Athletics: Pembrokeshire Harriers have had a successful conclusion to the 2004 season after a close fought battle with other local clubs. The ladies team managed to regain the Interclub Three Counties Texaco Shield which they previously held in 2003.
Pembrokeshire Knock-out Cup quarter final Crymych 25 Haverfordwest 12 Two opportunist tries by powerful centre Emyr Williams helped Crymych move to within one step of a second successive KO Cup Final as they came back from an early seven-point deficit
DESPITE the current cold snap, supplies of hardy daffodils were blooming for St David's Day. The only problem the cold weather caused was frozen fingers when picking the popular flower. Graham Perkins grows 1.5 million daffodil blooms a year on 15 acres
Dyfed-Powys police chief Terence Grange has been accused of putting the health of hundreds of children at risk by allowing a temporary tetramast to be placed on the top of Haverfordwest police HQ. A furious local mother, who lives near the police station
Toffee, pictured above, is one of the guinea pigs from Folly Farm's pet centre. Can you take a funny or interesting photo of your favourite pet or animal? If you don't have a camera, you could draw it! Send your entry, along with your name, age, address
CROWDS flocked to sunny Saundersfoot at the weekend for the second annual St David's Food and Craft Festival. A marquee on the harbour hosted 33 local and visiting craftsmen - double last year's number of stalls. The highlight of the festival was the
Pembrokeshire football league - Division One HERBRANDSTON 0 GOODWICK UNITED 1 A Barry Hayes goal just before half-time proved crucial in this tough clash at Herbrandston, and as a result this puts Goodwick United in a prime spot for a nerve-jangling run
You may think the human cannonball is something out of a cartoon, but last week hundreds of circus-goers saw the explosive stunt live at Withybush Showground, Haverfordwest. Diego Marakavo, the centrepiece of Cottle and Austen Electric Circus, flew over
James Williams Pembrokeshire Senior Football League results, tables and fixtures: Results - Saturday, February 26th: DIVISION ONE Carew 1 Camrose 1 Herbrandston 0 Goodwick United 1 Kilgetty 2 Merlins Bridge 5 Monkton Swifts 1 Narberth 5 Pennar Robins
Indoor Cricket League (sponsored by Martin James Health Club) - week seven Rob Sutton showed what a useful asset he is to Fishguard Cricket Club, leading their Indoor League B team to convincing wins over Pembroke Dock and Pembroke. Fishguard moved into
PATIENTS were left waiting for up to an hour-and-a-half in five ambulances on Monday as accident and emergency at Withybush Hospital was stretched beyond capacity. One patient had to be treated and discharged from a waiting ambulance, while the remaining
Birthday greetings for this week go to: Jack Wilkinson, Mathry School; Matthew Harries, seven, of Walton East; James Thomas, five, of Whitland; Alex Thompson, seven, of Redhill School, Haverfordwest; George Ratcliffe, six, of Llawhaden; Ned Smithies,
The Big Gig, Texaco Marquee, Folly Farm, Saturday, from 5pm, In aid of the tsunami appeal The Big Gig in the Texaco Marquee at Folly Farm on Saturday, looks destined to be the show of the year for Pembrokeshire music lovers. The doors will open at 5pm
A new scheme has been set up to improve business links across the Irish Sea. The I-Sea.Net Project targets maritime transport companies in West Wales and South East Ireland. A collaboration between the Irish Exporters Association and Pembrokeshire County
The future of Fishguard's market and the livelihoods of market traders could be under threat from the Town Hall refurbishment. During the 12-month refurbishment, the market will be moved to the Further Education centre. Traders and regular customers are
DEAR EDITOR, - Further to your story, Road Plan Threat to Hotel (February 16th), and the comment made by a Pembrokeshire County Council spokesman that 'a public consultation exercise was carried out last year'. The exercise consisted of an exhibition
DEAR EDITOR, - If l buy a secondhand car from a dealer and after seven years I'm stopped by the police, and the officer points out to me that the tyres are worn, can I say to him, 'Oh officer. it's not my fault, the previous owner fitted them'. No, seriously
FOODS containing the cancer scare dye, Sudan I, were being removed from supermarket shelves in Pembrokeshire last week, ahead of Thursday morning's deadline set by the Food Standards Agency. Pembrokeshire County Council said it had been made aware that
Today (Wednesday, March 2nd) The PurpleDragon Story Festival kicks off at Theatr Mwldan, Cardigan. The festival, which lasts until March 20th, was established last year, the festival already has a strong following. This event this is an opportunity to
