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Students with designs on fashion
Think catwalk fashion and you think: Concept art; innovation and originality; you think Would they wear it in Wolfscastle?! But at the acclaimed Pembrokeshire College Fashion Show recently, which showcased the collections of students of fashion and textile
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Harnessing horse power
A Sunday morning in the foothills of the Preseli Hills and local members of the British Driving Society are preparing for a 15-mile jaunt through the Pembrokeshire countryside. There is a general flurry of activity as horseboxes are unloaded, horses harnessed
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Consumer awareness is key to organic success
The days of premium returns from organic milk production could return if consumers were better informed, says St Clears dairy farmer, Wenallt David. At current price levels, 40% of the milk from Wenallt and Daphne David's herd of 115 mixed dairy cows
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Friendly show lives up to expectations
1WEST WALES' premier agricultural event - the three-day Pembrokeshire County Show - lived up to all expectations last week. It attracted huge crowds, generated a warm family atmosphere, and was a wonderful showcase for the agicultural industry. Guest
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Independent, Carmar-then West and South Pembrokeshire Con-stituency.
Name: Arthur Williams. Date and place of birth: Newport, Gwent. Resident of: Saundersfoot. Family/children: two daughters. Employment background: RAF - Territorial Army, P/T Salvation Army Envoy, motor industry. Political background: Experienced in dealing
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Support our farmers: buy local
Paying a premium for imported strawberries in the dead of winter was once regarded as the height of culinary sophistication. Now, any foodies worth their salt will insist on the freshest local ingredients in season. And what better time of the year then
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Homework
A cartoon hangs on my office wall dedicated to the woman working from home. A sketched picture of a pyjama-clad woman camped at a desk strewn with empty wine bottles is a parody of myself and two million other British people. Louise, the fictional freelance
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Means of survival, not greed
Dear Editor, - Having read your Comment (August 13th), I feel I must write in my capacity as principal of a busy, mostly NHS dental practice. NHS dentists are not Government funded; the principal has to pay the mortgage, staff wages, utility bills, purchase
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Carew confirm Pembroke's plight as relagation battle intensifies
Carew (92 for 2) beat Pembroke (91 all out) Umpires: Trefor Evans and Mike Harries Scorer: Sue Phillips Carew confirmed their right to be the champions of Pembrokeshire Cricket as they demolished a Pembroke side already on its way to Division Two and
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Cadfael's class shines through for victorious Llanrhian
Llanrhian (103 for 4) and (70 for 4) Beat Whitland (62 for 6) and (110 for 8) Umpires: Bob Flute and Rob Bellerby Scorers: Richard Merriman and Fraser Watson For many cricketers in the county, playing in the Ormond Youth Cup final has proved to be a defining
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Political party and constituency: Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales, Preseli, Pembrokeshire.
Candidate's name: Sion Jobbins. Date and place of birth: 16/2/68, Kitwe, Gambia. Resident of: Aberystwyth. Family/children: Married to Siwan, two daughters Elliw and Gwenno. Employment: Presently marketing and access officer for the National Library of
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'We'll be back' vow after floral setback
AFTER a successful reign of 12 years as Wales' top small floral town, Tenby is having to look to its laurels. It was unlucky 13 for the resort when the annual Wales in Bloom results were announced last week. Tenby's long-standing title was lifted by Abergavenny
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Political party and constituency: Conservative, Preseli Pembrokeshire.
Name: Paul Windsor Davies, aged 34. Resident of: Tresi Aur, Prengwyn, Llandysul. Family/children: Engaged. Employment: joined Lloyds Bank in 1987, currently business manager in Lampeter branch. Political background: twice acted as election agent; twice
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Factory to be converted to business units
CILGERRAN-based clothing company Seconds Ahead has acquired the 1,500-square feet former Dewhirst factory at Goodwick with plans to convert the building into two or three business units for letting. A company spokesman has given an assurance that it is
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Happy Haylett days
IN 1956, Mrs Joan Sharpe and Mrs Joscelyne Hanby opened the doors of Haylett Grange School to eight children - four of whom were their own. When they retired 43 years later, the school they set up as young women had a solid reputation and 130 pupils.
