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  • Six of the best for Tenby folk gig

    Razor Bill, the very popular Pembrokeshire folk and acoustic band, started out six years ago with four members. Since then the line-up has fluctuated between four or five, with various permutations of instruments and voices. It did once reach six

  • Obituaries, September 11, 2019

    Mrs J Cole Pembroke Mrs Janet Cole, of Payers Avenue, Pembroke, passed away on July 18 at Ashdale Nursing Home, Pembroke. She was 84. Janet was born in Aldershot, Hampshire, to Gwendoline and Major Harold Mitchell, and was the second of four

  • Narberth come from behind to win at Carew

    Division 1: Carew 1-3 Narberth Narberth came from behind to secure a surprise win at Carew, with all the goals coming in a highly entertaining first half. The Rooks took the lead in the second minute, striker Sam Christopher chipping keeper

  • Letter: 'West Wales could benefit from offshore wind power'

    ON September 12 BEIS [The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy] announced contracts for difference for six Gigawatts of new wind power, mainly offshore wind farms. Most installations will be in English waters with the balance being

  • Stay of execution for Pembrokeshire bank

    BANKING giant Barclays has named one of its last two remaining branches in Pembrokeshire as one of the 100 it is pledging to keep open for at least the next two years. The Tenby branch of the bank is amongst 15 in Wales which will stay until October

  • 'Swampy' returns to activism with Valero oil refinery protest

    AN eco-protester who found fame as 'Swampy' in the 1990s returned to activism by blocking a road to the Valero Pembroke Refinery. Daniel Marc Hooper, of Talley, Llandeilo, was fined for joining a blockade of the refinery by laying in the road with

  • Mother and children threatened with broken bottle

    A man is to appear in crown court after he threatened to stab a woman and her young children and slice their faces with a broken bottle. Nathan Christopher Forrest, formerly of Haverfordwest, now of Hill Mountain, Houghton, Milford Haven, appeared

  • Steele's treble saves Monkton after Clarbie come out firing

    Division 1: Clarbeston Road 3-4 Monkton Swifts Ben Steele scored a terrific hat-trick to help Monkton Swifts come from 3-1 down and just snatch victory against luckless Clarbeston Road. Steele opened the scoring with a fierce 20-yard right