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Gold eco award for Ysgol Clydau

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9 years ago

June 22, 2017

Tom Sinclair

Gold Sustainable Schools Award: Pupils of Ysgol Clydau (holding the award is Mary-Anne Newman and Toby Smith)

YSGOL CLYDAU in Tegryn has been praised for achieving a Gold Sustainable Schools Award.

The award is a culmination of 10 years effort by staff and pupils to incorporate sustainability and global citizenship into their learning and into the running of the school.

Headteacher Sion Jones said: “We are very proud to receive the Sustainable Schools Gold Award. We have worked hard ensuring this success through completing different projects.”

Schools progress through the Sustainable Schools Award at three levels, Bronze, Silver and Gold, and they are required to work on eight topics related to sustainability and global citizenship.

To gain their Gold Award, Ysgol Clydau completed their remaining topics Energy and Community Citizenship.

For their work on the Energy topic, the children held a debate on wind turbines and visited one of the turbines close to the school.

They built their own renewable energy generators following a trip to the historic Carew Tidal mill, funded by The Bluestone Foundation and organised by Darwin Science.

Pupils and staff also made a huge saving in the amount of electricity and heating used each year.

For the Community Citizenship topic, the school was proud to become involved with the local community helping to promote initiatives such as carbon monoxide safety and supporting the Preseli Green Dragon transport scheme.

Pupils also looked at the different roles individuals, organisations and businesses play in community life, with visits and talks.

Sustainable Schools Officer Tim Brew, who presented the school with their award, said: “This is a great achievement for pupils and staff at Ysgol Clydau, who have demonstrated their commitment to learning about sustainability by working on a number of fascinating and relevant projects.”

Once a school has its Gold Award, it can add Acorns to their award to show continued commitment to the development of sustainability in their school.

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Hakin motorist banned after driving 14 times over drug limit

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2 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

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2 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

3 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.