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Produce mark signals triple triumph
THREE home-based food businesses, successfully marketing their products with the help of the Pembrokeshire Produce Mark, have been honoured at the County Show. The businesses - two of which are farm-based - were recognised in the third annual Pembrokeshire
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Democracy at work at the grass roots
TO MANY PEOPLE, the words 'community council' evoke images of cosy village fetes and busybodies. But the truth is that these committees of elected, unpaid councillors are at the core of village life in rural Pembrokeshire. The county's 70 parish councils
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AM's goodbye thanks
A FAMILIAR face missing from the National Assembly election campaign is Dr Richard Edwards,who will be standing down from the Preseli Pembrokeshire seat. Dr Edwards (pictured)has been a strong campaigner for the county on a wide range of issues, from
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Fury as illegal rave blights area
Hundreds of revellers descended on the Marloes peninsula at the weekend for an 'illegal' rave. And they are threatening to return to the county next year, creating fears that Pembrokeshire is becoming a 'soft touch' for organisers of such unauthorised
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'Lost' in the past
A series of intriguing black and white photographs portraying the coracle fishermen who plied their trade on the River Teifi have been unearthed in a Pembrokeshire greengrocer's shop. The pictures, thought to date from the early 1900s, were mistakenly
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Keep the faith
Cynthia Higgon lives life to the full. She is highly regarded as a horse show judge and breeder and is a leading light on the point-to-point circuit. In her professional role as tour guide, she escorts visitors around Pembrokeshire's historical Picton
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The reel thing
Whether you are looking for an oasis of culture among the mind-numbing desert of modern cinema or just a chance to see well-made films that never make it to Pembrokeshire's cinemas, the Haverfordwest Film Society is worth a look. The society was formed
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Potential tornado fails to touch down
An incipient tornado or whirwind was spotted over central Pembrokeshire on Sunday evening, but the vortex, seen descending out of a huge black thundercloud between Milford Haven and Tiers Cross, does not appear to have reached the ground. A Met Office
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Farming unions back Bluestone
TWO major farming unions have declared their support for the £60 million Bluestone holiday village project. The NFU and the FUW believe the project has the potential to create valuable new income opportunities for local farmers. A number of other leading
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Party and constituency: Liberal Democrat, Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire.
Name: Mary Megarry. Date and place of birth: 13/5/59, Newport Pagnell, Bucks. Resident of: Pleasant Valley, Stepaside, Narberth. Family/children: Married with one son. Employment: From 1997 managed Pembrokeshire Lottery (Investing In Pembrokeshire Society
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Justice ends at the Shire Hall
REMOVAL of the courts from the Shire Hall, Haverfordwest, to their new premises at the town's Hawthorn Rise ends 168 years of judicial hearings in that imposing building. Queen Victoria had not reached the throne when the first cases were heard at the
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Opening up our countryside
Fifty years ago, the National Park Committee held its first meeting, ushering in a new era for Pembrokeshire. Committee chairman, Alderman J. W. Hammond, pointed out that despite the designation of a National Park in Pembrokeshire, there were no new access
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'Keep faith in co-operatives'
Farmers in Pembrokeshire must not lose confidence in the concept of producer-owned co-operatives despite the current turmoil in the dairy sector, NFU leader Ben Gill told farmers in the county on Friday. The NFU president visited two key examples of co-operatives
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Political party and constituency: Labour, Preseli Pembrokeshire.
Name: M. Tamsin Dunwoody-Kneafsey. Date and place of birth: 03/09/1958, Totnes, Devon Resident of: Ambleston. Family/children: Husband Mark and five children. Employment: currently a small business adviser and IT accountancy tutor in west Wales and finance
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Gyda Llaw
In our Welsh language column Gyda llaw (By the Way) Eifion Jenkins provides a list of words to assist Welsh learners. MAE'R gwyliau yn dod i ben, mae'r plant yn mynd nl i'r ysgol ac mae digon o bwysau hyd yn oed ar oedolion y dyddiau yma i ddysgu sgiliau
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Pupils jump for joy at GCSE success
PUPILS across Pembrokeshire are celebrating some excellent GCSE results as schools maintain the improvements won in recent years. Several schools achieved above and beyond the Welsh average and the message from all headteachers to students, families and
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Rallying cry to young farmers
Can it really be 60 years since the Pembrokeshire Federation of Young Farmers' Clubs staged its first County Rally? As the Federation prepares for this diamond anniversary celebration on Saturday, these photographs will stir a memory or two for the 'old
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Bridging the Gulf - desert warfare 12 years on
Twelve years ago, former Western Telegraph news editor Len Mullins experienced a New Year's Day with a difference. It is one which will live in his memory and which he is never likely to experience again. He joined the press corps in the desert in Saudi
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Dad was a Cold War spy
WATCHING James Bond movies has a special significance for the family of George Ringrose. After all, he was a British spy in Berlin during the darkest days of the Cold War. George, of Ynys Faen, Porthgain, who died some four weeks ago, was stationed with
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Party and constituency: Labour, Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire.
Name: Christine Gwyther. Date and place of birth: 9/8/59, Pembroke. Resident: Pembroke Dock. Children: none. Employment: sitting AM for constituency. Political background: Union representative; Labour Party parliamentary agent before fighting Assembly
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Lets talk about the weather
The weather reports are looking ominous these days. Regularly we are greeted with news of extreme conditions, like the scorching Indian heat wave last week which claimed over 1,000 lives as temperatures soared to 50oC. And closer to home, nearly two million
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Does council protest work?
DEAR EDITOR, - Can anyone give me a single instance where protest from the electorate has induced our 'democratic' county council to reverse an unpopular decision? J. J. CLARK Blaen-y-Coed, Llysyfran.
