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  • Bike damage concerns led to drink-drive

    Concern about overnight parking in Tenby led to 16-month ban for a drink-driving motorcyclist. Aaron Gwyn Barnard, of Oxford Street, Pontycymer, pleaded guilty to driving while over the legal alcohol limit when he appeared at Haverfordwest magistrates

  • Brexit: Council petrol tariff plea to UK government

    A PLEA to central government not to impose petrol tariffs in the event of a no-deal Brexit has been made by Pembrokeshire County Council. Fears have been expressed that such a move could jeopardise the future of the Valero refinery near Pembroke

  • The final day - who needs what in Pembrokeshire cricket

    The final day. Well not quite, that’s reserved for the Harrison-Allen Bowl final a week Saturday but tomorrow, all the title, promotion, and relegation outcomes in the five Pembroke County Cricket Leagues will be known. And some divisions have

  • Conman swindled farmers out of thousands

    A ‘thoroughly dishonest’ Irish businessman based in Llandysul has been jailed for scamming two West Wales farmers and a pensioner out of almost £50,000 in a cross-border fraud. Jimmy Connors had been selling farm equipment to the victims for years

  • Lifeboat crew callout to crashed plane to be shown on TV

    THE volunteer lifeboat crew of St Davids RNLI will be taking to the small screen next week as they will feature twice in the first episode of the BBC TV series Saving Lives at Sea. Now in its fourth season, the documentary series, which showcases

  • Letter: 'Closing public toilets is a disgrace'

    IT is a disgrace closing public toilets and then talking about spending £2m on broadband connections (Western Telegraph, August 7). Why were public toilets build years ago?? We hear so much about Health and Safety, surely public toilets came

  • Letter: 'Blackout was not due to renewables'

    MR Haskell [Western Telegraph letters] is very keen to exhibit his qualifications and experience in the field of power generation. I assume that the National Grid have similarly or even better qualified engineers. They have clearly stated that

  • Parents assaulted at daughter's bedside

    Parents were assaulted when they rushed to their daughter’s bedside after hearing she had taken an overdose. Johnathan Mark Gammon, of Dimond Street East, Pembroke Dock, stood trial at Haverfordwest magistrates court on Wednesday, August 14 after

  • Pembroke Dock man admits drug possession

    An arrest for Class A and B drug possession proved a wake-up call for a Pembroke Dock man, a court has heard. John Eaton, of London Road, pleaded guilty to drug possession when he appeared at Haverfordwest magistrates court on Tuesday, August 13