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NPQH and HLTA presentation ceremony

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10 years ago

October 28, 2016

NPQH candidates: With Barry Rees, Director of Learning and Partnership for Ceredigion County Council and Tom Fanning, ERW’s Programme co-ordinator for the New Deal

SUCCESSFUL NPQH and HLTA candidates in the ERW region have been praised for their commitment and hard work in a presentation ceremony.

Those successful in gaining their Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA) and National Professional Qualification for Headship (NPQH) were invited to a presentation ceremony in the University of Wales Trinity St David’s Lampeter campus on October 18.

This year, the ERW consortium has achieved a 100% pass rate, with all 26 of those assessed in their HLTA’s successfully passing. A further 30 candidates have successfully gained their NPQH.

The certificates were handed out on behalf of ERW by Barry Rees, Director of Learning and Partnership for Ceredigion County Council.

During the ceremony, Mr Rees said: “I would like to congratulate each and every one of you here today. It’s a chance to celebrate your success and also to thank your support networks at home who have supported you during this process.”

Tom Fanning, ERW’s Programme co-ordinator for the New Deal, who welcomed the successful candidates and their guests to the ceremony, said: “Throughout this process there has been a lot of collaborative working, which is as it should be and ties in with what we in ERW are doing, which is promoting and sharing good practice.”

ERW – the school improvement service for South and West Wales – works with six local authorities: Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Neath Port Talbot, Pembrokeshire, Powys and Swansea, covering over 500 schools.

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Hakin motorist banned after driving 14 times over drug limit

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14 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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14 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

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15 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.