent glass.

The 33-year-old explained that all new paintings that come to the gallery are placed in the window for a week as part of the deal with the artists.

And last October when he took possession of an art work entitled This All Too Brief Flesh by David Kilvington from Kidwelly, there was no exception.

Apologetic

"The people who passed the window were mostly interested in the picture," explained Mr Braine who owns the established gallery in Llandeilo.

"But one or two people contacted the police about the picture and the police were very apologetic when they contacted me."

He said that he would take down the picture if the police had received several calls but there were no further complaints.

I think that the fact the painting was in the window that has provoked reaction David Kilvington, artist http://www.fountainfineart.com/

"A few of the town elderly residents I think took offence to the picture and one lady pushed her head round the door to tell me that it was an embarrassing picture and it had 'ruined' her day," he added.

The co-operative only bought the creamery eight months ago

Dairy Farmers of Britain (DFB),which owns Llangadog creamery, said the decision had been based on its poor financial performance.

It is one of the largest employers in the Towy Valley and had been bought by the farming co-operative in 2004.

Chief executive Malcolm Smith said he was "very disappointed" while farmers' leaders said it was "devastating" news.

Union leaders were due to meet management at the firm again on Thursday to discuss redundancy packages for staff.

The creamery at Llangadog processes around 210 million litres of milk a year from farms in west Wales into evaporated milk and rice pudding.

DFB said it will work closely with local employment agencies to help find jobs for creamery employees "both within DFB and the local community".

DFB is committed to its remaining production facilities in Wales and its farmer members in Wales Malcolm Smith

Mr Smith said: "We are very disappointed to have to make this announcement, which follows a full review of the Llangadog factory's business performance."

There had been an industry-wide consolidation and rationalisation process and he said "we have only taken this difficult decision after having carefully assessed all other possible options".

"Our ultimate responsibility is to our shareholders - the farmer members - and this move is necessary to improve overall business efficiency and safeguard the returns to our members," the chief executive said.

The co-operative runs 60 distribution depots and 10 processing plants across the UK, including one in Cardiff.

The Carmarthenshire plant is expected to close in a few months time.

DFB says its committed to keeping the rest of its operation open

Carwyn Jones, Countryside Minister, recently met the company and said it had "thoroughly explored all the options to try to avoid closure of the Llangadog site".

He said: "I still hope that a buyer can be found for the site and we will, of course, consider any future approach for financial assistance".

The company assured farmers that their milk would be processed elsewhere, but there was concern this could add to costs.

Peter Francis, chairman of the National Farmers' Union in Carmarthenshire said farmers had been hopeful that DFB would "make a go" of the plant when they bought it last August.

The Farmers' Union of Wales said it had been a "bolt from the blue".

The business was sold by Associated Co-operative Creameries last August to DFB, which is the third largest milk processor in the UK.

'Major impact'

Plaid Cymru AM Rhodri Glyn Thomas said: "This is disastrous news for the economy of the Towy Valley. I am devastated that our worst fears have been confirmed.

"Two hundred jobs in a village like Llangadog is the equivalent of 2,000 job losses in a large urban area."

Conservative AM Brynle Williams said: ""I very much regret the loss of so many jobs in an industry which is already struggling to survive in the face of a supermarket price war.

"These redundancies will have a major impact on the rural economy in west Wales."

Jenny Randerson, Liberal Democrat AM, said: "This closure sends shockwaves across the dairy industry as a whole.