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  • March updates part 2: Only 4 weeks to go!

    At the end of my last blog my left knee was troubling me and at the time I wasn’t quite sure if it would prove to be serious. Thankfully it cleared up within a day or two and I was more or less able to keep on schedule by just running twice during

  • Give police extra cash to fight abuse

    Dear Editor I was saddened to read of the tragic, violent death of Kim Butler by an alcoholic abuser who now is serving a minimum of 17 years in prison for her murder (Western Telegraph, March 18th). Domestic violence is as insidious as a secret closet

  • Marts end of March

    WHITLAND March 21ST J. J. Morris reports: A good entry of store cattle and sheep sold to a steady trade. Grazing cows and bulls: Grazing cows overall average 110.15p/kg. Top prices: 146p (700kg Limousin) Jones, East Pilton Farm; 132p (575kg

  • Centre prepares for autism awareness

    Pembroke Dock’s new specialist residential centre, Martello House, is hosting a three-day event to raise awareness of autism. The United Nations recently declared April 2nd 2009 as World Autism Awareness Day, and Martello House, which provides

  • Criminal damage at Newport car park

    Police in Fishguard are investigating an incident of criminal damage at the Newport Sands car park. Over the weekend a barrier erected around the car park was destroyed and defaced by vandals. Sandbags were slashed, signs defaced and barriers and fences

  • Have your chance to beat the burglar

    Have you ever wanted to try your hand at CSI? Pembrokeshire Police are arranging two beat the burglar events which are taking place this week. The mornings are aimed at homeowners while the afternoons are aimed at businesses. Amongst the stands

  • Buoyant mood at spring show

    The amount of business conducted at Riverlea’s spring show demonstrated a buoyant mood in farming, despite the current economic climate. About 2,000 people flocked to Carmarthenshire showground in Nantyci and there were encouraging signs that

  • Vital service bussed back

    Dear Editor When the town service bus ceased to run down Augustine Way in Haverfordwest, last September, it was very sadly missed, especially by elderly and disabled people who wanted to travel to town. Myself and some residents started a campaign

  • Quad bike stolen from farm compound

    Bike dealers in Pembrokeshire are being asked to keep an eye out for a green quad bike, stolen from a farm near Haverfordwest. The green Yamaha Big Bear bike, which was a few years old, was stolen from a compound at Palmerston Farm in Glenover Park

  • Thousands of pounds of damage caused to church

    Thousands of pounds worth of damage has been caused to St Mary's Church in Begelly. A twenty foot length of the church wall, which is a listed structure, was damaged between March 16th and the following day. Coping stones, the decorative

  • The inside track on the best position for walkways

    Positioning cow tracks in locations that get good sunlight allows them to dry out quicker during wet spells and cause less damage to cows’ feet. When Martin Mathias created 1,200 metres of tracks on his Pembrokeshire dairy farm he was advised to lay

  • No tagging for Preselis’ wild ponies

    Wild ponies on Pembrokeshire’s Preseli hills should be exempt from being electronically tagged. Preseli Pembrokeshire AM Paul Davies has made the call in response to EU rules which will come into force this summer. From July 1st, all foals must be microchipped

  • Race meetings saved after TB hits course

    Two popular point-to-point race meetings in Pembrokeshire have been saved after their usual course was hit by a Bovine TB lockdown. Prospects were looking bleak for the Tivyside and Llandeilo Farmers point-to-point meetings, as the course shared by the

  • Sugar rush gives Nick a taste of the orient

    Nick Neumann was working as a herdsman on a Pembrokeshire dairy farm when he read a job advert in a farming publication that made him sit up and take notice. Fast forward four months and Nick is leading a British Sugar project in China that aims to double

  • Music cut would "rip heart out of school"

    The future of schools music in Pembrokeshire is facing a serious threat from proposals to axe instrumental lessons in the county's leading musical school. Tenby's Greenhill School, whose award-winning orchestra is the largest in any school in the UK,

  • Half mile fuel spill cleaned up by fire crews

    Fire fighters from Narberth spent nearly two hours cleaning up diesel yesterday (Monday) following a spillage that left a half a mile slick in the town. Crews received reports that fuel had spilled from a vehicle at around 1.40pm, covering around half

  • Old Hakin Road bump delays morning commute

    Rush hour traffic into Haverfordwest could be delayed this morning (Tuesday), following a crash between a lorry and a mini bus. The crash happened at around 8.45am at the small humpback bridge on the Old Hakin Road. It has caused slight traffic

  • A Faithfull rendition

    Marianne Faithfull Easy Come Easy Go Marianne Faithfull is largely remembered as Mick Jagger’s girlfriend, but this is her 22nd album. She makes a virtue of her ravaged voice, which is now unrecognisable from the innocent schoolgirl