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Stories for 6 July 2005

Farming Mart Reports

Whitland Mart Livestock Market, June 28th

J. J. Morris reports: CALVES (39): A similar entry to the previous week once again saw the best quality beef calves meeting a steady demand with several farmers looking for rearing calves ensuring healthy competition. more...

Llandysul Mart, June 28th

Messrs Dai Lewis Cyf mart report as follows: A seasonal entry forward (90) with producers taking advantage of the fine harvesting ether. more...

Newcastle Emlyn Mart, June 22nd

Messrs Dai Lewis Cyf report as follows: A smaller number forward in all sections with producers taking advantage of the fine harvesting weather. more...

Pembrokeshire Business

LNG workers to use student accommodation

Pembrokeshire college has confirmed that international student accommodation is to be used by LNG workers. more...

Crackdown on illegal trading is welcomed

Pembrokeshire County Council's promised crackdown on illegal street trading has been welcomed by councillors and businesses in Tenby. more...

Fears raised over supermarket plan

The proposed erection of a supermarket in Fishguard went to the planning and rights of way committee recently for outline planning consent. more...

Pembrokeshire Coming Soon

A wheel-y great giveaway for kids!

A wheel-y great giveaway for kids! more...

Pembrokeshire Letters

Work to the age of 70

DEAR EDITOR,- Regarding the letter `Shoot me now! I'm over 65' in your last issue (June 29th), in which the writer protested at the spread of ageism in our society. more...

Match date sought

DEAR EDITOR, - I am writing a book on Welsh Schools international football and I am looking to find the date of a match played between Wales and the Republic of Ireland in Milford Haven. more...

Tribute to nursing home

DEAR EDITOR, - We, the undersigned, all have close relatives being cared for at Brooklands Nursing Home, Saundersfoot. more...

One-way road markings `inadequate'

DEAR EDITOR, - ONE-WAY systems are used on roads where two vehicles can't pass safely, because of cars parked in a narrow street. more...

Halt the cuts to fire service

DEAR EDITOR, - Please could little Iwan Llewellyn (Western Telegraph front page, June 22nd) stand for political office in the near future and the people of Pembrokeshire have the chance to vote for someone - even if he is only five-years-old - who understands the danger of fire and how to prevent it? more...

Business rates system is unfair to Tenby

DEAR EDITOR, - The recent highlighting of the business rates problem in Tenby by Helen Mary Jones, Assembly Member for West Wales, was long overdue. more...

Right way to influence planning

DEAR EDITOR, - Correspondence from Vicky Moller on your letters page (June 29th) has again focused upon planning and the roundhouses issue. more...

Pembrokeshire News

Jail for man who terrified family

A MILFORD Haven man, who terrified a family by appearing on the stairs of their home in the middle of the night, has been jailed for two years. more...

Truckers on road to healthier eating

IT'S not just schoolchildren who are feeling the benefit of calls to encourage healthier eating. more...

There's a tornado on my mobile!

A CYCLIST was nearly knocked off his bike last week by what he believes was a tornado. more...

Peer joins LNG row

Former Secretary of State Lord Crickhowell has joined the ranks of those concerned about the lack of assessment of the LNG risks. more...

Axe falls on two county Jobcentres

TWO Pembrokeshire Jobcentres are to be axed, the Western Telegraph can reveal this week. more...

Bonny babies push their way to nearly £1,000

THERE may have been only three prams in the race, but the bonny babies pushed their way to nearly £1,000 for the Cystic Fibrosis Research Trust in this year's Western Telegraph/Cystic Fibrosis pram push. more...

Disgust at `deviant's' attack on his mother

A description of how a 21-year-old man beat up his physically disabled mother and 12-year-old brother appalled and disgusted Haverfordwest Magistrates on Monday. more...

Mum calls for more checks into meningitis outbreaks

A MOTHER whose two sons were both seriously ill with meningitis urges the body responsible for monitoring the illness to examine fully trends behind outbreaks of the illness. more...

Woman, 23, in abduction terror

A 23-year-old Pembroke Dock woman was taken to Withybush Hospital for treatment after she was allegedly abducted, falsely imprisoned and physically assaulted. more...

Council urged to impose eco tax on LNG giants

PEMBROKESHIRE County Council has been urged to impose an eco tax on oil giants behind the LNG and power station developments. more...

Divided duties for town's mayor

Pembroke Dock mayor, Councillor Ron Watts, turned a blind eye to a prestigious Trafalgar commemoration reception at Portsmouth to do his duty at Pembroke Dock's Summer Festival. more...