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  • Village's £4,000 cancer charity boost

    SAUNDERSFOOT's hard-working committee of Cancer Research UK has had another successful year of fund-raising. Events, collections and donations over the past 12 months have enabled the committee to donate the superb sum of £4,000 to the national

  • Arrested woman feigned unconsciousness

    A Haverfordwest woman, who attempted to jump out of a police car, became abusive after feigning unconsciousness at the hospital. Sian Davies, of Cartlett, pleaded guilty to using threatening, or abusive words or behaviour likely to cause harassment

  • A477 road closed in police incident now reopened

    THE main A477 Kilgetty-Red Roses road in south Pembrokeshire was closed today, February 13, in both directions for more than two hours due to an incident involving police. The road was closed from the A478 (Kilgetty Roundabout) to A477 / Red Roses

  • Remembering the mining disaster which took 40 lives

    A MEMORIAL to the men and children who died in Pembrokeshire's worst mining disaster will be rededicated on the 175th anniversary tomorrow (Thursday). On February 14, 1844, a total of 40 people, including Joseph Harts a four-year-old child, died

  • Another lorry stuck under railway bridge

    PEMBROKESHIRE saw the third lorry stuck under a railway bridge in less than 24 hours today, February 13. Following on from Tuesday night’s two-plus hour hold-up when a lorry and its excavator cargo became stuck under the railway bridge at Merlins

  • Horror farm protest planned

    A PROTEST outside the horror farm, where more than 200 animals were rescued late last month, has been organised for this Friday. Pembroke and Pembroke Dock residents have expressed concerns on social media that animals may still be on the site.

  • 7s star Bennett helps Wales bounce back in Sydney

    Former Ysgol Y Preseli pupil Sion Bennett is back on home soil after helping the Wales 7s team achieve their best HSBC World Series tournament display of the season down under. The 25-year-old returned to the  squad for the Hamilton and Sydney

  • 'More for less' admission as Council tax rises 10 per cent

    COUNCIL Tax payers in Pembrokeshire look set to be hit with a 10 per cent rise this coming year, with the man responsible admitting residents are "paying more for less." Cabinet’s final recommendations on the upcoming council budget have been put

  • GP numbers highest in five years

    More GPs are applying to work and train in Pembrokeshire than at any point in the last five years, a Hywel Dda representative has said. At a recent meeting of the Hywel Dda Community Health Council (Wednesday, February 6), members asked what was

  • Thief sprinted off with spirits

    Stolen alcohol disappeared before police caught up with a shop-lifter. Benjamin James Phillips, of Laugharne Close, Pembroke, appeared at Haverfordwest magistrates court on Tuesday, February 5, to plead guilty to theft from a shop. Vaughan Pritchard-Jones

  • Rapid swimmer Rhys races to two world records

    It wasn't a bad weekend or two of swimming. Pembrokeshire County Swimming (PCS) member Rhys Davies is recovering from the recent regional championships in Haverfordwest after breaking two INAS world records. He clocked 2:09:01 in the 200 metre