A TWIN town shooting competition held at Pembroke Dock Shooting Club recently went with a bang.The competition was part of a packed schedule of events arranged for the Fanfarenzug Stadt Band and the Schutzencorp (shooting club members) from Bergen, Lower
A FORMER Haverfordwest man has tasted both national and global success after resurrecting his sporting career. Renzo Algieri, 54, competed to a high level in both karate and body building before retiring at the age of 32. He has since moved
CHARLENE Jones has vowed to learn from an ‘amazing’ Commonwealth Games experience after reaching the quarter final stage of the Women’s Lightweight (57-60kg) event. The 23-year-old opened her campaign on Tuesday with an impressive win over Sri
A World War I exhibition with a difference is opening in Little Newcastle this weekend. 'Interpreting World War I through Commemorative China' will examine five war-related themes through the medium of ceramics: For King and Country which looks
BB SKONE’S GIG GUIDE FRIDAY 1st AUGUSTLive Music, Labyrinth, HaverfordwestFolk Club, The Welshman’s, Pembroke DockOpen Mic, The Plough Inn, SagestonIan Calford, Cellar Bar, CardiganLive Music, The Tiddly, FreystropGigsnappers, Memorial Hall
A POWERFUL musical about the First World War will be performed at the Bishop’s Palace in St Davids as part of the city’s Drama Festival.‘Oh, What a Lovely War!’ was first produced by Theatre Workshop in 1963, with Joan Littlewood
Roddy Milne, Head Gardener at Picton Castle and Gardens near Haverforwest, shares his passion for plants….Shasta Daisies are really old cottage garden favourites. They are at present unfashionable amongst gardeners, but this will doubtless change
THEATR Gwaun in Fishguard is offering aspiring young actors the chance to take part in a week of drama workshops, leading to a performance on Saturday, August 9.The workshops are set around Corbett Wilson's historic flight from Fishguard to Ireland.The
INFLUENTIAL American public speaker, poet and writer Kevin Powell met schoolchildren on a recent visit to Pembrokeshire as part of a project celebrating the life and work of Welsh poet Dylan Thomas.Following his appointment to the role of International
Fishguard’s Theatr Gwaun is showing its first digital films today (Friday) after the installation of a long-awaited digital projector. Films at the Fishguard venue dried up in June, as they ceased to come out on 35mm reels. Good news came shortly
FROM a filmmaker to a warship, suffragettes, a baker’s shop and time travel –‘The Complete and Utter History of Pembroke Dock’ has been brought to life on stage in celebration of the town’s bicentenary.Children from years
SOMETIME overnight on Wednesday, July 30 a large ornamental salmon was stolen from outside the Salmon Leap Café in Cenarth.This salmon is part of a pair of ornamental salmons which have been displayed there for many years.The ornament would have
A PEMBROKESHIRE business has been invited to supply its own locally-produced ale to a nationally-acclaimed festival this summer.The family-run Caffle Brewery in Llawhaden has been selected to provide its real ale for this year’s Great British Beer
A dairy farmer’s plans to increase his herd size to almost 900 cows and build a 1.1 acre slurry lagoon within the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park has divided opinion in the small community of St Nicholas. The planning application for Velindre
LOCAL boatmen and water organisations have come on board to help ensure the success and safety of this month’s Caldey Swim.Taking place on the afternoon of Sunday August 31, the swim to Tenby looks set to raise several thousand pounds for the RNLI
Three burglars who travelled 100 miles to target elderly residents in Kilgetty and Whitland have been jailed for a total of 11 and a half years. Tony Smith, aged 20, of Chestnut Close, Rassau, Ebbw Vale, Alf Probert, 23, of Briar Close, Rassau,
Television and radio presenter, Jamie Owen, will talk about his work in Jordan, Egypt and Libya this evening, Friday, at Tenby Museum and Art Gallery. The face of BBC Wales Today, has been working in the Middle East helping journalists to launch
IT WAS another successful year for Monkton Village Fair which was held on Saturday, July 19.The whole community came together for the annual event, with compere Neil Thomas keeping the crowd entertained for the afternoon.The hugely energetic Seren Fach
CLYNFYW Care Farm in Abercych is organising a charity cricket tournament on Friday, August 8.It will take place at Llechryd Cricket Club in aid of the East African Cricket Foundation, running from 11am to 2.30pm.“We are really excited about our
A FRESHWATER East artist is sharing her sketchbook with the world.Eighty-two-year-old Gillian Adie launched her art book, ‘From Coast to Countryside – A sketchbook by Gillian Adie’, at Jameston Village Hall on Wednesday, July 23.The
St Davids RNLI Tamar class lifeboat launched yesterday afternoon (Thursday) to go to the aid of a swimmer who had dislocated his shoulder near Porth Melgan beach. The casualty was ashore on cliffs near the beach. The lifeboat arrived on the scene
Have we 2 strays? Mike swore the cat he saw looked like Freddie, a pale tabby and I said darker like Mach1. One night we closed external doors because of a draft roaring through the bedroom and trapped a stranger in the house. Freddie retreated to
