Angle: Royal visit planned for October

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8 years ago

September 24, 2018

HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS The Duke of Gloucester is to visit Pembrokeshire on Thursday, October 4.

His Royal Highness will be carrying out four engagements in the county – three of them in Angle.

The highlight of the visit will be The Duke’s unveiling of a memorial at an unmarked Japanese war grave in Angle churchyard.

During the First World War on October 4, 1918, a 7,700-ton merchant ship, Hirano Maru, was torpedoed by a German U-Boat 200 miles south of Ireland.

Of the 320 people onboard, only 28 were saved. Several of the bodies were washed ashore at Angle and subsequently buried in the village churchyard.

Funds for the granite obelisk have been raised locally under the auspices of the West Wales Maritime Heritage Society and by a donation from the NYK Shipping Line, owners of the Hirano Maru.

Representatives from the company will be at the ceremony along with staff from the Japanese Embassy in London.

The memorial has been made locally by a father and son team of stonemasons from Milford Haven.

The Duke will also be visiting Angle lifeboat station – which is celebrating its 150th anniversary this year – and Chapel Bay Fort and Museum at the western end of the village.

The coast artillery fort, a scheduled ancient monument, was completed in 1891 and is the earliest known fort in the world constructed principally in mass concrete.

His Royal Highness is Patron of the Fortress Study Group which aims to further the understanding of military fortifications.

Earlier in the day, The Duke will officially open Paul Sartori House in Winch Lane, Haverfordwest.

The building is the headquarters of the Paul Sartori Foundation which provides Pembrokeshire’s only Hospice at Home service.

Hakin motorist banned after driving 14 times over drug limit

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5 minutes 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

Begelly man remanded over alleged May Day assault

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7 minutes 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.

Waterston man denies child rape and sexual assault charges

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35 minutes 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.