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• A gripping epic

  The Missing Directed by Ron Howard Starring Cate Blanchett, Tommy Lee Jones Dur. 137 Cert. 15mins read more

• A toast to our restaurant of the year

  THE Wolfe Inn at Wolfscastle has won the Western Telegraph 'Restaurant of the Year' award. read more

• 'Modest' cash boost for organic sector

  Organic farmers in Pembrokeshire are to get a boost from the National Assembly, but the payments on offer fall well below funding for their European counterparts. read more

• Hunts step in to fill fallen stock gap

  The Pembrokeshire and South Pembrokeshire Hunts have stepped in to help farmers after DEFRA announced it was delaying the launch of the national fallen stock collection scheme. read more

• Mental health services are slammed as 'threadbare'

  MENTAL HEALTH services in Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire and Ceredigion have been strongly criticised following an inspection. An investigation report by the Commission for Health Improvement described them as 'threadbare' and often unable to help service users with urgent needs. It found chronic staff shortages, lack of action on known risk areas and confused lines of accountability. Staff shortages caused a heavy reliance on locums and bank staff, and there were occasions when service users who need to be detained had been left in the community overnight. read more

• Open debate sought on social services

  PEMBROKESHIRE people will be watching with interest to see if an open debate about the county's social services department is allowed. An official request has been made to the county council chairman for an extraordinary meeting. read more

• Park vote scuppers LNG protest hopes

  THE proposed development of an LNG terminal at Milford Haven moved a step closer to reality last week, when Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority planners voted unanimously in favour of Exxon Mobil's application for the storage and handling of hazardous substances at the site. read more

• Power plan efficiency

  DEAR EDITOR, - I would like to congratulate the Western Telegraph on the publishing of the corporate response to the fears expressed by some in your letters page regarding LNG. In response to Inefficient Power Stations, power station efficiency is limited by the Carnot efficiency. read more

• Increase in county's elderly population

  PEMBROKESHIRE is facing a population crisis with pensioners set to dominant the county within 20 years. Even conservative estimates predict an explosion in the elderly population, with over 65s making up at least a quarter of the population and a third of all adults by 2021, compared to 19% and 24% respectively in 2002. read more

• Stop GM madness

  Dear Editor, - The GM debate proved an overwhelming majority of people were against the commercialisation of GM crops in this country. Yet permission to grow a type of GM maize has been granted under certain conditions. read more

• Airport plans threaten show

  The prestigious Pembrokeshire Agricultural Show at Haverfordwest's Withybush Showground is under threat. read more

• Katrina defies odds to reach 40

  The Pembrokeshire branch of the Cystic Fibrosis Trust is celebrating a double anniversary - the 40th anniversary of the formation of the CF Trust and the 40th birthday of Tenby patient, Katrina Field-Thomas. read more

On this day: Pembrokeshire Archive