WAS it really a year ago that Western Telegraph staff and guests raised their glasses in a toast at our 150th anniversary ball? These past 12 months have flown by and we been involved in lots of celebrations, events, charity fundraising and, not least
Rugby Division Five (West) Llangwm 7 Pembroke 21 Pembroke powered to a vital win in their top-of-the-table clash at Pill Parks but were pushed all the way by a Llangwm side which was in contention until they conceded a soft try after 71 minutes. It stung
Rugby - Konica Minolta Welsh Cup Fourth Round Whitland 10 Pontypridd 12 Whitland bowed out of the Welsh Cup as they lost narrowly to Pontypridd, but not before the Premier Division outfit had been pushed all the way by the battling Borderers. Indeed,
Tenby's new Cottage Hospital development could be up and running in just over 12 months. Building work at the Gas Lane site, near the health centre, is expected to start within a few weeks and be completed by the end of this year. It will be fully commissioned
Pole dancing at Jammo's nightclub, Penally, will now take place once a fortnight after its public entertainment licence was extended. The application, proposing to vary the current licence, which only permits entertainment of that kind once a month, was
TWENTY-three pupils at Pembroke School had to be withdrawn from an A-level exam recently after being taught the wrong text. An investigation is now under way after the Chaucer text they had been taught was actually meant for the summer 2005 examination
PEMBROKESHIRE'S finest acoustic musicians have got together to launch their own tsunami aid CD. Their aim is to raise £20,000 for the appeal with the CD, which will be on sale from Thursday, February 17th. The CD has been produced by the SHIRE Initiative
The bravery of a helmsman and crew of Cardigan's B class inshore lifeboat in saving the lives of four men have been recognised by the RNLI. Dyfrig Brown, aged 35, helmsman of the Tanni Grey is to be accorded the Thanks of the Institution inscribed on
THE number of hours that Withybush Hospital is cleaned per week has fallen, it has been revealed. The cleaning statistics show an 11% reduction in weekly cleaning hours from 3,091 in 1989 to 2,751 today. The figures emerged after the UK's largest health
Any attempts to cut services at Withybush Hospital will be met with fierce resistance. A warning shot across the bows has been given by campaigners who fought against previous attempts to relocate orthopaedics, paediatrics, and A & E to Carmarthen
West Angle Bay and the tidal Pembroke river are home to some of Wales' rarest plants and habitats. They are also rich in cockles and for generations local people have gathered small bucketfuls of the shellfish to eat. West Wales shell fishermen have now
Here are this week's results, tables and fixtures from the James Williams Pembrokeshire Senior Football League: Results - Saturday, January 29th DIVISION 1 Goodwick United 7 Camrose 0 Hakin United 1 Narberth 2 Kilgetty 3 Saundersfoot Sports 0 Merlins
THE story is all too familiar. Children grow up, leave Pembrokeshire to study and get a job in another part of the country because there is no work for them in the county of their birth. But a joint project between the economic development unit at Pembrokeshire
CHAOS Ladies Netball Club started up in April last year at Haverfordwest Tennis and Cricket Centre, which is situated at Tasker Milward Comprehensive School. It now has a membership of over 75 in their junior, U14s and senior sections. The setting up
Pembrokeshire Football League - Division One HAKIN 1 NARBERTH 2 IT WAS a tale of two subs on Saturday as Narberth scrambled out of the Obs' clinging to all three points, writes Emma Jones. Despite both teams being gifted with a goal from their replacements
Football: Vauxhall MasterFit Welsh Premier LLANELLI 0 HAVERFORDWEST COUNTY 3 Although the Bluebirds could in fact have scored more than three against what was by no means a poor Llanelli side, they will look back with some satisfaction on a good performance
ALTHOUGH Pembrokeshire has the fourth highest unemployment in Wales, there is still a shortage of labour for many jobs - farming and tourism particularly - members of Pembrokeshire County Council's economy overview and scrutiny committee were told last
A TSUNAMI appeal fundraising dance was held at Letterston Memorial Hall on Saturday night last by members of J. and R. ballroom dancing. The dance attracted over 100 members and friends and raised over £2,100 from an auction conducted by Yvonne Fox (Jemima
