THE Welsh Guards led one of the biggest military parades Pembroke Dock has ever seen on Saturday (July 19).The bicentenary parade stepped-off from Pembroke Dock Community School at 11am, making its way through the town to the Royal Dockyard Chapel.The
A YEAR'S worth of fundraising and awareness support is being given to a south Pembrokeshire-based charity by the Tenby branch of Sainsbury’s.The Harriet Davis Trust was chosen by the store as its charity for the next 12 months, following customer
PLANS to demolish Tenby’s infants school and replace it with a new building on playing fields are up for discussion at an open public meeting today (Wednesday).Simon Hart MP has called the meeting because so many residents contacted him with concerns
THE centenary of the First World War is to be the subject of the second major exhibition by Saundersfoot Historical Society.Members have been working hard for some months to discover artefacts, letters, photographs and other items to put on public display
THE campaign to save Narberth swimming pool has been given a boost, thanks to planning permission being granted for proposed developments and improvements.Pembrokeshire County Council has approved the work, which includes the installation of a bio-mass
TENBY’S walled town will be traffic-free again this summer.The pedestrianisation scheme in the heart of the resort got underway last Saturday (July 19) and will continue until Sunday, September 7, between 11am and 5pm daily. The annual seasonal
THEY think it’s all over, it is now. From swimming with the Seals to wrestling with the Welsh squad, the past 17 weeks have been as educational as they have enjoyable as I’ve tried my hand at every sport that will feature in the 2014 Commonwealth
IN 1954, sisters Sheila and Shirley Offord married their sweethearts Tony Brewis and Peter Billing at a double wedding in London. Sheila was 22, Shirley was 19, and - unusually for the time - their special day was captured on film, in colour.
New Welsh Secretary, Stephen Crabb, has spoken of the “whirlwind” of his first few days in office.The Preseli Pembrokeshire Conservative MP was appointed to the role of Welsh Secretary on Tuesday. One of his first decisions in office was to
LONG Course Weekend champion, Oliver Simon, has been congratulated by fellow staff at Tenby Leisure Centre for his success in the event.Oliver completed the 2.4 Huub Wales Swim, 112 miles Tredz Wales Sportive bike ride, and 26.2 mile Newton Wales Marathon
This week Bill Carne caught up with Kurtis Marsh after the talented young cricketing all-rounder had helped Kilgetty first XI win the Alan Brown Cup and then be part of the youth team that has reached the Ormond Cup for the first time in exactly 50 years
FISHGUARD and Goodwick have another event to add to its already packed music calendar.Following on from the huge success of The Sound of Youth earlier this year, a similar event has been organised for Saturday, September 13.Around 80 youngsters gathered
NOW into its second week, there are still scores of top performances to come in this year’s Fishguard International Music Festival.The programme for the internationally-acclaimed Festival, which runs until July 30, is the first to be put together
Cannabis plants have been discovered inside a property on Milford Haven’s Mount Estate, following a drugs raid yesterday (Sunday) evening. Dyfed-Powys police confirmed that they raided the house at Willow End at around 8pm under a Misuse of Drugs
THE local community came together to give Orielton School an end of year spring clean recently.A team of Valero volunteers lent a hand after the school council wrote to the Pembroke Refinery to ask for help.Pupils - past and present - school staff, governors
A PLANNING inspector appointed by the Welsh Government has granted permission for a wind turbine in Mathry.The proposal by Bryan Farmer was refused by Pembrokeshire County Council in January. It included siting a single 50kw turbine measuring 34.2 metres
HUNDREDS of people flocked to our county town on Saturday to enjoy the biggest and best Haverfordwest Walking Carnival yet!Entrants warmed to the fancy dress theme of ‘Heroes and Heroines’ -from the world of showbiz and beyond - and spectators
OVER 300 young cyclists took to the streets of Tenby on Thursday for the seventh running of the Tour de Tenby.Led by the children of Tenby Junior School, pupils also took part from Greenhill Secondary School; Year 2 of Tenby Infants and Year 6 of St Teilo
A quad bike rider from Pembrokeshire has died tragically in a motorcross event. He has been named as 19 year-old Daniel Roch from Narberth. The incident happened at around midday yesterday (Sunday) while Daniel was taking part in a race in
Two Pembrokeshire lifeboats were launched yesterday (Sunday) to the aid of craft taking on water and lost in fog. Just after 3am Angle’s all weather lifeboat (ALB) was called out to the sailing vessel Rose of Argyl which had lost its way in the
Tenby’s coastguards were called out twice yesterday (Sunday), as the sunny weather and the start of the school summer holidays brought crowds to the resort. Just after midday on Sunday a holiday maker from Newport Gwent was evacuated from the town
People in Milford Haven are being asked for their views on plans to move the county council’s Customer Service Centre from the Town Hall to the library, in a consultation which ends this week. At the moment, people can pay bills, bid for properties
A LARGE crowd of parents and families turned out in support of Golden Grove School, Pembroke, which held its annual foundation phase pupils’ sports day recently.The rain held off and the sports field was soon filled with pupils and spectators enjoying
WOLFSCASTLE residents did themselves proud last week when the judge for Wales in Bloom inspected the village.John Woods was given a tour by the Rev Geoffrey Eynon on Thursday afternoon (July 17).He was marking the village on its initial impression, the
Residents in north Pembrokeshire who want a say on the location of Post Office services in Tegryn have until tomorrow to make their opinions known. The current agent at Tegryn is no longer able to operate the service and has handed in their resignation
A PLANNING appeal into erecting two wind turbines near Castlemorris was held in Letterston Memorial Hall last week.Pembrokeshire County Council unanimously refused proposals to site two 79 metre structures at Penybanc last October.In both cases, the planning
International footballer Ian Walsh and international Welsh rugby player Gerald Davies will be in St Davids today to launch a £150,000 appeal for the city’s new lifeboat station. Work has already got underway on the 20 month project to construct
A BEAUTY queen hopeful is giving something back by raising money for a domestic abuse charity which helped her flee an abusive relationship.Amy Remington, 25, of Pembroke, will go head-to-head with other hopefuls at the finals of Face of Purity UK in
