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Bobby to have a ball at Miners’ Theatre
Bobby Ball, one half of the popular comedy duo Cannon and Ball, is to make a very special appearance at Ammanford Miners' Theatre, March 4. Bobby Ball, most recently seen battling the Australian bush in 2005's I'm A Celebrity - Get Me Out of Here! will
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Folk legend
The iconic protest singer, poet and social commentator Joan Baez makes a welcome return to Cardiff's St David's Hall on Thursday, March 8, at 8 pm, following her sell-out performance at the hall in 2004. Due to overwhelming popular demand, extra seats
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Bolly good show
A stunning audio/visual spectacle is promised as India Dance Wales perform Natya Kala: The Art Of Dance for the first time at Theatr Elli, on Friday. The Art Of Dance is a visually striking performance, which explores the harmonisation between classical
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Supersize ballet
Much anticipated, Russia's alternative ballet company, The Big Ballet - comprising 16 female dancers each weighing a strict minimum of 17 stone and a combined average of 20 stone - presented by Amande Concerts, is all set to take on its first-ever UK
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Need the dough? Then get painting!
TIME is running out for local budding youngsters to enter the St David's competition run by Brace's - Wales' largest independent baker - with the March 6 deadline. In last week's paper we ran the competition offering a local school and one of its pupils
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Cwmgors 8 Amman Utd 10
A last-gasp try from full back Dean Williams and conversion from outside half Rhys Thomas gave Amman United a deserved win on balance of play, following a committed local derby on a strength-sapping Parc y Werin pitch in very heavy conditions. Amman
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Cwmllynfell 13 Bonymaen 9
Cwmllynfell overcame Bonymaen in the Tovali Cup semi-final at Ystradgynlais. With Cwm having beaten Bony twice in Division One West this season and also in last season's Tovali Cup Final, the Swansea Valley side confirmed their supremacy over champions-elect
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Drovers have destiny in their hands
Llandovery will have home advantage over Maesteg on Saturdayin the most important game of the season for the Tywi valley club, writes Huw S Thomas. The Drovers are at the foot of the Premiership table with seven games to go, three points above opponents
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Ammanford 0 West End 5
Ammanford could well have gone 0-1 down after just five minutes when West End No9 Darren Griffiths 1-1 put in a great shot when clear only to see keeper Walton pull off a great block save. Ammanford then tested the visitors defence when Darren Jenkins
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Glass attacker leaves family heartbroken
A LLANDEILO family has been left devastated by a six-month jail sentence handed out to a Llandovery man who left a much-loved brother, uncle and son fighting for his life. David Roberts was the victim of a glass attack by Stephen Waters, of Towy Street
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Breath test refusal gets a shorter ban
AMMANFORD magistrates have sent out a clear message to drink-drivers who put the lives of innocent people at risk - refuse to give a sample and you'll get a shorter ban. The outrageous news arrived last week when a Tycroes woman was banned for 16 months
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‘They ain’t going to like this’
Teenage vandals in Ammanford have wasted no time in scrawling graffiti all over the recently-refurbished public toilets in the town's park. Carmarthenshire Council spent £90,000 modernising the facility last summer, but local youngsters have already
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Car plunge driver found way downstream
A WOMAN whose car plunged down a steep embankment and stopped dangerously close to the River Towy was found three fields downstream. Dyfed-Powys Police officers received a call at 12.26pm on Monday and attended the scene at Bethlehem Road where the vehicle
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Practice manager arrested over missing surgery cash
A Llandybie woman has been arrested following the alleged theft of a six-figure sum from a doctors' surgery in Ammanford. Mother-of-three Dawn Beynon has been released on police bail following a suspected £200,000 fraud at the town's Margaret Street
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Sorry, Charlie, you’ve gone too far this time
Prince Charles has endeared himself to his new Carmarthenshire neighbours by threatening half the businesses in Wales with legal action. Ammanford jeweller Ernest G Brooks was stunned last week when Buckingham Palace ordered him to stop selling items
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Valley residents fuming at speed camera appeal
Amman Valley residents have been left fuming after their cash was donated to Dyfed-Powys Police for a mobile speed camera. Cwmaman Town Council was just one of many community groups asked by officers to put up cash for a camera, which will be used to
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Riders win the day in bridleway battle
A 16-YEAR battle over a bridleway on Prince Charles' new estate has taken another twist with the news that the Planning Inspectorate has removed a Carmarthenshire Council-imposed diversion order. The decision was taken by planning inspector Barney Grimshaw
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Assembly slammed over ban literature
A PILLAR of a Towy Valley community has fired a warning to the National Assembly: forget funding publicity for the impending smoking ban and pump more money into the local schools. Chair of Llandovery's Chamber of Commerce, Hilary Hunt, has been left
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Man denies railway crossing 'near miss'
A LLANGADOG man has pleaded not guilty to dangerous driving after his car was allegedly almost hit by a train on a level crossing in the village. Christopher Griffiths, of Walters Road, is accused of driving a Vauxhall Corsa dangerously along Station
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Tesco hits back at ‘profiteering’ jibe over petrol
SUPERMARKET giant Tesco has hit back at claims that their Ammanford store is the most expensive in Wales for petrol by insisting they only compete with other prices in the area. The Guardian has received several calls from irate drivers who claim that
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Quad death girl, 17, was ‘unlawfully killed’
AN YSTRADGYNLAIS teenager was unlawfully killed after losing control and crashing a quad bike, a coroner has ruled. Nia Jones, 17, sustained fatal injuries when she rode into a ravine on the old Trecastle road in June of last year. Her passenger was
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Grounds for celebration as pitch gets go-ahead
HOWZAT for a result? A Towy Valley cricket club is celebrating after getting the thumbs-up from Carmarthenshire Council for permission to construct a new pitch. Llanwrda CC will now play on land at Cwmbran Farm after planners gave the plans the all-clear
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Gunman goes berserk after row over drugs
A Gwendraeth Valley man who once held a barman at gunpoint so he could carry on playing a gambling machine has now been found guilty of a serious assault. Jay Devereux, aged 20, faces jail after a jury at Swansea crown court heard how he went berserk
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Warming workshop starts in Llandeilo
ONE OF Britain's most controversial environmental campaigners has chosen Llandeilo's St John Ambulance Hall as the venue to kick off his first national tour. Paul Mobbs, an author and former director of Friends of the Earth, leads a free workshop Think
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Over-development with 34 new homes ‘not a matter for the council’
LIVID Gwendraeth Valley residents must wait for another six days before finding out if county planners will ignore their pleas to stop more houses being built in the area. A decision on two applications for a total of 34 houses to be built on land adjoining
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Crash, bang, wallop
A LLANDYBIE man was asleep in bed when he heard a vehicle smash into his own car - only to get up and see the driver trying to get away, a court has heard. Mike Smith, of Ammanford Road, was woken by the crash, which was caused by Ryan Watkin Thomas,
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Biker collision closes road for over three hours
A MOTORCYCLIST suffered multiple injuries and was last night in a serious condition after an accident in Cwmgors. South Wales Police are investigating the collision which occurred at about 2.40pm on Monday along the A474 Rhydyfro to Cwmgors Road. The
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Heart-scare patient blasts health service
A BRYNAMAN pensioner has spoken of his digust at having to wait an hour and a half for a paramedic - only to be left stranded outside accident and emergency because there were no spare beds. Tony Parsons, of Park Lane, was advised by an out-of-hours
