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Overseas staff to ease health recruitment crisis
German consultants could soon be joining medical staff at Withybush Hospital. Attracting and recruiting German consultants to Wales was top of the agenda for Welsh Assembly officials who recently took part in a recruitment fair in Berlin. Peter Jackson
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New occupant for Old Bridge site?
It is strongly rumoured that Wilkinson, one of the UKs fastest-growing high street retailers of low-priced everyday products, is on the point of clinching a deal for the former Co-operative store at Old Bridge, Haverfordwest. At the moment the nearest
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Riverside property sold for £218,000
THE rising prices of property in Pembrokeshire were highlighted at an auction in Haverfordwest on Thursday. Underwood, a former farmhouse overlooking the Cleddau Estuary at Hook, was given a reserve price of £100,000. Despite the fact that the house had
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Village of two halves is re-unified
After 170 years of division, the two halves of St Dogmaels are to be reunited, the National Assemblys Boundary Commission decided recently. Traditionally part of Pembrokeshire, the village, which straddles the River Teifi, was split in 1832 for electoral
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Bus on the dial from your door
A BUS SERVICE, which allows passengers to book their lift in advance, has begun operating in Pembrokeshire. The dial-a-ride service operates in Narberth and the surrounding area twice a week. It is one of several community transport projects being undertaken
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College seeking your help with Cabaret costume
THE national diploma drama/technical theatre students of Pembrokeshire College need your help. The costume department for its up-and-coming summer show Cabaret is having difficulties. After asking relatives, scouring charity shops, and pleading with friends
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Ron, 71, and Sophie look before they leap
ALMOST 60 years separate two brave souls preparing to abseil from the Cleddau Bridge, in aid of the Noahs Ark Appeal. Ron Heathcott, aged 71, and Sophie Lowther, aged 12, will be among the 500 people taking the plunge on July 20th to raise funds for Wales
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Motorist killed in collision
A motorist has died after a two-car collision on the A477 road near Red Roses on Monday afternoon. The man, from the Llanelli area, was driving a Vauxhall Astra towards the village from the Llanteg direction when the accident happened at 5.10 pm. The
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Former Ardent captain to become First Sea Lord
THE former captain of the frigate HMS Ardent - Milford Havens adopted warship which was lost during the Falklands War - is to become First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff in September. Admiral Sir Alan West, the Commander-in-Chief Fleet, will succeed
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£2.3m ideas centre launched
Pembrokeshire College is poised to begin the construction of a new Technology Innovation Centre on its Haverfordwest campus next month. It will create places for over 100 new students and ten additional staff. The £2.3m centre will provide the latest
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Independents keep iron grip on power
THE ruling Independent group on Pembrokeshire County Council has kept an iron grip on power in its new cabinet style government, which comes into operation today (Wednesday). All ten cabinet members will come from the group. The chairmen of the four scrutiny
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Microsoft may save the call centre jobs
AMERICAN software billionaire Bill Gates could today (Wednesday) be the saviour of 1,000 jobs at the Pembrokeshire call centre. As representatives of the European Parliament and the National Assembly met for crisis talks at ITV Digitals Pembroke Dock
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Farmers to get answers on foot and mouth
West Wales livestock producers hit by the foot and mouth crisis will today (Wednesday) get the chance to send a message to the European Parliament. The co-ordinator of the Parliaments Foot and Mouth Disease Inquiry team will talk to farmers, auctioneers
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Local man on rape and arms charges
A 33-year-old man from South Pembrokeshire faced 11 charges - including unlawful imprisonment, threat to kill and rape - when he appeared before Haverfordwest Magistrates yesterday (Tuesday). The man, an office worker employed by a contracting firm, has
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Man charged with murder
A 35-YEAR-OLD MAN charged with murdering a young Pembroke mother has appeared in court. Robert Harry Watson, whose address was given to the court as 2 Gordon Parry Close, Neyland, is charged with the murder of Cindy McAteer. Cindy, aged 29, was found
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Building of history to be town museum
A 140-YEAR-OLD building in the historic heart of Pembroke Dock has been gifted to the town's Museum Trust. The Mechanics Institute, an imposing three-storey building in Dimond Street, has been given by the Institute's Trustees to the Museum Trust, which
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Wartime disaster remembered
OVER 100 people attended the annual wreath laying ceremony at the weekend commemorating the loss of 79 men in the landing craft disaster of 1943. Royal Marines and Royal Navy personnel in the ill-fated LCG 15 and LCG 16 and a whaler from the sloop HMS
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Vintage cavalcade
More than 60 tractors took part in the 22-mile Vintage Tractor Run organised by the West Wales Group of the National Vintage Tractor and Engine Club at the weekend when a substantial sum was raised for the Noahs Ark Appeal. The run started from Caffi
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Featureless roads destroy countys charm
Dear Editor, - With the environmental devastation of the Sageston by-pass still fresh in our minds, the next chapter of road improvements is presented. The stretch of the A477 from the Finger-post to Pembroke and Bangeston is undoubtedly a dangerous road
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Point the way
For the last of our series on youth projects in Pembrokeshire, reporter Anna Smith visits Point in Fishguard. Point is part of a consortium funded through Objective One which includes the Tanyard in Pembroke and the Hive in Haverfordwest. This project
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Aggregates stockpiled in tax race
HUGE STOCKPILES of gravel and sand have built up across Pembrokeshire after industry and the public sector raced to beat a controversial tax on aggregates. Pembrokeshire County Council and private companies correctly anticipated that the Chancellor would
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Businesses slam Budget decision
OPERATORS of small businesses in Pembrokeshire predict that the 1% hike in national insurance contributions could have a devastating effect on employment in the county. The Pembrokeshire branch of the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) says it is both
