A PREFERRED developer for Narberth’s old primary school site has been identified by Pembrokeshire County Council, it was confirmed on Monday.The building and playground, in a prime location at the entrance to the Town Moor car park, has been lying
COUNCIL tax will rise by 3.4 per cent in April, cabinet members have agreed this week.The increase, which will see those in Band D properties pay around £26 more a year, was approved by members at a meeting at County Hall on Monday (January 13).
A PLANNING application to extend the Castle Quarry gypsy traveller site, Monkton, Pembroke, has been submitted by Pembrokeshire County Council Housing Commission. The application is for permission to build three new caravan plots and washrooms on the
A forest frequented by hunter gatherers up to 10,000 years ago has been uncovered during storms at Newgale in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park. Archaeologists from the National Park Authority have been working with colleagues from Pembrokeshire
CONCERNS have been raised over health care provision in Pembroke Dock, following the closure of the Minor Injuries Unit (MIU) at South Pembrokeshire Hospital last November.Pembroke Dock Town Council is to write a letter to the health minister outlining
HUNDREDS of people turned out for the launch of Pembroke Dock’s Royal Dockyard digital building heritage project at the Dockyard Chapel last Friday and Saturday (January 10 and 11). Using nearly £10,000 of Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) money
A REPORT due to go before the Welsh Government could recommend slashing the number of local authorities in the country by half.According to investigative website Wales Eye, a source ‘very close’ to the Commission of Public Service Governance
MOVE over Man v Food, there’s a new kid on the block - Red Rose v Food.A Pembroke Dock couple are holding a Man v Food-style charity evening in aid of Withybush Hospital children’s ward after their baby daughter became ill last November.Tom
A ROYAL Marine, who grew up in Pembrokeshire, has been awarded an MBE in the New Year Honours. Warrant Officer Jim Morris was recognised for his work with Hasler Company in HM Naval Base, Plymouth, a unit co-ordinating the needs of sailors, Royal
Charity bathers plunged into a James Bond theme to be ‘shaken, not stirred’ for the annual New Year’s Day swim in Amroth.Despite poor weather conditions, around 40 dippers decided to take out a licence to thrill and turned out in some
THE public gallery cheered as plans for a wind turbine at The Paddock in Mathry were narrowly turned down last week.The application for a 34.2 metre turbine had been recommended for approval ahead of the planning committee meeting on Tuesday, January
PEMBROKE and Pembroke Dock Town Councils have both finalised their precept requests for 2014/15, with Pembroke residents facing a minor increase in council tax.Pembroke Town Council has requested slightly more than last year, with a precept of £
