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• Splashing out in a big wave!

  WALES premier theme park - Oakwood - is this week launching a new £1.7 million wet n wild white-knuckle water ride, the first of its type in Europe. read more

• Burton bag second round place

  Burton (112 for 3) beat Maenclochog (110 for 5) read more

• To thatch or not to thatch - that is the question

  A FILM COMPANY has unwittingly stirred up a lively debate on the rights and wrongs of thatching houses in the Pembrokeshire countryside. read more

• Canton crushes lowly Llechryd

  Stackpole (38 for 1) beat Llechryd (37 all out) Umpire: Barry Wood read more

• Rip-roaring sci-fi

  It could be argued that science fiction stories are the backbone of modern cinema. Though they tend not to garner much approval from award-givers, the stories of monsters, magic and moon rockets tend to be the biggest earners in the movie business: Spiderman, which is about to break all box office records in this country, as it has in the States; Star Wars, of course (Have you seen it yet? Too many cartoon characters? Awful lines? Best film ever?); ET; Terminator; Alien; Independence Day; The Matrix. Theyre all classic blockbuster sci-fi movies that have paid for the production of thousands of romantic comedy and family dramas that go on to win more critical praise. Sci-fi is big, big, big business. read more

• Just one result possible as weather affects programme - again.

  Rain swept in to ravage the second division fixtures and there was just one result as STACKPOLE easily accounted for LLECHRYD (see match report). read more

• County programme decimated by rain

  The first Division programme was ruined on Saturday as not one match got anywhere near finishing, despite the brave efforts of groundsman - and players who turned out in conditions that resembled a bad October afternoon than a Saturday at the end of May. read more

• Euro cash needed for new grain store

  Pembrokeshires arable farmers are targeting European cash to reduce the cost burden of a £1.3 million centralised grain store. read more

• Opposition to proposed vehicle ban in resort

  A six-week pedestrianisation experiment planned for Tenbys town centre this summer is being hotly opposed by traders and councillors. read more

• Clothing jobs under threat

  JOB LOSSES could be announced this week at Dewhirst clothing factories in Cardigan and Fishguard. read more

• Hopes pinned on giant gas project

  A MULTI-MILLION pound project could be on the cards for the former Gulf oil refinery at Waterston. read more

• End of the line for 53 kiosks

  OVER 50 public phone boxes in Pembrokeshire are being axed by BT to curb a fall in the companys profits. read more

• Parents defend schools Welsh language policy

  Parents have come out strongly in defence of Ysgol y Preseli, Crymych. read more

• Missing mans body found in sea

  A 36-hour search for a man missing from Manorbier ended with the discovery of his body on a Tenby beach early on Friday morning. read more

• Councillor seeks assurances over planned name change

  THE proposed change of Fishguard High Schools name to Ysgol Bro Gwaun has prompted fears among parents of a hidden agenda. read more

• First sign of jobs recovery

  THE first signs of recovery to an economy hit by massive call centre redundancies are appearing this week with the announcement of a double jobs boost in South Pembrokeshire. read more

• Opposition to siting of radio aerial

  Opposition has been voiced to the siting of one of the transmission aerials for Pembrokeshires new radio station. read more

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