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  • Bowen leads way

    Cricket: Alan Brown cup final: Maenclochog (130 for 5 and 157 for 7) beat Llechryd (139 for 5 and 128 all out) Paul Bowen was adjudged man-of-the-match for his all-round display as Maenclochog proved worthy winners of this season's Alan Brown Cup by beating

  • Narberth run Town close

    County cricket Division One: Haverfordwest (215 for 5) drew with Narberth (204 for 8) A superb innings of 89 by Paul Phillips helped Narberth go close to a shock win on The Racecourse but Haver-fordwest maintained their unbeaten league record for this

  • Curtis steers ahead

    Local driver Tom Curtis and co-driver Dai Roberts took an early lead at the fourth round of the Quaife Peugeot 1.9 scholarship, held at the Mid Wales Stages Rally recently. Curtis and co-driver David Roberts drove at times completely blind through a thick

  • WIN £250 in our Telegraph Fantasy Football competition

    New and exclusive, British Fantasy Football comes to The Western Telegraph for season 2005/6, with £250 to be won by the top manager in the county. Our comprehensive players' list allows fantasy managers a wealth of tactical options and variations on

  • No end to dental crisis

    A SHORT-TERM solution to the dental crisis in Neyland looks unlikely. In a letter to the town council, the minister for health and social services offered no guarantees that internationally recruited dentists will come to Pembrokeshire. Brian Gibbons

  • Green green grass of homage

    Welsh singing legend Tom Jones has been given a special birthday present by Heatherton. The sports park in St Florence has modelled its latest maize maze on the star, who was 65 recently. Visitors get the chance to sing along to Tom Jones tunes on a specially-made

  • Ambulance call-outs failing to meet target

    IN Pembrokeshire, just under half of all emergency ambulance call-outs are failing to attend the scene within Welsh Assembly targets. According to newly released figures, 41.6% of call-outs are not arriving within an eight minute requirement. Pembrokeshire's

  • Teachers lose jobs as pupil ratio falls

    Twelve Pembrokeshire teachers will lose their jobs later this month because the teacher-pupil ratio of the schools affected has fallen below the figure demanded by the local education authority. Four of the redundancies will be compulsory while eight

  • Flags fly at Proms

    Georgina Norman gets a great view from her father David's shoulders, of the Haverfordwest Rotary Club and Texaco Summer Proms on Saturday evening. The crowd was delighted by the Cardiff Philharmonic Orchestra at the event at Scolton Manor. Opening with

  • Science with extra bite!

    IT WAS smiles all round as young west Wales scientists met up with TV celebrity Nick Baker of The Really Wild Show and his collection of snakes, spiders and scorpions. The visit was the final event of Pembrokeshire Darwin Science Festival's The BIG Experiment

  • WIN £250 in our Telegraph Fantasy Football competition

    New and exclusive, British Fantasy Football from The Western Telegraph kicks off on Monday 18th July for season 2005/6, with £250 to be won by the top manager in the county. Our comprehensive players' list allows fantasy managers a wealth of tactical

  • This week's cricket stats

    Here are this week's results, tables and fixtures for the Dragon Sports Pembrokeshire County Cricket League. Results - Division 1: Lamphey (2) 76-10 lost to St Ishmaels (27) 79-0; Lawrenny (30) 206-6 beat Neyland (7) 136-10; Haverfordwest (19) 215-5 drew

  • WIN £250 in our Telegraph Fantasy Football competition

    New and exclusive, British Fantasy Football comes to The Western Telegraph for season 2005/6, with £250 to be won by the top manager in the county. Our comprehensive players' list allows fantasy managers a wealth of tactical options and variations on

  • Well done Brian Hearne - 40 years of county tennis!

    Telegraph sport pays a surprise tribute to a man who has been heavily involved in his sport for 40 years: Most people remember 1966 as the year that England won the World Cup in football, but the date has added significance for one sports lover in Pembrokeshire

  • Abigail jumps to glory

    ABIGAIL Green, riding Stambrook Pavarotti, recently won the 14hh working pony section and became working champion at one of the premier royal agricultural shows held at Stoneleigh, Warwickshire, writes Gordon Thomas. The 16-year-old pupil of St David's

  • Newport fireworks are back

    Rumours in Newport have been confirmed. The Newport Fireworks are back. The chairman of the Newport Regatta Committee, Ifor Williams, has confirmed that the popular fireworks display is to be held this year. Residents and holiday makers are delighted

  • Scientists probe death of stranded whale

    AN adult female pilot whale died after becoming stranded on Porthlysgi beach, St Davids, on Wednesday. The 4.6 metre long whale was dead when RSPCA inspectors arrived in the afternoon. St Davids Coastguards assisted in the recovery of the whale's body

  • The ambulance you helped to buy

    One of three state-of-the-art frontline ambulances bought by St John was delivered to Pembroke Dock last week. And more than half the vehicle was paid for by the generosity of the public, including thousands of Western Telegraph readers who responded

  • Terror attacks on London: 'A black day for Britain'

    Preseli Pembrokeshire MP, Stephen Crabb, passed through the London tube system just an hour before the bomb blasts on what he described as a black day for Britain. Stephen Crabb immediately quashed any thoughts that Pembrokeshire's LNG sites could be

  • Pupils suspended for using drugs in school

    Some Pembroke School pupils have been suspended for using drugs at school. The school has written to parents warning them about the recent drugs find. Following an investigation, staff discovered that a small number of pupils in years nine and ten had

  • Reggae festival cancelled as police costs bite again

    The third major event to be cancelled in recent years due to rising policing costs is the Reggae Festival of Wales, which was supposed to take place last weekend. The latest cancellation reflects a growing trend in Pembrokeshire, where popular events

  • Christmas pub crisis looms

    Licensees in Pembrokeshire are being urged to hurry to comply with the new Licensing Act or face a Christmas crisis. Pembrokeshire County Council licensing officers said only 15% of licensees had submitted applications and, and with weeks to go to the

  • Gold rush at Olympics

    Haverfordwest gymnasts excelled at the Special Olympics in Glasgow, bringing home 39 medals - 13 gold 16 silver and ten bronze. Amy Barrett was first in the vault, second on the beam and third overall; Rhianne Cole was second on bars and beam, third overall

  • Killer escapes US death penalty

    A man extradited from Haverfordwest to face a murder charge in the US successfully used the Human Rights Act to avoid facing the death penalty - but still faces up to 20 years in an American jail. But his distraught sister, Fatima (pictured right), who