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Milford Haven: Mount Estate awash with cheap Valium
A RESIDENT of the Mount Estate in Milford Haven has come to The Pembrokeshire Herald concerned about the amount of Valium tablets being sold illegally, without a prescription.
Our source, who does not want to be named for fear or reprisals, said: “I usually have a little bit of weed off the dealers on the estate but now they are all offering me Valium. Its cheaper and stronger – I have personally turned this down, but I know for other people it will be very tempting – especially if they are short of money and want a fix.
“I am speaking out because I know of someone who has died from taking street Valium. The amount of the active ingredient in each tablet is not always the same as the label as very often the medication is fake and comes from abroad.
“I wont risk taking one and never waking up.”
This newspaper has been given information from another source that four key people are responsible for selling the diazepam tablets for £1 each for a blue 10mg pill. They are, we are told, all living on the estate.
Our second source told: “Very often they are sold now in their foil strips of 10 pills for £10.”
The Herald understands that the class C drug is being imported into the UK in large quantities from Turkey, and is brought to the estate by a woman who lives in Neyland.
Police suspect that a plethora of amateur laboratories are manufacturing the controlled class C drug in response to growing demand from users who often combine it with other substances. The drug and alcohol treatment charity Addaction fears that the scale of the problem is becoming a major problem for health services and has called for doctors and pharmacists to be better informed about the dangers of the drug.
The counterfeit trade appears to be sophisticated: Diazepam tablets being sold illicitly often bear a variety of genuine manufacturers’ logos. But experts said it was difficult to gauge whether the drugs were genuine or fake.
Experts have detected what they say is an alarming rise in cases of ‘super-dosing’, where people take vast quantities of diazepam that far exceed a “prescribed” dose and can result in violent, sometimes fatal, seizures.
There are well over 200 hundred deaths in the UK every year attributed to the abuse of diazepam, some of them in west Wales.
The Herald has asked our sources to go to the police with the information they have.
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Closure of Tata Steel’s coke ovens sparks political and union backlash
THE recent announcement by Tata Steel to close the coke ovens at its Port Talbot plant in South Wales has ignited a firestorm of political and industrial action, highlighting the deepening crisis within the British steel industry and the challenges facing the transition to green steel.
Jo Stevens MP, the Shadow Welsh Secretary, expressed her concerns over the impact of the closure on the Welsh steel industry and the workers affected. Stevens emphasized the need for assurances about the workers’ immediate future and pledged that a UK Labour government would invest in the steel industry to support the transition to green steel, harnessing the skills, talent, and ambition of Welsh steelworkers.
The closure, slated for Wednesday due to concerns over the ovens’ “operational stability,” has been criticized by regional Senedd Members for South Wales West, Tom Giffard MS, and Dr. Altaf Hussain MS. They accused the Labour Welsh Government of neglecting its support for the Tata Steelworks in Port Talbot, highlighting a lack of financial assistance since 2019 and calling for a change in response to the current developments.
Unite, the UK’s leading union, has been vocal in its opposition to Tata’s decision, describing it as a shock and a “result of years of betrayal.” The union criticized Tata for not disclosing the imminent risk of closure during recent consultations and announced a ballot for industrial action among 1,500 Tata workers. Unite insists there should be no job losses at Port Talbot or Llanwern and that a blast furnace should remain operational.
Peter Hughes, Unite’s regional secretary for Wales, called for Tata to halt its closure plans in anticipation of Labour’s promised £3 billion investment to rejuvenate the UK steel industry. He accused Tata of managing the decline of UK steel while accepting government subsidies, describing the company’s actions as “deliberate industrial vandalism.”
The closure has not only raised concerns about the future of steel production in the UK but also spotlighted the political and economic strategies required to ensure the industry’s survival and transition towards more sustainable practices. The unfolding situation underscores the need for a collaborative approach between the government, industry stakeholders, and the workforce to navigate the complex challenges ahead.
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Firefighters tackle blaze at block of garages in Monkton
ONE person was injured as a result of a sunday afternoon garage fire in a block of garages in Monkton.
A spokesperson for Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service told The Pembrokeshire Herald said: “At 1.31pm on March 17, Pembroke Dock and Milford Haven crews were called to extinguish a fire in an alight central garage and were forced to use two breathing apparatus and two hose reels.
“The firefighters reportedly left the scene at 3.02pm after continuing to dampen the fire and check for fire spread.
“The casualty was treated by ambulance service personnel also in attendance.”
The police confirmed that a garage fire had been dealt with by Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service and Welsh Ambulance Service attended.
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Air ambulance called following incident at Aldi Pembroke Dock
THE WALES AIR AMBULANCE, along with the Welsh Ambulance Service and police were called on Monday morning to an incident at the Aldi supermarket car park in Pembroke Dock.
The Herald understands that the alarm was raised after a car hit a person in the car park after 9am.
We have been told that the incident involved a local taxi.
The emergency services have been asked for a comment.
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