News

Ten community meetings to take place next month across county

Published

7 years ago

September 15, 2017

IF you’d like to have your say on how waste and recycling is collected in your local town, and the use of Council-run facilities, then now’s your chance.

Pembrokeshire County Council is holding a series of ten community meetings this October and is inviting all residents to attend.

The meetings will provide local people with the opportunity to feed their ideas and suggestions into an ongoing review of domestic waste and recycling.

They will also give people the chance to find out more about a review of the County Council’s face-to-face facilities in Pembrokeshire’s main towns. These include places like customer service centres, youth centres, community learning centres, libraries and leisure centres.

The meetings are taking place because as with all local authorities in Wales, Pembrokeshire County Council is facing significant financial pressures.

In addition, increasingly challenging targets for recycling are being placed on all local Councils. Failure to meet targets could see substantial fines levied on local authorities.

The County Council is therefore looking at new and innovative ways of providing services within local communities which put less pressure on the public purse.

Cllr Cris Tomos, Cabinet Member for Environment and Welsh Language, said: “We’ve been engaged in a thorough review of our domestic waste and recycling collection arrangements for some time.

“This is now a good time for us to share the latest findings of the review with local residents and provide them with the all-important opportunity to make suggestions. This will help us shape some definite proposals, which we will then consult on more formally later this year.”

Cllr Bob Kilmister, Cabinet Member for Finance, said, “We know from previous engagement and consultation work that people think we have too many buildings.

“We have also had suggestions that we might look to combine a number of our services together in a smaller number of buildings to provide more ‘one stop shop’ style facilities for customers.

“As with waste and recycling, we are looking to hear ideas from residents as to how we might take this forward within their local towns. We will then hold a more formal consultation early next year.

“We very much hope that local people will take advantage of the opportunity to give their views on these important issues.”

Meetings will be taking place between 7pm and 8.30pm as follows:
October 9 – County Hall, Haverfordwest
October 10, Crymych Library
October 12 – Bloomfield Centre, Narberth
October 16 – Neyland Athletic Club
October 17 – Hubberston and Hakin Community Centre
October 18 – Pembroke Town Hall
October 23 – St John’s Hall, Pembroke Dock
October 24 – Tenby Community Learning Centre
October 25 – St Davids City Hall
October 26 – Fishguard Town Hall

News

Grieving family’s aim to protect young drivers in memory of daughter

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1 hour ago

January 24, 2025

Tom Sinclair

PEMBROKESHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL’S Road Safety Team have worked in partnership with the family of a young woman killed in a road traffic collision to launch an intervention for young drivers in our County and beyond.

Ella Bee’s Story aims to prevent further deaths on the road, particularly among the 17 to 25-year-old age group, and concentrates on the Fatal 5, peer pressure, driver behaviour and how to reduce the risks both as a driver and passenger.

Twenty-one year-old Ella Smith was killed in a road traffic collision on the Broad Haven road in 2021 and her family are bravely telling their story of the night it happened and the aftermath of losing Ella.

Two drivers involved in the collision were jailed for ten years each having been convicted of causing death by dangerous driving and causing serious injury by dangerous driving.

The intervention was launched recently and will be available to all schools and young peoples’ groups in the County, along with Pembrokeshire College.

The Road Safety Team worked closely with the family to put together the intervention which includes the production of two videos that can help educate all young drivers, and any adults with young drivers in the family.

Following the launch Ella’s mother Maria said: “We as a family and Ella’s best friends have worked tirelessly with Pembrokeshire County Council to produce a presentation on road safety to be delivered to schools, colleges and youth groups to educate young drivers on the devastating impact that losing Ella has had on us all.

“Ella your legacy will live on and you will forever be remembered for helping others even now.”

Cabinet Member for Residents’ Services Cllr Rhys Sinnett added: “The launch of Ella Bee’s Story was incredible moving. Ella’s family has been incredibly brave in their determination to ensure her tragic death is not in vain and this project will help other young drivers stay safe on our roads.”

For further information about how your school or youth group can access Ella Bee’s Story please email [email protected]

News

Storage container fire in Newcastle Emlyn

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2 hours ago

January 24, 2025

Tom Sinclair

AT11:48am on Friday (Jan 24), Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service crews from Llandysul and Carmarthen fire stations were called to a fire in Capel Iwan, Newcastle Emlyn.

The fire involved a 40-foot by 8-foot storage container and was confined to a generator inside. Firefighters used a hose reel jet, two breathing apparatus sets, a thermal imaging camera, and a positive pressure ventilation fan to extinguish the blaze.

Crews remained on site to dampen down the area before departing at 12:57pm.

Crime

Pembrokeshire man accused of assault and perverting justice remanded in custody

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2 hours ago

January 24, 2025

Sarah-Jane Absalom

A PEMBROKESHIRE man accused of assaulting a woman has been remanded in custody after allegedly offering her money to drop the charges.

Lohan Chapman, 19, of Primrose Close, Neyland, is accused of intentionally strangling a female during an alleged incident in Milford Haven on August 1, 2024, and of assaulting her by beating. He denies both charges.

This week, Haverfordwest Magistrates Court heard that Chapman was remanded in custody on January 18 after being accused of attempting to pervert the course of justice by offering his alleged victim an undisclosed sum of money to withdraw the charges.

District Judge Mark Layton declined jurisdiction in all three matters.