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  • Tributes paid to tragic teen

    Tributes have been paid to a 'lovable' rugby-playing schoolboy who was found dead in tragic circumstances last week. Fifteen-year-old Oliver Haydn Edwards-Cavill was discovered at around 10.30pm last Tuesday at Dyffryn, Llawhaden, where he

  • Will Gavin prove to be a natural born winner?

    A former Western Telegraph advertising executive will tonight (Monday) go head to head with two other contestants in the final of ITV reality series Natural Born Sellers. Gavin Davies, aged 33, has pitted his selling skills against seven ruthless

  • Racist graffiti investigated

    Pembrokeshire's third incident of anti-English graffiti daubing this year is being investigated by police. Stone-built farm buildings on the minor road leading from Narberth Bridge to Molleston were daubed with red paint spelling out Troi Nol Saes

  • Assaulted taxi driver calls for respect

    A father and son whose new taxi business was disrupted after an assault have been backed by Pembrokeshire County Council in calling for respect for their profession. Darren Mason, aged 24, was forced to take six weeks off work at the start

  • October updates-The Cardiff Half Marathon!

    October updates-The Cardiff Half Marathon! Following the Dale Half Marathon and a slightly disappointing time I resumed training with some shorter ‘faster’ runs of 4-5 mile, some good training runs with the TROTs on the regular Thursday

  • Pembrokeshire musician scoops prestigious Dyfed title

    Flautist Rebecca Griffiths of Milford Haven gave a virtuoso performance at Theatr Mwldan, Cardigan on Saturday night to win the 2008 Young Musician of Dyfed competition. Rebecca, aged 17, who was accompanied by Dr Stuart Evans, is the third Pembrokeshire

  • September updates-getting started!

    September updates-getting started! Sunday 14th September 2008: The past week I’ve been running steadily, 4 miles on Tuesday, 6 on Thursday and 12 miles including a loo stop this morning on quite a hilly course near home. Got overtaken though

  • County struck by weekend storms

    Over 500 calls were received by Mid and West Wales’s Fire Control over the weekend due to the stormy weather. Incidents reported varied from road traffic collisions, to flooding incidents and unsafe structures. Among the areas worst hit were Tenby

  • Hello world! London Marathon, 26th April 2009 here I come!

    Hello blog readers! My name is Chris Birch. I live in Reynalton and work for Pembrokeshire County Council as Lifelong Learning Manager. Between now and April 26th 2009 I’ll be preparing to run the London Marathon on behalf of ‘Action for Children

  • AMs back plastic bag charge

    Pembrokeshire's Assembly Members are backing plans to introduce charges for all plastic carrier bags used in Wales. The Welsh Assembly's Sustainability Committee has suggested that a charge of between 10p and 20p is levied on all disposable plastic

  • Family rescued from choppy seas

    A family who went to sea in yesterday's (Sunday's) atrocious weather was rescued by St Davids lifeboat after their boat ran into difficulties. A father and his two young sons, aged eight and five, had gone down to Porthclais Harbour, to move their

  • Big turnout raises funds for charity

    More than 70 competitors joined in a fundraising event at the Bowlings Riding School, Haverford-west, recently. The event raised funds for the Pembrokeshire Riding for the Disabled. The event organisers would like to thank the Bowlings riders for