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Pembrokeshire Archive

• Dumped rubbish poisoning cattle

  Carelessly discarded rubbish containing lead is poisoning cattle on Pembrokeshire farms. Calves are most likely to fall victim to lead poisoning with numbers peaking after turnout. read more

• Scarecrows cause a carri-on

  Highlighting Llangwm's famous Scarecrow Festival is this one manning the petrol pumps. Among the many weird and wonderful creatures who have popped up in the mid Pembrokeshire village is Prime Minister Tony Blair. read more

• End of an era as court closes

  An era spanning over 600 years has ended in Tenby with the closure of the town's courthouse. read more

• Iraq duties force range to cancel fundraiser

  Peace keeping duties by British military forces in Iraq have led to the cancellation of a major fundraising event in Pembrokeshire. read more

• Adam cheats death twice in fight against leukaemia

  ADAM Evans-Thomas knows just how precious life is. For nine years he has battled against chronic myloid leukaemia. And, over the last three months, he has twice been close to death. read more

• Unholy trinity returns

  CHARLIE'S ANGELS: FULL THROTTLE read more

• Shoppers say 'yes' to Bluestone plan

  THE DEVELOPMENT of a green field site to create the multi-million pound Bluestone holiday village in the heart of rural Pembrokeshire is a sacrifice the county must make for the sake of new jobs. read more

• Singing the praises of that controversial blue

  THE controversial Victorian blue on West Wales Properties' offices in Haverfordwest may have disappeared, but the colour lives on in the town. read more

• Potato thieves taking risk with health

  Thieves targeting Pembrokeshire's potato crop could be putting their health at risk. The warning comes as farmers report a series of thefts from fields in the Pembroke Dock area. read more

• A tale of revenge and honour

  THE waiting is over. The winner of this year's Red House Children's Book Award has been announced. read more

• Pollution slur on farmers

  Dear Editor, - In your report, Sea Stretch Declared Unfit For Bathers (June 25th), the Marine Conservation Society had declared that bathing waters off Goodwick sands are unsafe while Goodwick Harbour south is safe and Roy Lewis had demanded answers from Pembrokeshire County Council. read more

• Showtime for saints and winners!

  Helping to launch the agricultural show season at the successful St Clears Show were these two St Bernard dogs, Kia and Boris, pictured here with owner Laura Dutton, of Meidrim. read more

• Outdated creamery 'will never compete'

  Campaigners who once argued a compelling case for re-opening Whitland's mothballed creamery admit the plant could now never compete commercially with the new state-of-the art processing factory at Westbury. read more

• Marts hit as bovine TB reaches record level

  Record numbers of bovine TB casualties in west Wales have raised fears that Pembrokeshire will never be free of this disease. read more

• Just singin' the blues

  The Mojo Roadshow Blues Night Cottonmouth/The Hoochie Coochie Band/Fred Herring's Band Queens Hall Narberth read more

• Euro help may be extended

  WALES has received the clearest signal yet that the European Union could extend its funding programme to west Wales and the valleys beyond 2006. read more

• Readers to the rescue with bus trip details

  Dear Editor, - Thank you for printing my letter and old photograph of the open top bus, Real Horsepower To The Rescue, June 18th. I received a letter from Gareth James, of Newport. He tells me that the open top bus was taking children from the Cippin area of north Pembrokeshire to St Dogmaels School when it was caught by the tide on the road from Poppit Sands to the Webley Hotel. The bus was owned by the late Lewis Williams, of St Dogmaels. read more

• 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. read more

• Gyda Llaw

  In our Welsh language column Gyda llaw (By the Way) Eifion Jenkins provides a list of words to assist Welsh learners. read more

• Use Shire Hall as our town hall

  Dear Editor, - Haverfordwest doesn't have a town hall. Why not solve a problem by making the Shire Hall into our town hall? A debating chamber, advice centre for the townsfolk, an information centre for our visitors, a coffee shop to meet our friends? read more

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