Live preview: The Muffin Men and Jimmy Carl Black, Queens Hall, Narberth, Friday March 4th. THIS is the start of The Muffin Men's 15th anniversary tour. They play Frank Zappa music, with some Captain Beefheart and other stuff thrown in. Originally formed
CHAMPIONS Monkton Swifts were stunned by five quality goals by Narberth, and this shock result once again puts the Division One league title up for grabs. Barry Walters' Narberth outfit have recently lost back-to-back league games to Merlins Bridge and
Pembrokeshire County Council cabinet member Brian Hall has been reported to the ombudsman by a fellow councillor over allegations that he made 'specific threats of extreme violence' against BBC Dragon's Eye programme presenter Simon Morris. Labour leader
Here are the obituary reports published in the Western Telegraph on Wednesday, March 2nd, 2005: MR J. J. GALDO Herbrandston Jesus Joseph Galdo, known as Suso, of Herbrandston, died at his home on February 18th surrounded by his large family, including
MARKET Street will remain cordoned off after re-development work on Commerce House hit a glitch. Work has begun inside the 19th century building in preparation for the dismantling of its front section. But the dismantling work, which was due to start
Hundreds of Pembrokeshire Hunt supporters gathered at Hayscastle for their first meet since the ban on hunting with hounds came into force. The meet at the home of its treasurer, Richard Wilson, had one of the biggest turnouts in the hunt's 200 year history
THE National Assembly should be petitioned for special financial support to alleviate the effects of unfair increases in council tax. The call came from Cllr Tom Richards, who was speaking on a notice of motion he and Cllr M. E. Evans submitted to the
PEMBROKESHIRE is to lose out on a pioneering tidal energy scheme , which would have provided electricity for the whole of the St Davids peninsula. THGL, the company which designed the energy-generating turbines, has failed to secure funding from the National
Vauxhall Masterfit Welsh Premier CONNAH'S QUAY NOMADS 2 HAVERFORDWEST COUNTY 2 The Blues will be disappointed that an 88th minute penalty should have taken two points from them, but defeats for Bangor and Carmarthen do mean that this hard-won point is
Courtesy of The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association, Presspack is the home for five fluffy puppies. The cartoon cuties - Prince, Penny, Pippa, Paddy and Peds - are making guest appearances, telling their very own stories about life as a trainee guide
TWENTY Pembrokeshire dialysis patients have to travel to Glangwili Hospital, Carmarthen, three times a week for treatment in substandard facilities. They rise at 5am to make the 120-mile round trip to the renal unit, where they endure cramped conditions
family-run business Ceramore, which produces hand-made ceramic tiles, is expanding into new premises to meet growing demand. Ceramore was established by Rachel and Derek Williams in 2002, as a result of an idea had on their Spanish honeymoon. The company
CONCERNS have been raised about a possible north/south divide in the county's health services. As the Local Health Board (LHB) signed up in principle to ambitious plans to revolutionise GP facilities serving 13,000 Pembroke Dock residents, County Councillor
DEAR EDITOR, - We would like to let your readers know that Barnardo's is celebrating a centenary in 2005. It is 100 years since the death of its founder Dr Thomas Barnardo and the charity, which has been active in Wales for more than a century, is celebrating
A number of prominent commercial properties in Pembrokeshire have changed hands recently. Guy Thomas & Co, Chartered Surveyors and Estate Agents of Pembroke, have handled the sale of two substantial garage premises. The site at Waterloo Garage in
DEAR EDITOR, - I read with interest the story (February 16th) about Dr Chris Overton and the problems facing the gynaecology ward at Withybush Hospital and I am reminded that a similar situation occurred recently in south Wales. A male representative
WITHYBUSH Hospital marked NHS Think Clean Day with a number of activities throughout the hospital. The aim of the national day was to raise the profile of cleaning and to strengthen the understanding of the team approach required to keep the hospital
DEAR EDITOR, - Your headline in February 23rd's edition, 'Stations will provide third of UK's electricity', was wrong. The two proposed gas fired power stations for Pembrokeshire will have a combined generating capacity of 3600mw, but the maximum demand
A Pembrokeshire ploughing committee whose existence had been under threat is to host one of the world's most important competitions in this skill. For some years, the ploughing match at Nevern was run by a committee, but it struggled to keep going when
