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  • Schools competition brings home the reality of war

    THE REALITY of war and the devastating effect on individuals, their families and the community has been starkly brought home to a group of Pembrokeshire students. As part of a competition organised by the West Wales Aircrew Association, the students researched

  • Bathers hope to match last year's big splash

    TENBY'S brave Boxing Day bathers are hoping to repeat the success of last year's event which broke all its fundraising records. Thanks to the efforts of the largest-ever crowd of 377 swimmers and its enthusiastic spectators, the plunge splashed out to

  • Squadron memories fly back to base

    A unique archive on one of Pembroke Dock's most famous wartime flying boat squadrons has been donated to the town's Museum Trust. Two photo albums packed with the story of No 461 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, have been given by Mr John Witcomb

  • MP supports health issues

    Local MP Jackie Lawrence joined forces with more than thirty other parliamentarians recently, in urging local authorities to scrutinise the effects of the Department of Health's 'Teenage Pregnancy Strategy'. This strategy allows under-age girls to obtain

  • Bleak prospects for Dewhirst staff

    Workers made redundant from the Dewhirst factory at Cardigan on Friday will be registering at the job centre this week with little hope of immediate alternative employment. Staff numbering 325 lost their jobs in a region with a high level of unemployment

  • Trunking could send bridge tolls soaring

    THE National Assembly's review of trunk roads, now out for consultation, could have far-reaching implications for the local highway authority. The Cleddau Bridge could be trunked and tolls could soar, as in the case of the Humber Bridge and the Severn

  • We will remember

    A county remembers: Pembrokeshire war veteran George Rogers lays a wreath at the Haverfordwest cenotaph on Sunday helped by his granddaughter, Catherine Gait. The ex-Royal Navy serviceman, who lives at Lower Quay Road, Hook, is both a member of the Artic

  • Peer made new Lord Lieutenant

    The Right Honourable Lord Morris of Aberavon QC has taken over as Lord-Lieutenant for Dyfed after the retirement of Sir David Mansel Lewis at the end of October. Lord Morris' home is in Llandysul, where his wife Margaret was born. Lord Morris himself

  • Save the rhino!

    Death To Smoochy Directed by Danny DeVito Cert. PG Starring Edward Norton, Robin Williams, Dur. 110 mins DEATH TO SMOOCHY had a release date some months ago, but release dates are apt to change at very late notice. This week, being the week before Harry

  • Environmental fears over dredging bid

    FEARS that proposed sand and gravel dredging within miles of the Pembrokeshire coast could prove environmentally damaging are being voiced by councillors. Up to 300,000 tonnes of aggregate a year would be extracted from beneath the sea off the Gower Peninsula

  • Lyons grabs Robins' winner

    Saundersfoot Sports 1 Pennar Robins 2 Saundersfoot Sports are still searching for their first win of the season after going down to yet another league defeat at the hands of visiting Pennar Robins. The home side, who along with Prendergast Villa made

  • Narberth come back well but still lose

    Cross Keys 14 Narberth 10 Narberth played well against a Cross Keys' side which has moved into the higher echelons of the section, and the Otters were on top for much of the second period after they had scored a very good try to take them within a single

  • Lack of luck costs Blues dear as scoreline flatters Port Talbot

    Port Talbot Town 3 Haverfordwest County 0 This scoreline really did flatter Port Talbot as the Bluebirds competed very well and put up one of their best displays for some while. With a quarter of an hour to go, the Blues were trailing by just 1-0, having

  • Hostage dodges bullets in escape from Georgian hell

    THE family of bank manager Peter Shaw, who spent over four months in captivity in Georgia, have been celebrating his dramatic escape. Mr Shaw, who was manager of Midland Bank in Pembroke from 1978 to 1981, dodged bullets during a shoot-out between his

  • Cardigan win well

    Cardigan 26 Waunarlwydd 3 Two tries by dynamic flanker Mark Hughes headed Cardigan in the direction of a home win against Waunarlwydd in a top of the table clash at the King George Vth Ground. The Tivysiders were good value for a ten-point interval lead

  • Farmers brief Euro MP of their concerns

    The continuing low milk price, and the 20-day rule were the two major points raised by west Wales farmers when they met with Welsh Euro MP Jonathan Evans at Llwyndewi, Whitland last week. At the farm of NFU Cymru deputy president, Dai Davies, the leader

  • Tragedy strikes as Whitland lose

    Whitland 8 Bonymaen 16 Whitland went down to a home defeat against visiting Bonymaen but the match result paled into insignificance as former club captain Dennis James collapsed in the Parc Llwyn Ty Gwyn stand and sadly passed away, despite the valiant

  • Narberth hang on for win

    Prendergast Villa 1 Narberth 2 Ralph Phillips' Narberth moved into second spot in the league following this victory over Division One new boys Prendergast Villa, but the victory didn't come without a struggle. The home side may be precariously placed