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Chasing Pavements ???
Adele was tipped to be the star newcomer on the music scene for 2008, as Mika was for 2007. Mika's album, Life in Cartoon Motion, in my (sad) opinion, was the best one from last year and its in my car CD player, now. But I cannot understand what Adele's
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Chasing Pavements ???
Adele was tipped to be the star newcomer on the music scene for 2008, as Mika was for 2007. Mika's album, Life in Cartoon Motion, in my (sad) opinion, was the best one from last year and its in my car CD player, now. But I cannot understand what Adele's
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Fallen fisherman rescued
Tenby costguard has just come back from a rescue at the rocks near Castle Beach, where a 66-year-old man fell and injured his head and knee. The man had been fishing on the rocks near the new lifeboat station. Shortly before 7.50pm he fell about six
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MoD plane recovered from cliffs
Tenby and Manorbier coastguards retrieved a large target aircraft from the cliffs near the army range shortly after 1.40 this afternoon. Coastguards were tasked to the cliffs by Old Castle Hill, where the craft, with a 12 foot wing span was stuck.
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TomTom taken
Haverfordwest police are advising driver to secure their vehicles and make sure all valuables are removed from them, following the theft of a TomTom sat nav system. The TomTom and charger were taken from a car parked at Withybush industrial estate
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Man arrested after LNG bomb threat
A local 28-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the bomb threat that closed South Hook LNG yesterday. All workers were evacuated from the site yesterday morning, after management received a phone call containing a threat to the site.
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Pure Madness? Probably!
Problem? Babies are being born in Africa HIV+ Every minute of every day, a baby is born with HIV, passed on by his or her mother during pregnancy, labour or upon delivery. Solution Drugs to prevent the mother-to-be passing on the HIV virus to the unborn
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Man due to be sentenced for possessing quarter of a kilo of skunk
A Pembroke Dock man who has pleaded guilty to possessing 252 grammes of skunk cannabis with a street value of £1,280, is due to be sentenced today. Ashley Steven Hughes, of 9 Princes Street, Pembroke Dock, claimed he had bought the drugs in bulk for
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Witness appeal after Portfield Gate crash
Police are appealing for the driver of a white lorry to come forward, following a one vehicle crash at Portfield Gate this morning, in which two women have been seriously injured. Emergency services received a 999 call at 9.18 this morning. Police
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Work stoppage over "abysmal" LNG evacuation
The Western Telegraph has received unconfirmed reports that workers at South Hook LNG have downed tools this morning (Wednesday) in protest over what they have described as a "shambolic" and "abysmal" evacuation procedure yesterday. Two sources at
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Boswell bags timely winner
Narberth 2. Pennar Robins 1. Narberth won by the odd-goal in three in a tough tussle against Pennar Robins at Jesse Road. This was the home side's eighth win of the campaign, and they leap frog Goodwick United and Pennar Robins, who both lost, to
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Flighty Swifts dent Wizards’ title dreams
Monkton Swifts 5. Merlins Bridge 1. FOUR time champions Monkton Swifts stunned current league leaders Merlins Bridge, by handing out a five-goal drubbing. This results means the Wizards' lead at the top has been cut to six points, and they have some
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Buckle hat trick dooms the Robins
Carew 5. Milford United 1. A terrific second half hat trick by Carew striker James Buckle ensured his side won this important bottom of the table clash over sorry Milford United. This was a clash the Robins were targeting for their first win of the
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Vikings close gap at the top
Prendergast Villa 1. Hakin United 5. Second placed Hakin United gained a comfortable victory at second from bottom Prendergast Villa. With leaders Merlins Bridge losing heavily at Monkton, this well earned Vikings win means they close the gap at
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Super Tish win eight-goal thriller at Neyland
Neyland 3. St Ishmaels 5. TOP Tish strikers Adam Davies and Jon Rodden bagged two goals apiece in an eight-goal thriller victory at Neyland. This excellent result keeps Tish in third place, chalking-up their ninth win of the season, while this was
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Charlie’s double sees off ten-man Herbie
Herbrandston 1. Solva 3. CHARLIE Sime grabbed a goal in each half to help in-form Solva secure an excellent victory at ten-man Herbrandston. This thoroughly deserved win keeps Solva in fourth place in the table, while Steve Batty's struggling Herbie
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Robinson’s winner stuns Goodwick
Haverfordwest County 1. Goodwick United 0. Luke Robinson's 75th minute winner earned rejuvenated Haverfordwest County the double over Goodwick United at the Bridge Meadow Stadium. It was only a few weeks ago that the Bluebirds won 3-2 at Phoenix
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Seagulls downed by leaders
Burry Port 39. Fishguard and Goodwick 8. Fishguard and Goodwick produced a good first half display against promotion favourites Burry Port but two dismissals in close succession wrecked their hopes of a comeback. Coach Alan Phillips said afterwards
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Saints suffer a set-back
St Davids 5. Aberaeron 32. St Davids recent run of good form came to an abrupt end as they went down to an Aberaeron side which had already beaten them 43-6 earlier in the season and have a strong sniff of promotion in their noses. The Saints played
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Griffiths drop goal wins it
Llandybie 12. Llangwm 13. A snap drop goal by Llangwm skipper Ian Griffiths edged Llangwm to a much-needed win at Llandybie and gave the Wasps revenge for a similar single-point defeat when the teams met at Pill Parks. Griffiths had switched from
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Bluebirds lose out at Rhyl
Rhyl 2. Haverfordwest County 0. The Bluebirds will take a lot of credit from a game in which a storming second half comeback saw Nick Woodrow's shot come off the bar and two very likely penalty shouts turned down. The Blues made two changes from
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Crymych stun section leaders
Morriston 17. Crymych 19. Crymych produced a terrific team effort to cause one of the surprise results of the day as they travelled to Morriston and beat the league leaders with some cracking tries and a defence that coach Glyndwr Richards described
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Super Scarlets beat Bont
Pembroke 20. Pontarddulais 5. Pembroke showed their real potential at this level as they gained a comfortable and fully-deserved win over a Pontarddulais side which is currently in the top three and hankering after promotion. But they encountered
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Yellow cards hurt battling Blues
Haverfordwest 6. Llanybydder 12. Haverfordwest battled hard against high-flying Llanybydder and although they were in contention throughout it proved significant they had three yellow cards to one in a match which was competitive but never dirty.
