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Monthly farming news, views and features from around west Wales
Monthly farming news, views and features from around west Wales
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Hook held by Town
County cricket Division two: Haverfordwest 2nds (101 for 8) drew with Hook (163 for 7) The match between Haverfordwest and Hook petered out into something of a tame draw. Hook were asked to bat first and reached 163 for 7 before The Town stiffs responded
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The Hammer nails his man
HARD-HITTING Pembroke Dock boxer Scott 'The Hammer' Gammer will fight for the British heavyweight title after a convincing victory in Sheffield on Sunday. Four-time Welsh Amateur Boxing Association champion Scott, 28, of 31 Dorset Row, Llanion, (pictured
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Surfer rescues drowning puppy
AN HEROIC surfer battled the elements with his longboard last Monday evening to save a puppy stranded off shore between Newgale and Pen-y-Cwm beach. Brave 23 year-old, Bryan Phillips, of 1 Erw-Lon, Pen-y-Cwm, paddled out from Newgale beach, at around
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Merlin's a wizard author ... at 91!
IT is never too late to try new things as a 91-year-old, first-time author proves. Merlin Jones, of Nevern, is eagerly awaiting the publication of his first book on May 26th. The children's tale, When the Lions Came to Tea, tells the story of Joey Kangaroo's
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Old soldier's final battle
Old soldier Alfred Finnigan (pictured right) has lost the final battle of his 108 years. Mr Finnigan - thought to be Wales' oldest man and one of the three senior surviving Great War veterans in Britain - died peacefully in Glangwili Hospital at 6am last
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500-mile Euro trek for Nicole
IT'S a distance of 500 miles, will take 30 days to complete and sits under the summer sun of France and Spain. But the well-trodden pilgrimage route from St Jean Pied de Port to Santiago de Compostela is a challenge Nicole Haegeman is savouring. The 19
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'Someone must die to make road safer'
Someone has to die before something is done about a dangerous bend in the Haverfordwest to St Davids road, claim councillors. At a recent city council meeting in St Davids, councillors attacked the county council about the lack of safety measures on the
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Patrick in race for life
Just weeks after Patrick Bunker was critically ill with meningococcal meningitis, the nine-year-old running champ has amazed family and friends by returning to the cross country circuit. Patrick, a Welsh cross country champion, was so seriously ill that
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Waiting lists slashed
National Assembly health minister Dr Brian Gibbons has praised Pembrokeshire for making big reductions in its waiting lists. The minister has written to Pembrokeshire Local Health Board and Pembrokeshire and Derwen NHS Trust to express his thanks following
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Blues sneak home
U18 Rugby: Griffiths Cup final Haverfordwest 9 Pembroke 8 Haverfordwest grabbed the Griffiths Cup with a nerve-jangling victory by one point over Pembroke in an absorbing final at Neyland's Athletic Ground. Neither side was able to dominate matters for
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Black Rabbit on cue
Snooker - Jimmy Allen Cup THE Black Rabbit recently overcame the Power Station to deservedly lift the Jimmy Allen trophy. The final was staged at the Waterloo Club, Milford Haven, and the format was two frames of singles and two of doubles with aggregate
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Tori returns home after polar record-breaker
POLAR explorer Tori James is back in Pembrokeshire and looking forward to some warm weather and summer barbecues. Tori celebrated completing the gruelling Scott Dunn Polar Challenge at her parents' home in Clarbeston Road at the weekend. She was 'absolutely
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Farmers' fears put to rest over right to roam
Only four per cent of the Pembrokeshire landscape will be opened up to the public under so called 'right to roam' laws which come into force next week. Farmers and landowners had feared that new rights of access would interfere with farming practices.
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Borderers romp to KO Cup victory
Rugby: Pembrokeshire KO Cup Final Crymych 10 Whitland 52 Whitland gained their expected comfortable victory in the Knock Out Cup Final at Haverfordwest but Crymych deserve credit for their part in a match where David was never going to beat Goliath. The
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Tom to tour New Zealand
Pembrokeshire College rugby academy student Tom Slater has been selected for the British Colleges summer rugby tour to New Zealand. Tom, who is 18 and from Broad Haven, is in his second year at the college and plays prop for the academy team, for Haverfordwest
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Power decision by end of year
Two companies which plan to build power stations in Pembrokeshire should know by the end of the year whether they have been given the go ahead. But the question being asked is: Will they actually build the gas-powered plants? Their proposals are currently