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Boy's plea: New play park, please
Dear Editor, - My name is Harry, I am seven years old, and I live in Johnston. The park in Johnston is not very good and it is so boring in Johnston. There is nothing to do. We only have one park for everybody in Johnston. The park is dirty and looks
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Lamphey bounce back with emphatic win
Stackpole (67 all out) lost to Lamphey (199 for 5) Umpires: Bob Flute and Fred Hatton Scorers: Sue Skeels and Helen Hodges Lamphey fought back at Stackpole to gain a convincing victory that restores them as hot favourites to make a swift return to the
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Fancy dress fever
There was an impressive turnout of fancy dress competitors and floats at Fishguard Carnival on Saturday. Despite the very hot weather and several competing events, there was a good turnout and Mr Gerald Thomas, chairman of Fishguard and District Round
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Power pop journey
Ail Symudiad Yr Oes Ail (fflach 256H) Exhumed from the punk vaults, this original recording from 1978 - 1983 is Welsh punk/new wave - at its most inventive. Seemingly heavily influenced by Wire and Rough Trade acts, this is an authentic angular power
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Cadfael's class shines through for victorious Llanrhian
Llanrhian (103 for 4) and (70 for 4) Beat Whitland (62 for 6) and (110 for 8) Umpires: Bob Flute and Rob Bellerby Scorers: Richard Merriman and Fraser Watson For many cricketers in the county, playing in the Ormond Youth Cup final has proved to be a defining
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Love my tender?
With a referendum on whether to adopt the Euro likely to take place this year, the British people will find themselves making one of the most important economic decisions in the country's history. Western Telegraph reporter, , takes a look at what the
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Creamery's demise spells new opportunity
A West Wales creamery which has stood as a symbolic reminder of a turbulent decade in the milk industry is to be erased from the landscape next month. Processing giant Dairy Crest has finally agreed to flatten Whitland creamery, mothballed eight years
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Political party and constituency: Welsh Liberal Democrats, Preseli Pembrokeshire.
Pembrokeshire. Candidate's name: Mike Warden. Date and place of birth: 28/11/1936, Southgate, Middlesex. Resident of: Puncheston. Family/children: Married, three sons, one granddaughter. Employment: Currently own business in Pembrokeshire - design and
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Secret Army stands down with pride
DURING 1942 the defences of Britain had greatly improved and although there was no real reason for retaining the Auxiliary Units it was felt that to stand them down was premature. Hitler had decided to invade Russia, but should he achieve victory in the
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Traders' concern over Market Street closure
Traders in Havefordwest's top of town are up in arms at the lack of notice given to them over the closure of Market Street to traffic. The bottom of the road, near the junction with High Street, was blocked off yesterday (Tuesday) as work began putting
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A clever, fast sexy movie
Confidence Directed by James Foley Starring Edward Burns, Rachel Weisz, Morris Chestnut, Leland Orser, Louis Lombardi, Dustin Hoffman. Cert. 15 Dur. 97 mins Jake Vig (Burns) is a consummate con artist, but his last job went very wrong indeed. The account
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The cream of the crop
A Pembrokeshire dairy producer with a background in marketing says milk buyers are letting farmers down by overlooking 'value-added' opportunities. Mike McNamara, who produces up to a tonne of Jersey clotted cream a month at Drim Farm, Llawhaden, accused
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Loneliness of the coast path walker
Why do men climb mountains? Answer: because they are there. The reasons that led Western Telegraph reporter, Patrick Alexander, to tackle the 186-mile Pembrokeshire Coast Path were less philosophical. Having successfully crammed the 14th Mars bar into
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Meet your Assembly candidates
Four years ago, the people of Wales went to the polls to elect their first representatives to the National Assembly - Europe's youngest democracy. Scepticism over the creation of the National Assembly remained in some quarters. But among others, hopes
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Start signalled for £4 million conference and leisure venue
WORK is to start this month on a £4 million west Wales conference, exhibition and leisure venue, following the approval of over £1 million of European grant aid. The grade two listed coach house, at Slebech Park near Haverfordwest, is to be converted
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Bank clerk jailed after plundering £50,566
A RESPECTED member of the Haverfordwest community was also a thieving bank clerk who plundered the accounts of dead people and spent more than £50,000 of their money, a judge heard on Friday. Joanne Latham, a 32-year-old mother of two, collapsed in the
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Political party and constituency: Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales, Carmarthen West and South Pembro
Name: Llyr Hughes Griffiths Date and place of birth: 25/9/1970 - Aberystwyth. Resident of: Carmarthen. Family/children: Married to Delyth. Employment background? Currently works for the Plaid Cymru MEPs in Haverfordwest. Political background? 2001 General
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Political party and constituency: Conservative, Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire.
Name: David Nicholas Thomas. Date and place of birth: 27/11/41, Cwmgors. Resident of: Gower, Swansea. Family/children: Married to Margaret, a teacher; daughter Rachel, a lawyer in London. Employment: Currently principal of own floor covering business.
