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Tuesday, December 24, 2024

Call For Director On Neyland CIC Labelled Mischief-Making

A call for a council director on a community interest company connected to Neyland’s community hub saw Pembrokeshire’s leader label it a question designed...

Conservation Status For Scenic Estuary Village Backed

Earlier this year the Cresselly Arms won the CAMRA (Campaign for Real Ale) pub of the year award for the whole of Wales.Plans to...

National Park Backing For RNLI Fundraising On Six Beaches

A call to let RNLI fundraising activities continue at six Pembrokeshire beaches has been backed by the national park. At Pembrokeshire Coast National Park authority...

Five Ways To Combat Wrinkles Without Using Botox

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Five Ways To Combat Wrinkles Without Using Botox One day you're wrinkle-free and the next day you wake up feeling you have aged five years...

Conservation Status In The Cards For Award Winning Pub

Plans to make one of south Pembrokeshire’s most scenic estuarial villages, home to a CAMRA award-winning pub, a conservation area are expected to be...

Adventure Tourism Hub Approved

A scheme for a new adventure tourism hub in north Pembrokeshire has been given the go-ahead despite concerns raised about the potential impact on...

ÂŁ1.3m Worse Welsh Government Funding Fears

Pembrokeshire could be facing a Welsh Government settlement of ÂŁ1.3m lower than last year, adding to an expected ÂŁ2.6m pressure following a decrease in...

Pembrokeshire E-Bike Scheme Expansion Mooted

Pembrokeshire’s e-bikes scheme trial, which got off to a rocky start with initial limited availability at weekends, and vandalism in Haverfordwest, could soon be...

Increase In Number Of Referred Council Complaints Across Wales

The number of enquiries and complaints referred to the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales about local authorities has increased by 17% this year, figures...

No Insect Meat In School Dinners

Pembrokeshire will not be ‘rolling out’ VEXo insect protein ‘mince’ for school dinner menus in the county, councillors heard yesterday, October 17. In a submitted...

Council Commits To Improve Flood Defences

A ‘full commitment’ to improve warning systems on a flood-prone road on the approach to Tenby was given after Pembrokeshire councillors heard the current...

Second Homes Council Tax Premium To Drop Next Year

Second homes council tax premiums in Pembrokeshire are to drop from the current 200 per cent rate to 150 per cent next financial year...

B&B Distillery Refused, But Hopes Applicant May Try Again

A resubmitted scheme for a gin distillery as part of a B&B in the centre of Britain’s smallest city has been turned down by...

Trail Of Cthulhu: Investigative Cosmic Horror

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In our growing list of games to mention for the spooky season, Trail of Cthulhu is one of my preferred genres, cosmic horror. Trail of...

Adventure Hub Call-In Rejected

A scheme for a new adventure tourism hub in north Pembrokeshire will be decided by national park planners after a previous ‘call-in’ plea for...

Councillor Given Dispensation To Speak On South Quay Development

A Pembroke county councillor has been given special dispensation to speak on discussions on the ongoing South Quay development in the town after applying...

Code Of Conduct Complaints

Pembrokeshire had 24 councillor code of conduct complaints in 2023-‘24, Pembrokeshire County Council’s Standards Committee heard today, October 14. The Public Services Ombudsman for Wales...

Bug Food In School Dinners Claim Disputed

The Pembrokeshire woman behind Dr Beynon’s Bug Farm and Bug Farm Foods has disputed claims that insect protein ‘mince’ will soon be rolled out...

Second Home Premiums Added ÂŁ9.1m To Council Coffers

Second home-owners in Pembrokeshire, whose 200 per cent council tax premiums have contributed more than ÂŁ9m to council coffers in this financial year, are...

Thousand Year Old Vampire: Lonely, Personal Horror

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As a way of marking the always auspicious occasions of All Hallow’s Eve, I thought I'd once again talk about a horror adjacent roleplaying...

ÂŁ150k E-Bikes Scheme To Come Under Spotlight At Full Council

Pembrokeshire County Council’s £150,000 e-bikes scheme, which got off to a rocky start with limited availability at weekends and bikes unavailable to hire in...

Question To Council About Potential Insect Protein In Schools

Pembrokeshire councillors will be asked if insect protein will be on the school dinner menu in the county soon, with children “effectively being forced...

Farm Barn Attraction Decision Expected In December

A Pembrokeshire farm barn attraction previously refused by planning officers, which has gained a 3,500-strong petition of support to keep it running, will be...

Approval For Trout Fishery Plans

Amendments to a trout fishery holiday chalet scheme, which was granted by Pembrokeshire councillors last year after being repeatedly recommended for refusal, have been...

