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People can find out information on voting and polling stations at an event taking place in Llanelli at the end of this month. Carmarthenshire County Council’s Electoral Services Manager Amanda Bebb will be at The Hub  in Stepney Street all day on Monday, March 30. She can check if people are registered to vote in the next parliamentary election on May 7. If they are not, Amanda can register them. People can also apply to have a postal vote, discuss any support they may need, or ask any questions about their local polling station. Amanda said: “I hope people take the opportunity to come along, I am happy to discuss any queries regarding elections or the voting process. “We encourage everyone to use their vote, so we need to ensure as many people as possible are registered, and that they have all the information they need to make choices about their preferred method of voting.”

Potholes will take on a whole new dimension in Llanelli town centre next month. One measuring 20-feet by 10-feet will appear in Stepney Street. But council bosses have said there will be no need to panic – it’s an optical illusion. Armed with paint brushes 3D street artists will descend on Stepney Street creating the hole in the ground during the Spring Bank Holiday weekend on Saturday, May 24. Shoppers and visitors will be able to “look” into the hole with no danger of falling in. The optical illusion will be created by an S4C team promoting one of the new exciting programmes for children called Madron. Llanelli’s tourism and marketing manager Huw Parsons said: “It’s tremendous Llanelli’s ultra modern town centre is attracting this kind of attention. “Art of this nature commands a lot of attention and can cause quite a stir with even Jaws breaking out of the drainage system.” County executive board member for regeneration Cllr Meryl Gravell promised this was not another hole-digging...