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  • Ending pizza shift with vodka led to ban

    Drinking vodka after a night of delivering pizzas led to a 15 month driving ban doe a Sageston man. Ian Leslie Holmes, of Bartletts Well Road, pleaded guilty to driving while over the legal alcohol limit when he appeared before Haverfordwest magistrates

  • Village pub fund tops £45K in first month

    MORE than £45,000 has so far been raised in an effort to save a village pub from closure. The White Hart Inn at St Dogmaels will close on May 5 and a campaign has been launched to turn it into a community-run asset, funded y a community share issue

  • Delays at broken traffic lights

    Broken traffic lights are causing delays in Steynton near Milford Haven. Dyfed-Powys Police said the contractor has been called to fix the lights. Police are managing the traffic.

  • CCTV installed to combat vandals

    CCTV has been installed in St Dogmaels in a bid to crack down on anti-social behaviour and vandalism in the area. The Crymych Neighbourhood Policing Team has put up the cameras at Alexandra Gardens and is currently investigating criminal damage

  • Obituaries, April 17, 2019

    GIOVANNA Giannuzzi née GENTILE of Milford Haven, passed away peacefully aged 85 on Wednesday, April 3 at home, surrounded by her family. Shortly after taking her marriage vows in 1954, she travelled from Italy with her husband, Natale, to settle

  • Defective brake-light led police to cannabis stash

    Magistrates have ordered the destruction of a £250 cannabis stash, which was bought in bulk for pain relief. Andrew James Rowland, of Ramsden Court, Monkton, pleaded guilty to possession of Class B drugs when he appeared at Haverfordwest magistrates

  • Five-hour mercy mission to rescue yacht

    A YACHT, stuck some 13 miles from the coast, was rescued by lifeboat in a five-hour mercy mission on Wednesday. Posting on Facebook, St Davids Lifeboat RNLI wrote: “The volunteer crew of St Davids RNLI all-weather lifeboat Norah Wortley undertook

  • D-Day vet tells his heroic war story

    D-DAY Veteran Ted Owens – soon to return again to the Normandy beaches 75 years on – has written his own compelling war story. Ted, a 94-year-old former Royal Marine Commando, is a legend in his home town of Pembroke Dock. His book, entitled

  • Aden makes a big splash for charity

    CHAIRMAN of Pembrokeshire County Council Aden Brinn has handed over a £170 cheque to a local-based charity. The DPJ Foundation - which supports people with poor mental health in rural communities – benefitted after Cllr Brinn was sponsored to take

  • Adrian seeks votes to get his photo to the top of the tree

    TREE care specialist Adrian Dowling is showcasing his skills overlooking an iconic Tenby scene in a photograph which is in the final of a national competition. Adrian, whose Arb-Aid business works throughout Pembrokeshire, was snapped by his colleague

  • Tobefair lands a big win at Cheltenham

    There were celebrations galore 'Down the Quay' on Wednesday as Tobefair notched an eighth race win at the Safran Landing Systems Handicap Hurdle at Cheltenham. The nine-year-old gelding, trained by Paul and Debbie Hamer and owned by the syndicate

  • Jail warning for sexual offences against five boys

    A SAGESTON man has been warned a jail sentence could follow after he admitted committing sexual offences against five boys. Jonathan Harris, aged 24, appeared before Judge Geraint Walters at Swansea crown court on April 18 for a plea and trial preparation