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  • Clowning about is on the agenda

    Picton Castle is opening up this week for half-term with a daily Signs of Spring walk through its serene winter woodlands and a riotous family fun day. With probably the largest collection of rare and woodland plants in west Wales, the fabulous

  • Rock legend lends support to anti cull campaign

    Rock legend, Brian May, has lent his support to a campaign against the Welsh Assembly's proposed badger cull, due to start in Pembrokeshire this year. At a packed Pembrokeshire Against the Cull (PAC) meeting last night (Monday) a message from

  • Hakin man to pay £165 for amphetamine possession

    A Hakin man was fined by Haverfordwest magistrates today (Tuesday)after pleading guilty to possession of a class B drug. Michael Otterbein of 12 Croft Avenue, Hakin admitted possessing 4.8g of amphetamine when searched by police in January. Prosecutor

  • School cleaner was overpaid £11,376 in benefits

    A cleaner at Pembroke School was overpaid £11,376 in benefits, after failing to notify Pembrokeshire County Council and the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) that her husband was living with her. At Haverfordwest magistrates court yesterday

  • Teen charged with GBH after Castle Square assault

    A teenager has been charged with grievous bodily harm, following an assault on Castle Square in the early hours of Valentine's Day. The assault, which happened at 2.55am outside the Principality, left the 33-year-old victim with severe head injuries

  • Port authority goes to High Court to prevent pilots' strike

    Milford Haven Port Authority (MHPA) has gone to the High Court in a bid to stop its pilots and launch crew from taking strike action this Thursday. A MHPA spokesman confirmed the authority 'questioned the legality of the actions' and had presented

  • Flipping madness in Tenby today

    A dash of flipping madness in Tenby today (Tuesday) will decide the town's new pancake champions. The Shrove Tuesday event has been launched to raise money for Tenby RNLI, and lifeboat crew members are keeping their fingers crossed that there will

  • Superb success for promising gymnasts

    Charlotte Whalley, aged five, of Haverfordwest Gym Club has made a fantastic start to her artistic gymnastics career by winning the West area grade 16 inter-club friendly. Competing alongside Ellen Darling, the girls brought back five individual apparatus

  • Installation inspired by Porthgain quarry goes on display

    An exhibition inspired by Porthgain's disused granite quarry goes on display in Cardiff today (Tuesday). Chwarel by Ruth Jones and Andrea Williams will be exhibited at the Howard Gardens Gallery, Cardiff, until this Saturday, February 20th. It comprises

  • Residents alerted after car clambered on

    Residents of Milford Haven's Mount Estate are urged to be on the look out for suspicious activity, after vandals damaged a car by climbing and jumping on it. The damage happened between 4pm on Friday, February 12th and 9am the following day. Police

  • Haverfordwest Leisure Centre hit by changing room thefts

    Visitors to Haverfordwest Leisure Centre are being advised to use lockers to store their valuables, following several thefts at the facility. At 1pm on February 9th a man entered the changing rooms and stole a wallet containing £20, bank cards and

  • Pembrokeshire banner gets new cathedral home

    The Pembrokeshire Banner, created to represent the county in last year's St David's Day parade, has found a new home in St David's Cathedral. The exquisite, hand stitched banner was designed by textile artists Eirian Short and Audrey Walker