Robert Lloyd - a Sir Gar Blog of random news . . . and some Clecs!

Carmarthenshire residents are being reminded that there are changes to bin collections over the festive period. Collections will take place as follows: Usual collection:                  Collection on: Monday, December 26         Wednesday, December 28 Tuesday, December 27         Thursday, December 29 Wednesday, December 28    Friday, December 30 Thursday, December 29       Saturday, December 31 Friday, December 30           Tuesday, January 3 Monday, January 2              Wednesday, January 4 Tuesday, January 3              Thursday, January 5 Wednesday, January 4         Friday, January 6 Thursday, January 5            Saturday, January 7 Friday, January 6                 Sunday, Ja...

Council staff have been hard at work over the Christmas and New Year period with weather-related incidents. Between Wednesday, December 30 and Monday, January 4 Street Scene crews received 165 call-outs for blocked gullies, flooding on the highway /properties and sandbag requests. Extreme heavy rainfall combined with already saturated ground conditions and swollen rivers resulted in a number of flooding incidents on the highway and to some homes. There were problems in Burry Port, Pontyates, Carway, Trimsaran, Kidwelly and the Llansteffan areas; with highways crews continuing to undertake clearance works today. Property Services teams have also been kept busy over Christmas and the New Year with a total of 240 emergency weather-related incidents at council housing properties and a further 280 attended by partner contractors for heating/alarm/lift problems. They also dealt with a further 22 non-housing emergency incidents. Executive Board Member for the Environment Cllr Hazel Evans sa...

New Year's hunt marred by protests | This is South Wales A few hundred people turned out in Carmarthen to cheer the riders of the traditional New Year's county hunt. The dozen riders of Carmarthenshire Hunt, with their hounds weaving and chasing among the crowd, trotted into Guildhall Square where they were met with applause and cheers. Hunt master Mike Watts, dressed in a red tunic, doffed his black riding helmet to the onlookers. His speech was all but drowned out, however, by about 20 anti-hunt protesters who, armed with placards, started singing behind him.

Happy New Year from the Welsh Christmas Trees Cooperative - http://welshchristmastrees.co.uk/