A Milford Haven man sentenced for downloading child sex abuse images was at it again just a few months later, a judge heard this afternoon (Friday). Thomas Lee John had been made the subject of a sexual offences prevention order in July, 2012,
A Pembroke Dock man has today (Friday) admitted getting away with £80,000 worth of metal after breaking into the premises of a local company. Nathan Price, aged 21, admitted burgling United Aerospace Ltd on October 17 and stealing aluminium and
AN open day is being planned at Fishguard Fire Station later this year in a bid to recruit more on-call firefighters.The Head of Pembrokeshire County Command Steve Bryant met with County Councillors Wynne Evans, Myles Pepper, Pat Davies and Gwilym Price
A Haverfordwest man who built up “an absolutely disgusting, stomach churning” collection of child sex abuse images has been ordered today to undergo treatment. Liam Van-Rijn, aged 26, admitted eight offences of making indecent images of children
POLICE in Neyland have been granted new powers to move 'boy racers' on, in a bid to clear Brunel Quay of troublemakers.The first of its kind to be granted across Dyfed-Powys, the Section 30 dispersal order will cover Brunel Quay, Picton Road,
A HAVERFORDWEST man, who ran away after crashing a friend’s car into a wall following a night’s drinking, has been banned from driving for 17 months. Appearing before the town’s magistrates last week, Michael James Tomlin, 30, of Glen View, Merlins
THE family of a former Royal Marines Band member, who served at sea during the Second World War, are celebrating him being posthumously awarded an Arctic Star medal.Joffre Swales was one of many young men to experience first-hand the dangers of life at
Bill Carne recently donned his wellingtons to watch William Coney train in his canoe on a large pond near his family farm – and marvelled at the work ethic of this talented young 17 year old...This summer saw William Coney show his immense commitment
TWO weeks ago, historian Mark Muller wrote about George Essex Evans, poet laureate of Australia. Here, he details a visit from Dr Heather Little, a retired Australian GP who visited Pembrokeshire in search of more information about the poet.On the September
A PEMBROKE community centre has had a ‘grand’ win recently, gaining £1,000 worth of electrical goods.The Orange Way-based Pembroke 21c Community Centre received a ‘wish list’ of electrical goods worth £1,000 after winning
A BID to get royal status for Fishguard and Goodwick has been unsuccessful.Earlier this year the town council sent a letter to Her Majesty the Queen asking for the twin towns to be granted royal status in recognition of its people fending off the last
NEWPORT Film Club will host a rare opportunity to hear a personal insight from Alfred Hitchcock's only authorised biographer, followed by a screening of Vertigo (1958) on Friday, November 7 at Newport Memorial Hall.John Russell Taylor knew Hitchcock
SPAN Arts is behind an exciting new programme of art appetisers launching today (Friday), with clowning workshops and kinetic art in Clarbeston Road Hall and Bloomfield, Narberth. This sees the launch of a series of taster workshops ranging from
The parents of a man who went missing from Tenby ten years ago have spoken of their decade of agony without closure. CARYS THOMAS reports. Today (Friday) marks the tenth anniversary of the disappearance of James Nutley on a golfing holiday in Tenby
A DROP in session was held at Fishguard Yacht Club last Tuesday night to make sure local residents are well prepared for incidents of flooding.The event was organised by Pembrokeshire County Council and was attended by agencies such as Natural Resources
This week Bill Carne journeyed to Parc Llwyn Ty Gwyn to watch Whitland RFC train and afterwards we spoke to talented teenage back row player Cyle Weatherall about his earlier play at Pembroke Youth and now as a senior squad player with the Borderers .
A weekend of music starts tonight to help bring a sick young Pembrokeshire man home from Thailand. Nathan Perrin, who lived in Narberth, fell ill in Thailand a few weeks ago, and was taken to a specialist hospital in Phuket. While his family
ST DAVIDS storyteller and illustrator Jackie Morris is bringing her magical art to the National Botanic Garden of Wales this winter.Jackie’s big love of the natural world will dominate her winter show in the Garden’s Gallery – entitled
The team behind the marketing of Pembrokeshire Coast National Park will find out if it is the winner of two public relations awards at a glittering awards ceremony today (Friday). The authority’s communications and marketing team will soon go head
A SOLVA-born entrepreneur has raised more than £1 million for a children’s cancer charity by organising a series of major concerts.Young Voices was founded in 1996 by David Lewis, aged 73. Even though the company, which is now based in Cardiff
THE stark danger of buying medication over the internet has been highlighted by Pembrokeshire Coroner Mark Layton after the death of a Pembroke Dock woman. The body of Samanther Rebecca Smith, 40, was discovered by her brother on July 25 at her
Mrs E M Jordan Pembroke Dock THE death occurred on February 19 of Mrs Enid Marilyn Jordan of Arthur Street, Pembroke Dock. She would have been 70 on October 22. She was the only child of the late Mr and Mrs Clifford Kinton, who for many
Many people in Pembrokeshire will be aware of wind turbine applications that have been rejected by large numbers of local residents, the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority, local community councils and the Pembrokeshire Planning Authority,
I refer to the recent letter in your column from the leader of the Plaid Cymru Group in the County Council. I agree with him that it is regrettable that, in recent years, many of those elected to the Labour Group have defected to the ruling IPP
Regarding your story ‘Plaid says the six-day standstill law must go’. Farm incomes in Wales dropped by 44 per cent last year, while the Welsh Government’s decision to cut the amount of money paid directly to farmers by 15 per cent has made things
My fellow citizens of Pembrokeshire - our county of Pembrokeshire seems to have been run by a bunch of obstructive, selfish individuals that have not run this county the way it should have been run. Following that we are now allowing a £330,000
