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Attempted murder charge
A Laugharne man will appear before Carmarthen Magistrates court tomorrow (Wednesday September 16th) charged with the attempted murder of a police officer. The 35-year-old man faces further charges of criminal damage to two police cars, killing a police
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St Davids is no place for great white
Dear Editor - August traffic in St Davids this year was more chaotic than ever. The number of cars on the street was similar to previous years, but the new factor causing fresh problems was National Park buses - lots of them. Cross Square and Goat Street
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Have wheels, will use path
DEAR EDITOR - Pembrokeshire County Council has obviously spent a great deal of time and money making an excellent job of providing a network of cycle paths adjacent to the major roads in the county. I am therefore amazed to see cyclists cycling on the
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Sit up and listen to law
DEAR EDITOR - How many more people are not aware of the laws about car seats coming into force on September 18th, as the new school term begins? Evidently all children up to 12 years of age or those who are under 135cms tall will be obliged to conform
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Morale must not be lost
DEAR EDITOR - Following your report last week of the operation I underwent at Withybush Hospital for a dislocated elbow, I would like to thank the staff publicly for their brilliant care. The staff as a whole are providing a superb service at a time
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Splash out on excitement
DEAR EDITOR - Although I applaud the idea of a new swimming pool in Haver-fordwest, I feel the county council is missing out on providing a wonderful facility for locals and visitors. I think the new pool should incorporate a 50 metre pool with facilities
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Obituaries published on Wednesday 13th September, 2006
Here are the obituaries published in the Western Telegraph on Wednesday 13th September, 2006 Mr A. Borgmann monkton The funeral took place on August 31st of Alfred (Fred) Borgmann, of Monkton, who died on August 22nd, aged 82. He was a retired plant
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Councillors ask police to nail town wall ‘vandals’
Street traders displaying their wares on Tenby's historic Five Arches should be run out of town for vandalism, as well as obstruction, say town councillors. They are now calling on the resort's police chief, Inspector Les Clark, to put the troublesome
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Councillors reject mast application
County planners have spoken out against yet another application to site a Tetra mast in Penally. Yesterday (Tuesday), Pembrokeshire County Council's planning committee came down on the side of campaigners against the controversial mast and said that
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Tenby crisp packet gag rubs salt in the wounds
A food company has had its chips over tongue-in-cheek comments it made about Tenby. REAL Chips sea salt flavour crisps struck a raw note with councillors when they read the reference to their resort on the packet. Justifying their use of sea salt in
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MP calls for drink ban in town centre
Ceredigion's Welsh Liberal Democrat MP Mark Williams and Assembly spokesman John Davies have given their support to plans to introduce an Alcohol Free Zone in Cardigan town centre. In a letter of support to Inspector Ian Thomas, Mark Williams said: "
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22 years in the making, farmer finally sets sail
A dairy farmer from Newport, Pembrokeshire, who has dreamt of building a boat since he was a young boy, has finally made his dream a reality. Allan Fells, who is now 72, has spent the last 22 years building his own boat and on September 4th his dream
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Buffs have fun in the buff – with a serious message
MEMBERS of the St Davids section of the Buffs were literally in the buff recently, posing for a calendar to raise money for Orchid, a prostate and testicular cancer charity. The brave men employed two wary female photographers to take pictures of them
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Politicians united
TWO county politicians set aside party loyalties to tackle anti-social behaviour last week. Conservative MP Stephen Crabb and deputy Labour leader on Pembrokeshire County Council, Umelda Havard, held a joint surgery focused on problems in Merlins Bridge
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Rhodri met by LNG protesters
LNG protesters stopped first minister Rhodri Morgan as he approached Milford Haven Port Authority. Members and supporters of Safe Haven handed Mr Morgan documents and asked him to call in a quantitative risk assessment for the LNG projects in the waterway
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Organisers celebrate a ‘wonderful’ festival week
PEMBROKE festival was a great success, according to organisers and residents. The mayor of Pembroke, Rose Blackburn, commended the hard work of all the people involved in putting together the ten-day event. She said: "I loved the medieval banquet and
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Man about the house
It's about 8.20am when I arrive at the impressive office Stephen shares with three other Conservative MPs. As someone more used to rolling into work at nine (ish) and getting up at midday (ish) on weekends, I'm impressed and horrified that Stephen has
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Gift of life helps strangers form close friendship
NOT MANY people get the opportunity to save somebody else's life. But, Haverfordwest man Neil Godden turned out to be the one in 40,000 chance Essex woman Suzanne Harries had of finding a life-saving bone marrow match when she was diagnosed with leukaemia
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Council three face a firestorm
THREE Fire Authority representatives from Pembrokeshire County Council have come under attack. In a seven point resolution, town and community councillors called for a vote of no confidence in the three county council members, saying they should be
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Time to stamp out big threat to post offices
THE time has come to make a stand against growing threats to Pembrokeshire's Post Offices. That's the rallying call from county councillors Peter Stock, David Bryan and Mark Edwards as fears grow for Post Offices up and down the country. Post Offices
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Army on show
A regiment on the verge of a six-month tour of duty in Iraq will meet the public at the Castlemartin Range annual open day on Saturday. The 2nd Battalion Duke of Lancaster's Regiment is on a live firing exercise at the range, ahead of its deployment
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Win - Win - Win - Win - Win
The Western Telegraph has teamed up with Victoria Bookshop to offer three lucky readers the chance to win a signed copy of Peter Walker's new book It's just not Cricket'. Peter Walker is known primarily as a cricketer, but this newly published autobiography
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School is out of step with fashion as ballet pumps are banned
A Pembrokeshire school has banned girls from wearing shoes which don't cover the top of their feet because of injury fears. The ban at Ysgol Y Preseli, Crymych, was imposed because of the fashion trend for ballet-style pumps, or so-called Mary-Janes.
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Caution over £8.75m A&E development
THERE has been a very cautious welcome to the announcement of a brand new £8.75m A&E unit for Withybush Hospital. With the future of the hospital still in the balance and all eyes on tomorrow's crucial meeting of the Local Health Board, reaction has
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Charity groups toast
Eighteen charities in Pembrokeshire and Wales will benefit from the Sylvia Davies Fund. An appeal was launched last year after Haverfordwest antique dealer Sylvia (right) was taken ill with a brain tumour while on holiday in Canada. Insurers Inter Group
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Big break for Connie
Connie fever has well and truly hit Pembrokeshire. Orange balloons, banners, posters, flags, ribbons and emails are urging people to vote Connie Fisher into the star role of Maria von Trapp in the West End production of The Sound of Music. One three-year-old
