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The first Carmarthen Bay Film Festival kicks off next week with a special charity screening of the classic comedy film Grand Slam. Macmillan Cancer Support will benefit from the event, which will be held at Parc y Scarlets on Tuesday May 1. Special guests will include Glyn Lloyd Evans, Maldwyn Novello Pugh and Josephine – also known as Dewi Pws Morris, Sion Probert and Elizabeth Morgan. The evening will feature a question and answer session with the stars and will be held in The Quinnell Lounge, Parc y Scarlets. Tickets are on sale, priced at £10, from Parc y Scarlets ticket office - call 0871 871 8088. The charity screening will be a ‘scene-setter; for the main festival, which will start on May 8, running through to the weekend of May 12-13. Weblinks http://www.carmarthenbayfilmfestival.co.uk

The countdown is well and truly on, with just over two weeks to go to the start of the first Carmarthen Bay Film Festival. The team behind the festival – the first of its kind to be held in Llanelli – is busy putting together a varied programme of events. It all kicks-off with a special charity screening of the classic comedy film Grand Slam. Macmillan Cancer Support will benefit from the event, which will be held at Parc y Scarlets on Tuesday May 1. Special guests will include Glyn Lloyd Evans, Maldwyn Novello Pugh and Josephine – also known as Dewi Pws Morris, Sion Probert and Elizabeth Morgan. The evening will feature a question and answer session with the stars and will be held in The Quinnell Lounge, Parc y Scarlets. Tickets are on sale, priced at £10, from Parc y Scarlets ticket office - call 0871 871 8088. The charity screening will be a ‘scene-setter; for the main festival, which will start on May 8, running through to the weekend of May 12-13.  “The aim is simple,” ...

Rugby fanatics in Llanelli are being given the chance to relive the emotions of the Grand Slam — with added laughs. A special charity showing of the 1978 comedy Grand Slam is being shown on the big screen at Parc y Scarlets next month. Some of the film's stars will also be appearing in the flesh at the showing. The event, in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support, will also form the launch for the first Carmarthen Bay Film Festival, taking place between May 8 and 13. A Scarlets spokeswoman said: "With team Wales currently celebrating the success of yet another Grand Slam themselves, why not join us for an evening of fun, film and laughter as we welcome special guests Glyn Lloyd Evans, Maldwyn Novello Pugh and Josephine — Dewi Pws Morris, Sion Probert and Elizabeth Morgan respectively — to the Quinnell Lounge."

Hywel Dda Health Board | Marathon challenge A mother from Pembrokeshire is running across the four nations this year in order to raise money for the Meningitis Trust. Caroline Cumberlin, from Tenby, works as a Macmillan Support Administration at South Pembrokeshire and Withybush Hospitals.  She will be running three half marathons in Wales, Scotland and England and one full Marathon in Ireland by the end of October this year. The challenge will see her cover over 65 miles, as well as the hundreds of miles she will be doing in training for each event.