ERRATIC winter boat crossings to Caldey Island stand in the way of a compensation settlement awarded to a couple unfairly dismissed by its community of monks. A surveyor must sail to the monastic island off Tenby to calculate the rental value of the cottage
An auction full of treats and unusual items goes under the hammer on Sunday as part of the Pembrokeshire People's Tsunami Appeal. As the Western Telegraph reported last week, the appeal, which will also feature a raffle, has been launched by Kevin Reeve
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.
Young boxer Jason Hartt, who died tragically in a car accident two months ago, is being remembered by his sporting colleagues in a fund-raising event tomorrow (Thursday January 20th). Jason, aged 18, of Ciffig, Whitland had been a keen member of Preseli
WRU Lloyds TSB National League, Division One Brynmawr 0 Narberth 37 Elgan Vittle grabbed a brace of tries to help Narberth gain their expected victory against basement club Brynmawr, with the Otters running in four tries and preventing Brynmawr from scoring
A special diary of events listing all the fundraising events being held in the area in aid of the Tsunami Appeal will be co-ordinated by Haverfordwest Town Council. At a meeting at Picton Community Centre on Saturday, attended by a number of voluntary
Here are this week's results, fixtures and tables from the James Williams Pembrokeshire Senior Football League: Results - Saturday, January 15th: DIVISION 1 Carew 2 Hakin United 2 Goodwick United 6 Tenby 0 Merlins Bridge 2 Herbrandston 1 Pennar Robins
It's almost a year since President Bush and Prime Minister Tony Blair announced the war with Iraq. For the families with loved ones in the Gulf, their first thoughts when they wake up are with their son, daughter, husband, wife, dad, mum, boyfriend, or
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
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
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
MORE than 100 medical, nursing and other staff at Withybush Hospital are understood to have signed a letter supporting a consultant suspended from his post for whistleblowing. Dr Chris Overton, consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist, put his job on
NEARLY 100 young cyclists turned out on Bank Holiday Monday for the eighth Pembrokeshire Junior Bike Ride at the County Showground,Haverfordwest. Event organiser Andrew Jones, of the British Heart Foundation, said: "All week I had a careful eye on the
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
A Haverfordwest electrician is flying out to Sri Lanka on a fact-finding tour and to give practical help. Paul Bryson, who works for Total Refinery, Milford Haven, is taking his annual leave for the trip in mid February. He has linked up with the Save
pembrokeshire football league - division one MERLINS BRIDGE 2 HERBRANDSTON 1 A LAST-gasp goal bagged Bridge all three points at a blustery Racecourse to keep the pressure on the top three. For the third game in a row, the young Wizards snatched victory
Fred Knapp's return to the Dutch town of Arnhem was a very emotional one. Sixty years before, he was one of 10,000 Allied troops involved in the largest airborne invasion ever undertaken. The sky was black with parachutes as the 20-year-old paratrooper
Who would think that a book entitled 'Tin Tabernacles: Corrugated Iron Mission Halls, Churches and Chapels of Britain' would be so fascinating. But this is a delightful and colourful addition to any bookshelf. The casebound book, by Ian Smith, has been
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
Haverfordest's new bus station development at Riverside is on target for July completion. At the moment an excavator is digging a large trench for new services pipes and cables following demolition of the Riverside office on Thursday. And resurfacing
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
Cross-breeding Holstein dairy cows with Jerseys is boosting milk income on Pembrokeshire's spring calving farms. Pembrokeshire has a high concentration of cross-bred herds because of its suitability for extended grazing systems. Research shows their average
Students at Pembrokeshire College demonstrated their passion for fashion at their recent display of work. The fashion show, showcasing the work of students on the National Diploma fashion/textiles design course, has become a much-anticipated annual event
LITERATURE is packed with tales of epic voyages where man pits his all against the elements and emerges the victor at the end of his quest. Think Homer, think Jules Verne, think ... Jamie Owen! Pembrokeshire-born broadcaster Jamie, best known for reading
A MOTHER-OF-TWO who splashed out on four tickets to the ill-fated Rosehill pop festival has finally got her refund, seven months after the event was cancelled. After waiting for her money since July, Amanda John, of 22 Meadow Road, Jameston, contacted
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
A small Cadbury's chocolate box hidden in the attic of an Amroth cottage for 70 years has revealed a remarkable friendship which blossomed between a teenage girl from Pembroke and a talented young Japanese ship designer. Dozens of letters inside the box
