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Warning from the fun police

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7 years ago

July 29, 2014

DYFED POWYS POLICE are asking farmers, local landowners and community council to be on the alert over the next couple of weeks for warning signs of any illegal gatherings planned for their land – coinciding with the Summer period.

Although there is no specific evidence of an event being planned for the County, social networking has made it easier for organisers to spread the word of events and numbers attending could quickly grow. Gatherings – such as illegal Raves – can cause considerable anxiety to the community and if they are not dealt with swiftly, they are difficult to stop or otherwise control, due often to the sheer numbers of persons involved and the safety aspects surrounding breaking up such an event. Nigel Hayes, Police Licensing Officer for Pembrokeshire, said: There is also little doubt that events are very well planned, organised and that local knowledge is important in drawing down the main group to a particular ‘vulnerable’ field, or area of land which has been targeted previously as a suitable venue. “Farmers, landowners and local communities are encouraged to report any suspicious activity immediately to the Police; this may be an unusual numbers of vehicles, especially camper vans, vans or trucks in the locality, illegal trespassers who may be doing ‘recce’ of sites in advance of the event.” Members of the public are also urged to be vigilant of persons who approach landowners or enquiring for land, in the guise of hiring for apparently acceptable activities such as gymkhanas and scouts/guides events. Sergeant Martin Vaughan also said: There has also been a marked increase in unplanned ‘Beach Parties’ throughout Pembrokeshire County during the year, which have attracted large numbers of youths/school children gathering at the locations with considerable amounts of alcohol in their possession. The vast majority of the youths are aged between 14 and 17 years and due to the alcohol consumption of some attendees, there has been a dramatic increase in Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB) related incidents, criminal damage and a negative impact on the community in general. We would urge parents to be aware of the consequences of supplying their children with alcohol and dropping them off unsupervised at these types of gatherings. To contact Dyfed-Powys Police call 101 and ask to speak to Duty Sergeant or Duty Inspector at Haverfordwest Police Station.

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Conservatives hold on to Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire seat

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2 hours ago

May 7, 2021

James Hemingray

THE CONSERVATIVES have held on to their Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire seat despite Labour closing the gap.

Sam Kurtz will take over the seat from the outgoing Angela Burns who held a majority of 3,400 at the last election.

This time, the gap was just 936 to Labour’s Hassan Riaz who picked up 10,304 votes.

Plaid Cymru’s Cefin Campbell picked up 6,615 votes.

The turnout in Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire was slightly up to 52.12% from 51.2% in 2016.

However, with a larger electorate thanks to votes for 16/17-year-olds, the number of votes cast went up by almost 3,000.

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Paul Davies re-elected as Conservatives hold Preseli Pembrokeshire

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2 hours ago

May 7, 2021

James Hemingray

PAUL DAVIES has been re-elected to represent the Preseli Pembrokeshire constituency.

He won with 12,295 votes, while there were 10,895 votes for Labour’s Jackie Jones.

Plaid Cymru candidate Cris Tomos gained just over 6,000 votes and there were also 1,239 for Reform UK candidate Alan Dennison.

There were over 3000 more votes cast in 2016, down largely in part to the fact that 16 and 17 year olds were able to vote in this election.

Both the Conservatives and Labour received more votes than before while the gap to Labour closed to just 1,400.

After being elected, Paul Davies said he would continue to ‘fight for Pembrokeshire’ and thanked those who had been involved in his campaign.

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Former Cardigan Castle director sentencing delayed

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7 hours ago

May 7, 2021

Thomas Sinclair

THE SENTENCING of a former director of Cardigan Castle who has pleaded guilty to charges of fraud and theft totalling over £40,000 has been delayed.

Former director, Jac Davies, pleaded guilty to charges of fraud and theft was due to be sentenced on Wednesday (May 4) at Swansea Crown Court – but has now been delayed.

Davies who held the £40,000 a year post fraudulently obtained £33,098.75 and stole a further £7,932.97 from the award winning restoration project..

Davies held his position at Cardigan Castle from September 2017 to November 2019.

The defendant has pleaded guilty to fraudulently obtaining £4,143.20 from the castle on December 21, 2017.

Again Davies admitted to fraudulently obtaining £28,955.55 between February 4, 2019 and November 3, 2019.

Two further charges of theft were also admitted – one charge of theft from the castle of £1,908.18 between May 2, 2018 and May 24, 2019 and a further charge of theft from Cardigan Castle Enterprises to the sum of £6,024.79.

Dyfed-Powys Police conducted a year long investigation after being contacted by the castle board of directors.

Financial discrepancies were identified during financial monitoring.

An internal investigation was launched and Davies left his position within the castle in October 2019 following a disciplinary process.