One of Pembrokeshire's most successful young farmers' clubs has secured its future by buying the hall where it has met for more than half a century. Llysyfran YFC feared it could lose its meeting place when Gwastad Chapel was given notice to carry out
Dear Editor, - Despite spending the vast amount of extra money made available to the health service by the present Government, the National Assembly has recently been severely criticisedfor its general failure to reduce hospital waiting times and its
Dear Editor, - It is encouraging to see that consultants at Withybush Hospital have realised there is strength in numbers since there are many wider, long-standing problems arising from NHS reforms. Bed shortages at Withybush are not new. I doubt there
MAE Sir Benfro wedi mwynhau cryn dipyn o sylw ar y sgrin fach yn ddiweddar - o gyfres hwyliog y cyflwynydd Jamie Owen i un newydd Huw Edwards, Land of Dreams. Ac i ferch o'r Preselau dyma wlad ei breuddwydion mewn gwirionedd wrth i raglen WawFfactor gyrraedd
The makers of the new Magic Roundabout film have invited Thorntons to celebrate the launch by creating a range of edible characters. Dougal has been immortalised in a chocolate model, using Thorntons' popular Viennese chocolate. Brian looks just as fabulous
Live Review - Dogzuki, Waterside, Carmarthen, January 21st Pembroke Dock's Dogzuki are a band who mean something; a thrillingly together and highly organised proposition who just keep getting better and better. And since signing to small indie label,
Did you know Folly Farm do children's birthday parties? What's the best birthday party you have ever been to? Can you write about why it was so special? Click on the link to submit your entry, by Wednesday, February 16th. The winner will get a Folly Farm
Art Preview - Gwen John and Augustus John exhibition, National Museum and Gallery, Cardiff, February 12th - May 12th. A show by two of Pembrokeshire's most acclaimed artists opens in Cardiff on Saturday. The exhibition of brother and sister Gwen John
A big Presspack welcome this week goes to Rebecca and Edward James, of Kilgetty, and Oliver Jones, of Milford Haven.
Birthday greetings for this week go to: Max Garrity, 14, of Milford Haven; Molly Brick, nine, of Burton; L. Newman, eight, of Merlins Bridge; Rhys Morgan, ten, of Caerphilly; Alex Broadway, six, of Pembroke; Hollie Done, ten, of Llanmiloe; Hannah James
A DAIRY farmer is quitting milk production because the bureaucracy associated with his business means he sees too little of his young children. Philip Prickett is 37 and the third generation of his family to farm at Clover Hill, Solva, a 101-acre Pembrokeshire
Dear Editor, - Having read Alison Hardy's letter, Question Of Priorities (February 2nd), I would like to point out the misconception that those who work with the elderly can be untrained and unqualified. All carers who undertake such work undergo a four-day
Dear Editor, - Amid all the anxiety about the 120 kilometre high pressure Transco pipeline from Milford Haven to Neath no-one is demanding an answer to the obvious question. Why? The western end of the national high pressure gas grid at Aberdulais is
Dear Editor, - With the greatest respect to J. J. Clark (Letters, February 2nd), the by-passes at Llanddewi Velfrey and Robeston Wathen are not required to facilitate higher speeds on the A40. We need them to make our villages safer and less polluted
Dear Editor, - The contradictions between the letters from Withybush consultants and the chief executive illustrate the dilemma of many NHS hospitals operating under a government desperately and constantly trying to assure us that all is well when the
Obitauries published in the Western Telegraph on Wednesday, February 9th: Mr M. Ewing Laugharne The death occurred on January 8th, in Alban ward, Glangwili Hospital, Carmarthen, at the age of 54, of Michael Howard Ewing, of Lake House, Laugharne. Mike
MAE Sir Benfro wedi mwynhau cryn dipyn o sylw ar y sgrin fach yn ddiweddar - o gyfres hwyliog y cyflwynydd Jamie Owen i un newydd Huw Edwards, Land of Dreams. Ac i ferch o'r Preselau dyma wlad ei breuddwydion mewn gwirionedd wrth i raglen WawFfactor gyrraedd
The introduction of the single farm payment is the single biggest change affecting farmers in west Wales in over half a decade. But, according to the NFU president Tim Bennett, there are other big issues in 2005 that cannot be ignored. He told farmers
It was a mixed musical bag on offer at last week's Tsunami Appeal Concert in the Narberth Tabernacle. Despite the immensely popular John Mitchinson suffering from a cold, his experience and superb technique amply compensated in his two Samson arias of
Beware, things are gonna get a little 'far out' when a group of friends reconvene to become the unlikely heroes of the highly-anticipated CGI animated movie The Magic Roundabout due for nationwide release on Friday. Based on the cult BBC TV series, the
Live Review: Healey's World - an evening with Lord Denis Healey, Torch Theatre, Milford Haven, Tuesday, February 1st On a sparsely furnished stage surrounded by slides, Lord Healey looked very much like the world's most charismatic geography teacher.
IT PROMISES to provide hundreds of jobs and supply electricity to up to two million homes. And for the first time, plans for the proposed Pembroke power station have been unveiled by the company responsible for realising those promises. RWE npower, the
Fresh from a series of open-air shows as special guests of Status Quo last summer, The Hamsters return to Pembrokeshire with a gig at the Queen's Hall, Narberth, on Friday. The Hamsters are: Slim (guitar, singer); Rev. Otis (drums, sings a bit); Zsa Zsa
Dear Editor, - It will certainly be a sad day for Pembroke Dock when the Co-op closes on February 12th (Comment, January 26th). The Co-op is the largest consumer co-operative in the UK, with its roots in the local community. It does not exist to make
