CHARITY Paul Sartori Foundation has announced a major expansion of its retail operation in Haverfordwest, with a new community store planned for the former Factory Shop building on Snowdrop Lane.

The new Sartori Community Store is currently under development and will provide a much larger and more flexible space for the charity’s range of high-quality pre-loved and new goods.

Every purchase made at the store will help fund the Foundation’s free hospice at home services, which support patients and families across Pembrokeshire.

The move marks a significant step for the charity, both in improving the shopping experience and in increasing income for its vital local services.

As part of the transition, Paul Sartori will close its long-standing Bridge Street shop, which has served the Haverfordwest community for 16 years.

The charity has thanked the building’s landlords for their generosity and support since the store opened there in November 2011.

The Bridge Street premises hold a special place in Haverfordwest’s history, having once been home to the Sartori café and, before that, The Moon and Sixpence shop in historic Swan Square, overlooking the Old Bridge, which dates back to 1726.

The same friendly retail team will move to the new Snowdrop Lane store, where the charity plans to create a more community-focused space.

Plans include guest sellers, community group sessions and special events, making the store a hub for local people as well as a retail outlet.

The Foundation’s existing Snowdrop Lane premises will be converted into a central warehouse and donation drop-off point, helping staff and volunteers manage the large volume of donations received from the public.

The site will also include a dedicated mobility centre for larger second-hand mobility aids, including scooters, which are in high demand across Pembrokeshire.

Julia Brady, Head of Retail at the Paul Sartori Foundation, said: “This is a truly exciting step forward for our retail team and for the communities we support.

“Our new Snowdrop Lane store will give us the space to grow, to offer an even wider and more inspiring range of goods, and to create a welcoming environment where people feel part of something bigger.

“Every visit, every donation, and every purchase helps us continue delivering our free hospice at home care across Pembrokeshire, and we look forward to welcoming everyone to be part of this next chapter.”

Customers and supporters will be invited to a closing down sale at the Bridge Street store, with details to be announced once a moving date has been confirmed.

The Foundation is also preparing to recruit new volunteers to join its retail team ahead of the move.

MEN who conspired to steal more than £1m worth of tin ingots from Tata Steel’s Trostre site in Llanelli have been sentenced.

The conspiracy involved Tata employees Thomas Ashford, Stuart Jones and Richard Jones, together with co-defendant Matthew Membury.

Swansea Crown Court heard the men used a cloned security pass to access the site after deliveries had been received, before loading one or two-tonne blocks of tin into a van.

Dyfed-Powys Police were alerted in October 2024 after Tata Steel reported a suspected large-scale theft from the Llanelli site.

The company told officers that each time a delivery of tin ingots arrived, one or two blocks were missing by the following day. At that stage, around £500,000 worth of metal was believed to have been stolen across 13 incidents.

Police suspected that a van was being driven onto the site in the early hours using a cloned security pass under the name David Davies.

Security supervisor Stuart Jones and cast house supervisor Thomas Ashford were alleged to have allowed entry to the site and opened the warehouse, where the tin was loaded using a forklift.

Officers monitored deliveries and access card activations, and at 5:31am on October 11, 2024, were alerted that the suspect card had been used.

A van was seen entering the premises and was intercepted as it left. Inside, officers found one tonne of tin ingot worth £30,000.

Membury, who was driving the van, was arrested along with Ashford and Stuart Jones on suspicion of conspiracy to commit theft.

A CID investigation, using CCTV, financial records and digital evidence, established that the thefts took between three and 18 minutes to carry out.

Officers found Ashford and Stuart Jones had been arriving at work early on the days in question to help facilitate the offences.

The investigation also revealed the conspiracy had been running since July 2023, long before the initial report to police.

Another Tata employee, Richard Jones, was later found to have been involved. Police said he had placed ingots to one side ready for Membury’s arrival and had received £62,000 for his part.

Jones, aged 39, of Ceri Road, Swansea, was arrested at his home in January 2025.

Financial enquiries established that the total profit made from the stolen ingots was £743,826. The metal was melted down and sold at scrap yards across Wales and England.

All four men admitted conspiracy to commit theft at Swansea Crown Court.

On Tuesday (June 2), Stuart Jones, aged 56, of Maeswerdd, Llanelli, was jailed for 40 months.

Thomas Ashford, aged 36, of St David’s Road, Ammanford, was also jailed for 40 months.

Richard Jones, aged 39, of Ceri Road, Swansea, was given a 20-month prison sentence, suspended for two years.

Matthew Membury, aged 32, of Cathan Close, Port Mead, will be sentenced at a later date.

Officer in the case Detective Sergeant Jake Thomas said: “This is an excellent example of proactive work involving multiple departments, which resulted in the identification of a number of offenders who were intercepted in the act of carrying out their crime.

“I would like to thank everyone involved who worked on this investigation, as well as staff at Tata Steel for their assistance while we carried out enquiries.

“I am pleased that justice has taken its part following what was a prolonged and complex conspiracy, which has resulted in a large loss to a locally based and well-known company.”

PUBLIC concerns about speeding, drink and drug driving, mobile phone use and anti-social driving are being used to shape targeted roads policing operations across the Dyfed-Powys Police area.

Surveys submitted through Dyfed-Powys Connects are being combined with collision data and local intelligence to identify problem areas and plan enforcement activity.

Neighbourhood Policing and Prevention Teams, Roads Policing Units and GoSafe are working together on the initiative, with monthly meetings held to review concerns raised by residents.

The operations will focus on offences including speeding, drink and drug driving, failing to wear a seatbelt and using a mobile phone while driving. Anti-social driving has also been highlighted by members of the public.

Offending motorists stopped during the operations may be offered roadside engagement or face enforcement action.

Police said drivers could be offered a free roadside engagement session or a fixed penalty, depending on the offence and circumstances. A seatbelt offence currently carries a £100 fine, while a speeding offence can result in a £100 fine and three penalty points.

Motorists who refuse to engage with officers, or who are found to be exceeding the speed limit by a greater margin, may be prosecuted.

GoSafe will also assist with targeted enforcement in surrounding areas. Offences recorded by GoSafe may result in an educational course or a fixed penalty, depending on eligibility.

Chief Inspector Dominic Jones, of Dyfed-Powys Police, said: “The information people give us through Dyfed-Powys Connects is invaluable. It lets our teams get into the heart of communities struggling with these issues.

“Connects is opening a new way for us to talk directly with people and have conversations that shape what our officers are doing.

“The more we get from people on Dyfed-Powys Connects, the more we can target this behaviour and make our roads safer for everyone.”

Dyfed-Powys Connects is free to sign up for and is available online or as an app. It provides local alerts about policing activity, crime, anti-social behaviour, events and prevention messages.

Police said the activity and results of the road safety operations will also be published through Dyfed-Powys Connects.