The sixth annual Countryside Alliance Awards are now open to public nomination and local Assembly Member Paul Davies is urging the local community to get nominating.

The Countryside Alliance Awards, nicknamed the "Rural Oscars" were borne of a need to support and promote rural communities. They celebrate people going the extra mile to ensure that rural Wales' food and farming industry, small businesses, traditional skills, forward-thinking enterprises and, most of all, its people, can flourish. There are eight categories ranging from Local food Award to The Daily Telegraph Traditional Business Award.

Paul Davies said, "The Awards are an excellent way to promote the local businessmen and women who are working hard to keep rural Wales ticking. Our local produce is second to none and there are many community heroes and businesses worthy of recognition in Pembrokeshire, so please get involved and nominate today. Let's see if we can bring a British title home and tell a positive story about Pembrokeshire."