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• Fire officers retire after 60 years' joint service

  After over 60 years combined service, two of Mid and West Wales Fire Brigades most senior officers are retiring. read more

• Strict rules for shows

  Organisers of agricultural shows in Wales this year must apply for licences if they plan to hold classes which might include foot and mouth disease susceptible animals, the Welsh Assemblys Agriculture and Rural Affairs Department (ARAD) has advised. read more

• Call centre staff face uncertain future

  TWO YEARS AGO Pembrokeshire was poised on the edge of an economic revival - or so it appeared at that time. read more

• Woman jailed for fatal drug jab

  A woman who injected heroin into her lovers arm resulting in his death was jailed last week. read more

• Fuel prices prompt truck protest threat

  A slow convoy of lorries could block the main traffic route into Pembrokeshire this month if truckers take to the road in protest at rising fuel prices. read more

• Towns first visitor attraction opens

  The Gun Tower Museum, in Front Street, Pembroke Dock, opened the doors to its first visitors of the 2002 season on Good Friday - the chairman of Pembrokeshire County Council, Councillor Mrs Rosemary Hayes, and the Mayor and Mayoress of the town, Councillor Don and Jenny Esmond. read more

• Couple seeks buyer for Hitler paintings

  A CARDIGAN COUPLE have put what they believe to be a genuine collection of paintings by Hitler on the market. read more

• New hygiene award

  Pembrokeshire County Councils food safety team will be assessing the eligibility of local businesses for a new food hygiene award. read more

• Narberth fight back after the break

  Narberth 2 St Ishmaels 2 read more

• Charges gulf blamed as dentists abandon NHS

  A crisis in recruiting and retaining NHS dentists in Pembrokeshire can only be reversed if fees are tripled. read more

• Couple refuse to give up hope of homing tiger

  The hopes of Torrik the tiger are still burning bright despite being refused permission to live in an enclosure near Crymych. read more

• BUSINESS AS USUAL

  ADMINISTRATORS battling to save 900 jobs at ITV Digitals Pembroke Dock call centre have assured staff that it is business as usual this week. Accountancy firm Deloitte and Touche hopes to transform ITV Digital into a viable company by cutting its costs. If it fails, the network and the call centre exclusively handling all its customer inquiries could close. The High Court put the company into administration on Wednesday because it could no longer honour its multi-million contract with the Football League. Administrator Nick Dargan says funding is in place to enable the business to continue in the short term and that, at this stage, there will be no impact on employees. The uncertainty is a huge blow to the Pembrokeshire economy. But there is defiant optimism among the call centre staff who stand to lose their jobs if the rescue attempt fails. Former photographer John Lovell, a customer service representative at the centre, is upbeat. This is the most up-to-date and well-equipped call centre in the country, no-one is expecting it to close, says Mr Lovell, of Narberth. The administrators havent been called in to wind the company up, they are here to make it work. His boss, Cathy Corboy, is quick to praise the staff but admits she is unable to give them the reassurances they are looking for. Clearly, there are questions from the staff about what may lie ahead and we dont yet have all the answers, she says. Many staff live in or around Pembroke Dock, where some retailers have expanded as a direct result of extra income from call centre salaries. Pembroke Dock Chamber of Trade chairman Phil Tallett worries for their future and for the people employed at the centre. There are an awful lot of young people working up there, people who were unemployed and others who gave up jobs to go there. There is very little alternative employment for them in this area, he says. The administrators will spend the next two weeks restructuring the company before reporting to the High Court on April 15th. read more

• Shock win for Camrose

  Goodwick United 0 Camrose 2 Referee: Richard Stephens read more

• House prices soar

  House prices in Pembrokeshires coastal hotspots have shot through the roof. read more

• Mariners take the spoils in dour derby

  Neyland 10 Milford Haven 20 read more

• Nuclear exclusion clause sought for ex-defence site

  PANA - the Pembrokeshire Anti Nuclear Association - has welcomed the statement that the Irish half of the Omega Pacific partnership is no longer supporting the nuclear waste option at the former Royal Naval Armament Depot at Trecwn read more

• Ackie guides Wasps in right direction

  Llangwm 20 Llanybydder 9 read more

• Sin-binning costs Haverfordwest the points

  Haverfordwest 13 Mumbles 24 read more

• County is bovine TB hotspot

  Livestock movement restrictions are in force on dozens of Pembrokeshire farms as bovine tuberculosis breakdowns in the countys herds escalate to a worrying level. read more

• MP thanks farmers for countys GM-free status

  Pembrokeshires landowners have been applauded by their MP for keeping the county free of genetically modified crops. read more

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