Second Homes Tax Premium Not Expected To Increase

Second home-owners in Pembrokeshire are unlikely to see their council tax rise over the current treble rate next year, following a recommendation backed by...

Holiday Yacht In Garden Refused By Planners

Plans for a holiday accommodation yacht in a Milford Haven garden have been turned down by Pembrokeshire County Council. In an application to county planners,...

Megalith Memorial Garden Next To Crematorium Approved

Plans for an extension to Pembrokeshire’s Parc Gwyn Crematorium, with a new memorial garden featuring a stone megalith “in a more natural setting,” have...

Trout Farm Plan Amendments Recommended

Amendments to a holiday chalet scheme granted by Pembrokeshire councillors last year after being repeatedly recommended for refusal are expected to get the go-ahead...

Freeport – A Return To 1950s Prosperity?

Pembrokeshire could be “on the cusp” of an economic opportunity as great as the petrochemical industry investment in the county in the 1950s, senior...

Lidl Demolition Approval Expected

An application to demolish a Pembrokeshire supermarket, replacing it with a more modern facility, is expected to be approved by county planners next week. Lidl...

Takeaway Plans For Former Lifeboat Store

Plans to site a takeaway food kiosk at a former lifeboat store in a Pembrokeshire seaside town have been submitted to the national park. Ruby...

Council Tax Reduction For Firefighters Call Expected To Fail

A call for Pembrokeshire on-call firefighters to enjoy a reduction in council tax “in recognition of the vital work performed” is expected to be...

Specsavers Plans Revealed

Plans for a new Specsavers store at the former Poundland in Haverfordwest’s Riverside Quay have been submitted following a recently-agreed lease with the council. The...

Plans To Renovate And ‘upmarket’ Tenby’s ‘Unique’ Imperial Hotel

Plans to renovate and “upmarket” an iconic historic Pembrokeshire seafront hotel, including a new spa facility, have been submitted to the national park. Tenby’s Imperial...

Final Decision For Anchorage

Final Decision For Anchorage   A final decision on changes to social care in Pembrokeshire, following hopes there could be a breathing space for Pembroke Dock’s...

Village Shop Wants To Convert Nearby House To A Cafe

Plans by a village shop owner to convert a house “in a state of disrepair” to a cafĂ© to “improve the variety of community...

Mothership: Sci-Fi Horror

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As we say goodbye to the light of summer and Halloween lurks just around the corner, here’s our tabletop RPG recommendation for a one...

Pub Decking A No-Go

A Pembrokeshire seaside village pub will have to remove decking, installed for safety reasons after a child had near miss with a vehicle, because...

Plans To Convert Edwardian Department Store To Spa Hotel

Plans to convert a prominent historic former department store, which operated for more than a century in the seaside town of Tenby, to a...

Museum Solar Panels

Plans to site solar panels on the roof of a former Pembrokeshire bonded stores town museum have been approved by Pembrokeshire County Council. Daniel Sheen...

Sea Themed Sculptures Get The Go Ahead

A council scheme to site a seahorse sculpture and a wind-powered shoal of fish in Fishguard and Goodwick have been given the go-ahead by...

Famous Campaigns: Masks of Nyarlathotep

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Continuing our series on some of the most well known published RPG campaigns, we move on to Call of Cthulhu’s Masks of Nyarlathotep (MoN),...

The Senedd shot down calls to scrap the 20mph speed limit...

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Senedd members voted 37-14 against the Conservative motion which urged the Welsh Government to repeal the "disastrous" default 20mph policy.   Natasha Asghar, who was told off...

Famous Campaigns: The Enemy Within

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We’ll be starting the first of our series on published RPG campaigns with Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay’s The Enemy Within; oft described as the “best...

Alien: The Roleplaying Game

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Movie tie-ins of any game product can be a dubious prospect, usually little more than cash grabs trying to ride the popularity of something...

Facility At Flagship Council Development

A hospitality development at Pembrokeshire County Council’s new Western Quayside development in Haverfordwest is to open in less than two months’ time. Hospitality company Loungers...

How Safe Is Ozempic?

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Ozempic, also known as semaglutide, is a weight loss drug that has been around since 2012. It is primarily used by Type 2 diabetics...

Plans For Affordable Homes At Former Hotel

A pre-application consultation on plans to build 35 affordable homes on the site of the former Cleddau Bridge Hotel, Pembroke Dock is to be...

Consultation On LDP To Be Launched

A formal consultation on changes to Pembrokeshire’s local development plan, with an ambition to create nearly 2,000 affordable homes, is to go ahead. At an...

Public Storage Container Facility At Railway Yard Proposed

Plans to site public use storage containers close to a Pembrokeshire village’s railway station have been submitted to county planners. The application by S Fussell,...