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  • Did you spot Patrick Star in Pembroke?

    Patrick Star, the beloved, clumsy starfish from the children's TV favourite Spongebob Square Pants, made a guest appearance in Pembroke Main Street recently. Kayleigh Kitts, a local carer, was seen sporting the Patrick Star costumed attracting

  • Ysgol Bro Gwaun scholars are brilliant

    A SELECT group of Year nine and 10 pupils from Ysgol Bro Gwaun has recently participated in The Scholars Programme, run by The Brilliant Club. The Scholars Programme aims to provide insight into, and a challenge to work at, university level studies

  • Calls for action as locals priced out by second home sales

    A picturesque north Pembrokeshire village has been left with only a handful of permanent residents with all other houses bought as second homes or holiday lets. In the seaside hamlet of Cwm-yr-Eglwys, which has around 50 houses and a small static

  • Free golf taster sessions for ages 60+

    Several golf clubs across Pembrokeshire have partnered with Pembrokeshire Leisure and Active 4 Life to help anybody aged 60 or above outdoors and playing golf. The five golf clubs taking part in the partnership are Haverfordwest Golf Club, Milford

  • Tesco wants you to become a Food Waste Hero

    Tesco’s Pembroke Dock Superstore has joined forces with food sharing app and social enterprise OLIO which is encouraging people across Pembrokeshire to become Food Waste Heroes. The OLIO app allows anyone who signs up to tackle the issue of food

  • £8,000 Pembrokeshire Lottery superdraw drawn

    Pembrokeshire Lottery held its summer superdraw on Wednesday, June 2, which saw Linda Frampton from Milford Haven win the £8,000 prize with lottery number 36098. The draw was aired on 102.5 Radio Pembrokeshire. Shortly afterwards, the Pembrokeshire

  • Free session on becoming a childminder

    Pembrokeshire County Council has announced that it will host a briefing session on becoming a childminder for anybody in the county. The briefing session will take place on Monday, June 28 between 2pm and 3.30pm, as the county council ask anyone

  • Free first aid class in Milford Haven

    Hubberston and Hakin Community Centre has announced that there will be a free first aid class for residents in the two areas of Milford Haven. The course taking place is 'a Highfield accredited Emergency First Aid at Work' course which will take

  • Man jailed for biting security guard’s ear

    A FORMER St Dogmaels man has been jailed for five-and-a-half years for assaulting a security guard at a charity event in New Quay and leaving him permanently disfigured. Philip Nicholas Ladd, aged 38, was found guilty of assault causing grievous

  • New community speed watch team set up in Pembroke Dock

    A community speed watch team is being set up in Pembroke Dock, aiming to educate drivers about the need to drive within the legal limits Pembroke Dock will be joining six other community speed watch teams across Pembrokeshire, all of which aim to

  • Save some dogs poo bags for visitors, pleads Marina team

    Milford Waterfront has reminded dog walkers on the Marina of the importance of using 'poo bags' to clean up after their furry friends. The Waterfront team does supply poo bags; but only in limited numbers and these are being depleted by people taking

  • 30 new coronavirus cases reported in Hywel Dda today, June 9

    Thirty new coronavirus cases have been recorded in Hywel Dda health board area; according to today’s figures (Wednesday, June 9). Public Health Wales (PHW) data shows that there were 19 new cases in Carmarthenshire, seven in Pembrokeshire and four

  • Councillors discuss Pembroke Dock's weed problem

    Cllr Maureen Bowen raised concerns about an overgrowth of weeds around Pembroke Dock in the town council meeting on Thursday, June 3. She said that she had never seen the weeds as bad, and asked if there is anyone to get rid of them. Phil Lynch

  • Police warn of oil spill and poor visibility

    Police are warning drivers travelling between Maenclochog, Rosebush and Eglwyswrw to take care due to an oils spill and poor visibility. The warning applies to the B4313 from Maenclochog towards Rosebush and on the B4329 Mountain Road from the

  • Pembroke Dock to get ten new public benches

    Ten new benches will soon be gracing the streets of Pembroke Dock. The decision to install them comes after suggestions that more casual resting places needed to be created around the town, since more people would be spending time locally due to