News

Bus crashes into shop window

Published

12 years ago

April 4, 2014

WHEN A Silcox bus collided with the bay window of a cake shop in Pembroke on Wednesday it caused major disruption to the traffic in the town.

The bus driver had tried to make room for an emergency vehicle travelling in the opposite direction when it mounted the pavement and collided with the shop.

The owner of the shop, Lou Hardie, of Bees Knees, in Northgate Street was shocked by the incident which occurred around 2.55pm.

The bus was carrying six passengers at the time, but no-one was believed to have been injured.

The cake shop owner commented: “The traffic had come to standstill after a fire engine passed through, and it is thought that an ambulance was also trying to get through. It appears that the coach driver mounted the pavement to make access for the ambulance but he did not see the over-hanging window which came crashing down. It made an awful noise and I now seem to have wooden curtain for the shop.”

A Dyfed-Powys Police spokeswoman said: “Police attended a road traffic collision that occurred at approximately 2.55pm in Northgate Street, Pembroke. A bus has collided with the front of a business property in the street.”

A spokesman for Silcox Coaches confirmed one of its drivers was involved in an accident on the street but was unable to give any further details.

News

Hakin motorist banned after driving 14 times over drug limit

Published

14 hours ago

June 9, 2026

Sarah-Jane Absalom

A HAKIN motorist has been banned from driving for three years after being caught behind the wheel with cocaine and benzoylecgonine in his system.

Mark Briskham, 53, of Waterloo Square, Wellington Road, Hakin, was stopped by police on January 5 as he drove a Ford Kuga along Steynton Road, near Milford Haven.

Blood tests carried out at the police station showed he had 800mcg of benzoylecgonine in his system. The legal limit is 50mcg.

He also had 64mcg of cocaine in his system. The legal limit is 10mcg.

Briskham pleaded guilty to two drug-driving charges when he appeared before Haverfordwest Magistrates’ Court this week.

Magistrates disqualified him from driving for three years, taking into account a previous drug-drive conviction from 2020.

He was also fined £120 and ordered to pay £85 costs and a £48 surcharge.cr

Crime

Begelly man remanded over alleged May Day assault

Published

15 hours ago

June 9, 2026

Sarah-Jane Absalom

A PEMBROKESHIRE man has been remanded in custody following an alleged May Day assault against a woman in Begelly.

Tomas Baker, 34, of Ty Dee, New Road, Begelly, is accused of assaulting the woman, causing actual bodily harm, at an undisclosed location in Begelly on May 1.

Baker appeared before Haverfordwest Magistrates’ Court this week by video link from Swansea Prison.

He pleaded not guilty to the charge.

His trial will take place at Haverfordwest Magistrates’ Court on June 22.

Crime

Waterston man denies child rape and sexual assault charges

Published

15 hours ago

June 9, 2026

Tom Sinclair

A WATERSTON man has appeared before magistrates charged with 13 sexual offences against children, including three allegations of raping a girl under the age of 13.

Chaisee Price, 25, of Biggins Hill, Waterston, Milford Haven, appeared before Haverfordwest Magistrates’ Court this week.

He faces three charges of raping a girl under 13, eight charges of sexually assaulting girls aged between five and eight, and two charges of intentionally inciting girls under 13 to engage in sexual activity.

The offences are alleged to have taken place between 2014 and 2019.

Price denied all charges.

Because of the seriousness of the allegations, magistrates declined jurisdiction and the case will now proceed to Swansea Crown Court on July 10.

Price was released on conditional bail.

The conditions include a daily electronically monitored curfew between 6:00pm and 6:00am, no contact with the prosecution witness, no unsupervised contact with children under 18, and a requirement to surrender his passport to police.