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Latest news from the team at Span Arts in Narberth - What's coming up at Span Arts! Children's Theatre, Hip-Hop, Comedy & More! The Tap Dancing Mermaid Tue 29th March Tessa Bide performs as the tippety-top dancer, offering stunning puppetry, original music and magical storytelling for a truly fantastic show. Comedy Night with Steve Gribbin Thur 14th April Not only will Gribbin be causing laughter with his comedy songs, daughter of 80s comedy icon Jimmy Cricket will be the MC for the evening! Book Here! Monarch at Colby Woodland Gardens Thur 7th April The award-winning Feral Theatre introduces this family-friendly outdoor production, that comes complete with exploration and superb storytelling. Book Here! T'Pau Fri 22nd April T'Pau are one of thebiggest and most successful bands of the 1980s. Audiences can look forward to all of T'Pau's biggest hits on this acoustic tour! Book Here! Singing Workshop Mon 11th/25th April Led by tutor Clara Cl...

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Zumba lovers in Carmarthen will be showcasing their dance moves for charity. On Saturday, March 26, it is hoped that as many people will turn out as possible to Carmarthen Leisure Centre and raise money for Cancer Research UK. The Zumbathon is part of an open day at the centre with multiple free activity sessions for adults and children delivered throughout the day. These include netball, hockey, basketball, actif storytime and multi-skills session from 9am-3pm. The local tennis club will also be on hand. For those feeling energetic can jump on the smoothie bicycle maker and fill up those glasses. The council’s area activity coordinator, Gareth Davies said: “The day is all about having fun and keeping fit and healthy as well as raising money for a great cause. It also provides us with an opportunity of showing customers what the centre has to offer from juniors to seniors and best of all it’s free.” Anyone wishing to enter the Zumbathon from 10.30-11.30am can pick up a sponsor form b...

The latest Phil Evans column from the South Wales Evening Post. Comedian Phil Evans is from Ammanford. He is known as the man who puts the ‘cwtsh’ into comedy. www.philevans.co.uk ------------------------------------------ A ban will change your life: I believe the old saying, ‘You don’t miss the water until the well runs dry’ - even though owning a well would be ‘wishful thinking’ on my part. See what I did there? But, as my annual water rates cost a fortune, I wouldn’t only miss my supply if it were cut off, I’d be hammering on the front doors of the Welsh Water HQ demanding my taps be turned back on forth-with. And, if that wasn’t possible, fifth-with! But I digress... The old saying means you don’t miss something until it’s no longer there and I was reminded of it while reading an article written by a Phil Colwill, about how his life changed when he was routinely stopped by the police, admitted he’d had a drink earlier, was breathalysed and banned from driving for 12 months. He e...

Carmarthenshire residents are being reminded that there are changes to bin collections over the Easter holidays. From Friday, March 25 until Friday, April 1, collections will take place one day later than usual. So for example, if your collection is due on Friday it won’t be picked up until Saturday and so on. Remember to recycle using your blue bags - it is estimated that 90 million chocolate Easter eggs are bought in the UK every year, that’s a lot of cardboard and plastic packaging! And if you are making a big Easter lunch for all the family, make sure you either compost your vegetable peelings or they go into your food bin along with any leftovers. The recycling centres in Trostre (Llanelli), Wernddu (Ammanford), Nantycaws (Carmarthen) and Whitland are open as usual over the Easter period except Llangadog which is closed Good Friday, Easter Sunday and Easter Monday. Did you know that you can now sign up for text or email alerts on a range of council services including recycling ...

An Aberystwyth media historian has been awarded a Research Project Grant by the Leverhulme Trust to study the relationship between television and society in Wales during the 1970s. Dr Jamie Medhurst, Senior Lecturer in Media and Communication and co-director of the University’s Centre for Media History, was awarded £114,000 for the three-year project which includes a PhD studentship to focus on a particular aspect of the study. Dr Medhurst said: ‘This project will create a unique and original history of television and society in Wales during the 1970s, paying particular attention to the ways in which television mediated the changing nature of society and how television itself, rather than merely reflecting what was happening, was subject to, and part of, the same changes. ‘Through systematic examination of primary source material, I want to explore the complex relationship between politics and policy, national identity, language, everyday life and television during the decade and hop...

People who dispose of waste oil by burning it are being advised of new government guidance. Welsh Government has reviewed its guidance on the incineration of waste and, in an effort to reduce air pollution, has determined that waste oil burners are now considered as incineration plant. As such, people who use a waste oil burner - including those that have a permit for their use - are being advised that they either need to apply for a variation of their permit so it would cover a small waste incineration plant; commit to burn only non-waste fuels such as fuel oil or gas; or stop using it completely. Welsh Local Authorities are contacting permit holders to let them know of the new requirements and to ask what action they are planning to take, however officers are also keen to spread the message to anyone who burns waste oil without a permit. Those who wish to surrender their permit should do so by March 31 2016, and any Applications for a Variation of a permit to a small waste incinera...