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
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
Pyjamas and fire engines helped Templeton CP School to raise over £750 for the Tsunami Appeal on Friday. A number of children and staff set up a 'walking bus' from Narberth fire station to school, and collected £259.79. And during the day, pupils paid
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
DENTAL problems in Pembrokeshire were brought to the political front line last week in a special House of Commons debate. In a discussion about NHS dentistry, the plight of local families was brought to the attention of health ministers, following a request
Pembrokeshire College students have been busy in between lectures and seminars, during lunchtimes and breaks, raising money for the Asian Tsunami Appeal. On Wednesday, college staff and students wore hats and slippers and donations were collected by the
While the debate over the perceived rights and wrongs of the Brithdir Mawr Roundhouse rages on, reporter Jenny Hanson takes a look at two sustainable, low-impact homes that have been given the go-ahead by local planning authorities. When it comes to building
THE drawn-out legal battle over the £60 million Bluestone project could land Pembrokeshire taxpayers with a hefty bill. A High Court judge announced on Monday that The Council for National Parks (CNP), did not have to pay the legal costs of the Pembrokeshire
No celebration - just vivid and searing memories of Normandy 60 years ago. Thousands of Welsh soldiers, sailors and airmen played their part in the D-Day landings and the Battle of Normandy 60 years ago. It was the greatest invasion the world has ever
A GIANT marquee seating 800 people will be the venue for a charity ball, organised by Texaco and the Rotary Clubs of Pembroke and Haverfordwest, on St Davids Day, Tuesday, March 1st. The fundraising evening, to be staged at the North Arena, Folly Farm
Essential trials are being carried out at Withybush Hospital, in the on-going battle against breast cancer. The Welsh Cancer Trials Network, which began in February, is a joint initiative funded by the National Assembly and Cancer Research UK. These crucial
AS the world of aviation celebrates the Wright Brothers' achievement 100 years ago, another less significant but important British anniversary came up this year - the opening of Britain's first aircraft museum. Vital to our survival in the early war years
West Wales is leading the renaissance in Welsh farmhouse cheesemaking according to an influential cookery writer. You just have to examine the growth of this industry in Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire and Ceredigion in the last decade to appreciate Tamasin
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
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
TWO schools were evacuated when a runaway oil tanker carrying 15,000 litres of fuel collided with a hedge and overturned at around 9.30am on Monday. The lorry was delivering kerosene to Llandysul Comprehensive School when it rolled away down the hill
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
FOUR Pembrokeshire youngsters have done brilliantly to be selected for the Welsh junior sailing squad. Remarkably three of them regularly sail for Neyland Yacht Club which is a tremendous achievement. Thirteen-year-old Abigail Crispin, who attends Milford
Pembrokeshire's turkey farmers are targeting efficiency improvements to operate in a market place dominated by cheap imported poultry. At its peak of production, Solbury Farm Turkeys reared 40,000 birds a year at its site on the Dale Road, near Haverfordwest
A LONG-standing Cresselly family has welcomed a fifth generation into the clan. The family, who all live within a mile-and-a-half of each other, celebrated the arrival of baby Evan on December 22nd. It's the second time they have celebrated five surviving
Last week we revealed the secrets of a small Cadbury's chocolate box hidden for 70 years in the attic of an Amroth cottage. It contained letters exchanged by a teenage girl from Pembroke, Sylvia Adams, and a talented young Japanese ship designer, Sadao
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
Energy crops grown in Pembrokeshire will fuel the heat and power requirements of the £61 million Bluestone holiday village. Developer William McNamara, a farmer who diversified into the leisure industry, is working with local arable growers to ensure
Year seven Ysgol Preseli girls have been so upset by the plight of survivors of the tsunami disaster that they have organised a bring and buy sale to raise much-needed funds. Eleven-year-olds Ffion, Maya, Hannah and Fionnuala, and 12-year-old Hope are
EXCLUSIVE by Doris Goddard The giant supermarket group Asda is to gain its first foothold in Pembrokeshire, following months of speculation. The Co-operative Group has announced it is to sell its supermarket in Pembroke Dock to Asda for an undisclosed
