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Milford addict had ‘exceptionally high purity drugs’

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9 years ago

September 22, 2014

Tara Illingworth (1) A MILFORD HAVEN woman who ordered drugs through the post has today been given a last chance to beat her addiction.

Tara Illingworth, aged 37, arranged for a special delivery of heroin and cocaine but the Royal Mail intercepted the package and police arrived at her home in Howarth Close shortly after she had signed for it.

James Hartson, prosecuting, told Swansea crown court the parcel contained three wraps of heroin and two of cocaine.

Illingworth had persuaded Stephen Reynolds, aged 41, to post the drugs to her. He has already been jailed for four years.

Mr Hartson said after her arrest Illingworth told police it had not been the first time she had received drugs through the post.

Police also found evidence that she had been supplying friends and Illingworth admitted a charge of being concerned in the supply of Class A drugs.

The heroin and cocaine, added Mr Hartson, were of an exceptionally high purity.

The court heard that Illingworth’s 45 previous convictions included one for supplying heroin.

But since she had been held on remand at Eastwood Park women’s prison, near Bristol, she had made a serious attempt to come off drugs.

Her barrister, Frank Phillips, said she hoped to return to college as a step towards rebuilding her life.

Judge Peter Heywood said Illingworth had a long seated addiction to Class A drugs but she appeared to be motivated, at last, to do something about it.

Illingworth was made the subject of a 12 month drug rehabilitation order and placed under supervision for 12 months.

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Concerns in Camrose as person with drone spotted ‘spying on properties’

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2 hours ago

June 4, 2023

Tom Sinclair

CAMROSE COMMUNITY CENTRE posted a warning to residents on Sunday afternoon (Jun 4), after a person with a drone was spotted acting suspiciously.

The post on the Community Centre’s Facebook page said that a man with a large black van was spotted in the area using the drone to look into houses and gardens.

The Herald has asked the police for a comment

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Charles Street closed off as cladding falls off commercial building

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3 hours ago

June 4, 2023

Tom Sinclair

FIRE FIGHTERS and police responded late on Sunday morning (Jun 4) to an incident involving cladding falling off the the top of the second floor of a commercial building.

Traffic was diverted away from the affected area whilst emergency services made sure the structure was safe.

A ladder tender from Haverfordwest Fire Station was called upon to assist in the incident.

Initial reports stated that no person was injured by the falling debris.

One passer by said “It is lucky this happened on a Sunday when most of the shops were closed, the outcome could have been rather different if this happened on a week day.”

The police confirmed the incident happened at West Wales Properties building, 89A Charles Street, Milford Haven.

(Photos: Tracy Hobbs Stinton/Facebook and David Lee/Herald Photographer)

Entertainment

Galactic Triumph! Heritage Centre transforms for epic Falcon Fun Day

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4 hours ago

June 4, 2023

Tom Sinclair

THE TOWERING figure of Chewbacca made a grand first time entry to Pembrokeshire on Bank Holiday Monday, starring in the second Falcon Fun Day at Pembroke Dock Heritage Centre.

The famous Star Wars character joined other re-enactors, including Darth Vader, Stormtroopers and Luke Skywalker, posing for countless photographs with the many hundreds of visitors who flocked to the centre in bright sunshine.

Starring inside the centre was R2-D2, the legendary droid from the Star Wars films. Re-enactors, from the 501st UK Garrison costuming group, travelled from across Wales and as far away as Milton Keynes to join in an event which is already becoming a firm favourite for Star Wars fans of all ages from a very wide area.
The Heritage Centre features a permanent exhibition telling the story of how the ‘Millennium Falcon’ spaceship was built in secret in a former RAF hangar in the 1970s for the Star Wars film ‘The Empire Strikes Back’.

Mark Williams, leader of the Falcon project, said: “The lightsaber training proved very popular all day and the virtual reality experience was a huge success. We are grateful to all the visitors for their support and patience as there were, at times, long queues. We shall be back again next year.”