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All Blacks’ superb great escape stuns Mariners
Milford Haven 24. Neyland 26. TWENTY-one unanswered points in the final quarter allowed Neyland to stage the Great Escape' at the Observatory Ground as Milford showed their inexperience in letting a 24-5 lead slip through their fingers. A last-ditch
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Seasiders gain sweet revenge over Tycroes
Tenby United 53. Tycroes 5. Two tries apiece for Sam Smith and Gavin Brace helped Tenby gain one of their biggest wins of the season against Tycroes and jet them into contention at the top of the table as the three teams above them all lost. It also
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Cracking Cardis win
Cardigan 26. Aberystwyth 10. Cardigan reserved one of their best performances of the season for this cracking victory over Aberystwyth at a time when the Mid Wales side are in a rich vein of form but were given little chance to shine by Colin Davies
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Gritty Quins victory
Pembroke Dock Harlequins 19. Cwmgors 13. Pembroke Dock Harlequins went into their home match against Cwmgors knowing that anything other than a win would be a serious set-back to their hopes of remaining in the section and they responded well to the
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Borderers bow out to Bargoed
Whitland 16. Bargoed 24. Whitland bowed out of the Welsh cup after a hard-fought battle with Bargoed, currently second in division one East, who showed their forward strength to set up the platform for victory. The Borderers stuck to their task and
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Otters to carry the county flag
Glynneath 21. Narberth 34. It has been left to Narberth alone to carry the Pembrokeshire flag alone into round five of the Konica Minolta Cup. The earned their place after a hard battle against Glynneath, who play in division three (south-west),
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Pembroke ladies hockey round-up
Pembroke ladies recently travelled to Milford to play Fishguard ladies in their first league fixture of 2008. In terrible conditions and after a delay the game started with Fishguard attacking strongly, which immediately put Pembroke's midfield and defence
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Impressive Jordan continues to shine
Jordan Hart, of Pembroke Dock, continued her travels and maintained her good run of form recently when she won the badminton Under-13s Nottingham gold doubles on January 20th with partner Victoria Williams, of Hants. They faced England's number one
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Davies drives Whitland to terrific win double
A Whitland side inspired by Paul Davies showed why they are again one of the favourites to take the silverware this season after two impressive wins to kick-fire their challenge in the Pembrokeshire Indoor Cricket League. Davies scored 16 not out and
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Triathlon Club is spreading its wings with a new event
Pembrokeshire Triathlon Club is spreading its wings a little in 2008 by staging its first open duathlon, alongside its regular members-only triathlon, and the increasingly popular half marathon and 10k at Dale. Up first is the club triathlon in Haverfordwest
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Pembrokeshire actor pays tribute to co-star Heath Ledger
Welsh actor Christian Bale has paid tribute to Australian film star Heath Ledger, who was found dead in mysterious circumstances in his New York apartment last week. Haverfordwest-born Bale, aged 33, is currently on screens as one of the incarnations
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Casualty air lifted after Portfield crash
A casualty is about to be air lifted out of Portfield Gate in Haverfordwest following a two vehicle crash this morning. Emergency services, including two fire engines, and air ambulance, a land ambulance and a rapid response vehicle are at the scene
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Woman cut free from car wreck
A woman was taken to hospital after a collision involving one vehicle on Dredgeman Hill, Haverfordwest last night. The woman was released by fire crews using hydraulic cutting equipment at 11.47pm, and taken to hospital by ambulance. Three fire crews
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Vandals hit Johnston School
Johnston school was targeted by vandals over the weekend. The roof of the bike shed and kitchen door lock were damaged. Haverfordwest police are appealing for information.
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Man seriously assaulted at bus station
A 20 year-old man was seriously assaulted in the bus station near the multi-storey car park, Haverfordwest, at 2.10am on Sunday morning. Police are appealing for witnesses, and anyone with information is asked to contact PC Gough 767 at Haverfordwest
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Car overturned in Steynton
A car overturned near Ford farm, Steynton, at 6.52am on Wednesday. No injuries were reported, and Milford Haven fire crew made the scene safe.
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Time to Get Out More
A little known newspaper editor recently wrote "There are few things that annoy me more as much as a self important blogger". He obviously doesn't get out much, when you consider all the problems in our lives, in Pembrokeshire, Wales, the UK and the world
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Time to Get Out More
A little known newspaper editor recently wrote "There are few things that annoy me more as much as a self important blogger". He obviously doesn't get out much, when you consider all the problems in our lives, in Pembrokeshire, Wales, the UK and the world