Disabled students at Pembrokeshire College will benefit from a new minibus, thanks to The Lady Taverners. The keys to the vehicle were handed over to the college's assistant principal, Barry Walters, by Glamorgan cricketer Steve Watkins at a special presentation
I met a remarkable woman recently. She demonstrated the human - almost superhuman - ability to rise above the most appalling trauma and carry on with life. Susan (all names have been changed for legal reasons) was sexually abused throughout her childhood
They say everything stops for tea - it certainly does when your tea party invitation comes from Her Majesty. In the year of celebrations and events to mark the 150th anniversary of the Western Telegraph an invitation to a Buckingham Palace Royal Garden
NARBERTH'S Bethesda Baptist Chapel raised £1,168 for the Tsunami appeal by holding a coffee morning. A bingo evening, with an auction and raffle, is being organised at Tenby Rugby Club on Friday, February 11th, at 7.30pm by Greenhill School students who
Rugby - National League Division One: Whitland 3 Builth Wells 0 A solitary penalty by outside half Aled Davies nudged Whitland to a win over Builth Wells at a mud-strewn Parc Llwyn Ty Gwyn. This gave the Borderers three precious league points which keep
It is a glorious morning on Caldey Island and the boatmen ferrying tourists from the Pembrokeshire mainland are doing a roaring trade. The visitors, lured by the intrigue of the island's rich monastic history, will spend the day exploring and picnicking
St John members in Wales have been working hard to help the relief efforts of the 50,000 St John volunteers in tsunami-hit Sri Lanka. More than £10,000 has been collected and sent to help St John Sri Lanka buy first aid materials, drugs and food. St John
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
Farmers can achieve above average herd fertility by block calving and targeting good submission rates according to Pembrokeshire dairy farmer Kim Petty. Replacements have more than doubled cow numbers at Tyddyn-yr-Eglwys, the 129 hectares which Mr Petty
DEAR EDITOR, - Further to last week's 'Another play park faces axe', Pembrokeshire County Council must surely be in line for the Ebenezer Scrooge award this year with its play park policy, by closing the park at Kavanagh Court, Pembroke Dock. How does
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
Jessica Sutton is 18 and lives with her family in Neyland. She has cerebral palsy but her determination, outgoing personality and encouragement from her family has enabled her to lead as normal a life as possible. She attended Sir Thomas Picton School
A spirited spinster's lively account of a sojourn in 19th century Tenby takes a fresh look at life in the town and the pastimes of its many Victorian visitors. Miss Lucy Amelia Lawford spent five months in the resort, where she lodged at 23 The Norton
The carnage that was Trafalgar was bloody and terrible. In HMS Bellerophon alone, 27 men, including the captain, had been killed and 123 wounded. And from below decks came the agonising screams of those facing the prospect of life without a limb, as the
PEMBROKESHIRE and Derwen NHS Trust has once again come under fire. In a climate of controversy for the organisation, Pembrokeshire Community Health Council (CGC) chief officer, Ashley Warlow, who is allowed to attend board meetings, launched a critical
A FARMER'S wife, who was £1 million in debt, has been convicted of an insurance fraud. Gwendoline Ann Morris, aged 42, took out a policy with Norwich Union after lying about her claims history. Morris, of Trewen Farm in Pontfaen, near Fishguard, said
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
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
The path to agricultural diversification can be fraught with obstacles as one Ceredigion livestock producer has discovered. Planning delays meant that Marc Davies took more than four years to realise his ambition to open a quadbike trekking centre to
The Western Telegraph has helped find information about two Pembrokeshire men who rescued a Canadian airman from the wreckage of a burning plane 62 years ago. Sergeant Alex Maier, now 84, was the sole survivor of the crew of a Coastal Command Lockheed
The sharp wit and happy personality of farmworker Reggie Evans stood him in good stead when his his life took a new direction virtually overnight. From ploughman and head teamsman, he found himself some 40 years ago suddenly precipitated into the tourism
Change is needed across the dairy industry if milk producers in Pembrokeshire are to enjoy stability in the marketplace after Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reform. Narberth milk producer John Phillips urges buyers to invest in processing, expressing
"And how is Roscoe Howells?" - Not the most unusual question I've ever been asked. After all, Roscoe Howells, from Amroth, is a big name in Pembrokeshire and west Wales. As a farmer, author, speaker, entertainer, local historian and as a controversial
NEYLAND's mayor says the illegal destruction of the Bath House has robbed the town of one of its most impressive sights. Councillor Simon Hancock said: "All the Neyland councillors lament the loss of this very important building that, while falling into
