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  • Fire crews joist in time for Saundersfoot rescue

    Tenby firefighters were called to the aid of a woman who had got stuck between two floor joists on Monday. Two appliances from Tenby were called to a property in Saundersfoot. Firefighters used a short extension ladder to reach the woman and release

  • Diver airlifted with suspected bends

    A 19-year-old diver was airlifted from the Pembrokeshire coast yesterday (Sunday) with a suspected case of the bends. Dale coastguard rescue team and the coastguard rescue helicopter were tasked to the slipway at Dale at around 2.20pm, following reports

  • Cadets ship shape for open evening

    The Milford Haven Sea Cadet and Royal Marine units are holding an open evening tomorrow (Tuesday). Stands and displays from cadets will be on show at Unit A, Havens Head Business Park, from 7pm on Tuesday. There will be a big focus on the Royal

  • Have your say on tax powers

    The chairman of the Commission on Devolution in Wales is urging people to have their say on tax powers for Wales this week. The commission will be in Haverfordwest on Wednesday, April 18th, as part of a series of events to find out the public

  • Police call off search for Cardiff man

    Police have called off their search for a Cardiff man with Pembrokeshire connections who they were trying to track down on Friday. Cardiff Bay CID had put out an appeal for the whereabouts of 31-year-old Phil Lewis, following an alleged serious assault

  • Competition deadline wings its way closer

    Competition deadlines are looming for designs and drawings to celebrate a historic flight from Goodwick to Wexford. Fishguard and Goodwick residents are preparing to mark 100 years since Denys Corbett Wilson completed the first flight from the

  • Communities First meetings start tonight

    Communities First will be holding open events in key community venues to discuss future projects starting from today (Monday). The meetings will be: Monday, April 16th at 7pm at Golden Manor Nursery, Pembroke; Wednesday, April 18th at 6.30pm

  • Innovative Pegasus Project launches today

    The Pembrokeshire launch of the Pegasus Project is taking place in Johnston today (Monday). This exciting Dyfed Powys Police initiative aims to make communication with the police much easier for vulnerable adults, and adults with learning disabilities

  • Fishguard road closures due to start today

    Road closures in Fishguard’s Ropewalk, Penbanc and Maesgwyn Road are scheduled to start today (Monday). Pembrokeshire County Council is programming the closures over a three week period to allow for footway reconstruction works, carriageway

  • Obituaries, April 11th 2012

    Mr. Jason David Stait "Stan" Pembroke The funeral took place on 17th February of Mr. Jason Stait, of Woodbine Close, Pembroke. Jason, who was affectionately known as "Stan" to his many friends, was just 32. He had been unwell for eighteen months

  • Common sense

    Thank goodness for the wise decision of Pembrokeshire County Council (letters 4th April) in not approving the placing of two wind generators on the northern slopes of Frenni Fawr, near Crymych; indeed it would have truly been a bad day for common sense

  • Marvellous exhibition

    Dear Editor:- Through Kathleen Davies (Frogall, Spittal) and Eve Lewis, (Haverfordwest) I learned of an exhibition of Pembroke Main Street in days gone by, which is open to the public on the last Thursday of every month between 2pm and 4pm in the Tabernacle

  • Harbour response

    Dear Editor I would appreciate the opportunity to respond to the letter from Mahalah Fransham published in the March 28th edition of the “Western Telegraph” regarding launching fees at harbours in North Pembrokeshire. In respect of Porthclais I would

  • Political positioning

    When the electors of Pembrokeshire go to vote in the council elections in May they should remember the independent Estyn report published in August last year on the performance of Pembrokeshire County Council. Although the inquiry began by investigating

  • Political positioning

    The letters about the forthcoming local elections certainly stir up opinions, volatile material these political issues. My only addition would be to stress the importance of using your privelege and right to vote.Then if you have voted it qualifies you

  • Political positioning

    I share Mr. David Edwards' anticipation of the local council elections taking place on 3rd May - five weeks away, not seven weeks, and from what I understand, councillors will be voted in for five years this time, not four. However, I am sad to see

  • Who pulls the strings?

    The evidence of the many protest groups and letters in local and semi national papers show the frustration, intense concern by the alert residents in Wales to the NHS changes being implemented now by the newly setup Health boards structure. Whilst creating

  • Spotlight on the elderly

    After reading the article in the Western Telegraph dated 28th March about an attack on a man in Haverfordwest in the early hours of Sunday morning March 18th, I felt I had to write to voice my extreme concerns regarding street lighting. In that article