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  • Officers honoured for bravery in pitchfork attack

    Police officers who tackled a pitchfork wielding man have received awards for their bravery during the incident, in which one of them was stabbed. Louise McIntosh, from Neyland, and Kate Lathe, of Crundale, have both been awarded with Chief

  • Diet can boost cow fertility

    Fertility on Pembrokeshire dairy farms can be improved with better management of cow diets, according to a top nutritionist. John Twigge, who addressed a conference hosted by Clynderwen and Cardiganshire Farmers (CCF) this week, predicts that

  • £200 to boost future of young gymnasts

    Brunel ladies attended a training session of Pembrokeshire Special Needs Gymnastics club and were so impressed by the skill and hard work put into their training programmes that they returned to donate a £200 cheque. This money will assist the young

  • Strike won't hold fire at the range

    The commandant of three Pembrokeshire military firing ranges predicts minimal disruption after workers who help to run the sites announced an overtime ban. Members of the union, Unite, who work for Landmarc Support Services, implemented the

  • "Legal ecstasy" flooding west Wales

    Criminals are trying to flood west Wales with ‘legal ecstasy’ tablets, it has emerged. They have almost identical effects as ecstasy and takers would not be able to tell the difference. But whereas ecstasy is a Class A drug, the new concoction is made

  • Jonathan's on the road to success

    Devising a vehicle safety product has driven a 16-year-old inventor into a place in the final of a national contest. Jonathan Mason, a former pupil of Ysgol Dyffryn Taf, Whitland, is on the road to a £3,500 first prize in the 2008 Goodyear

  • Local AM calls for more investment

    Wales needs to invest locally in its best sportsmen and women if we want success in the 2012 Olympic games, says Welsh Assembly shadow sports minister Paul Davies. The Preseli Pembrokeshire AM has called on the Assembly to set up a specific body to help

  • Take in a pint-sized play tonight

    An audience at the Theatr Gwaun, Fishguard, will have the chance to pick its favourite from ten prize-winning plays, in an innovative scriptwriting competition tonight (Saturday). Around 120 scripts were submitted to this year’s Pint Sized

  • Events a big draw across county

    October is Big Draw month and the Campaign for Drawing has a wide range of events and activities across the country to try and capture the imagination of potential artists. Nant y Coy Arts has embraced the month of drawing, hosting a number

  • Wexford youth retain cup in Milford

    It was Pembrokeshire youth’s turn to host this annual golf match against Wexford, which was started by Alan Scott 14 years ago. Every year, one of the teams hosts the other and the competitors stay with each other for the two days. Forty-eight players