News
Pembrokeshire Agricultural Society launch search for Ambassador-elect
PEMBROKESHIRE Agricultural Society is looking to appoint an Ambassador for 2023 to help support Officeholders in promoting and meeting the aims of the Society.
This voluntary role will shadow the 2022 Ambassador, Mrs Carys Phillips, at this year’s County Show and other Society events. They will also play an important role in the promotion of the work of the Society, the agricultural industry and rural life in Pembrokeshire.
Anyone aged between 18 and 30 and residing in Pembrokeshire can apply for the role. Shortlisted applicants will be invited to an interview on Tuesday, August 16, 2022, at the County Show office. The successful applicant will receive an allowance of £200 and membership of the Society for three years.
Mansel Raymond, Pembrokeshire Agricultural Society President, said: “The Ambassador role is an important one. In order to fulfil the role successfully the applicant must have excellent communication skills and an enthusiasm to carry out required duties. Knowledge of the Pembrokeshire Agricultural Society and the County Show is desirable. Last year was the first year we opened up applications to all and made the role inclusive to all.”
Carys Phillips was announced as Ambassador at last year’s County Show. Carys grew up on a dairy farm in Llys y Fran and now lives on a beef and sheep farm with her husband in Freshwater East. Carys is a primary school teacher at Ysgol Glannau Gwaun in Fishguard where she teaches years five and six in the Welsh stream.
A keen YFC member of Llys y Fran YFC for over 17 years, Carys was Chairman of the club for two years during the pandemic. She is Pembrokeshire YFC’s County Vice Chairman and also the Rally Queen.
Carys has fond memories of having always attended every day of the County Show for as far back as she remembers. Carys said, “Being from a dairy farm we never went on holidays as a family but the County Show was our go to holiday. Having had many friends who have gained the Ambassador role in the past, it felt like the right time to go for it and give as much as I can give to the society.”
Carys added, “I hope to help as much as I can in supporting the Society. I’m hoping to bring a close connection between Pembrokeshire YFC members and the Society and think it would be a great achievement if we can work closely as two fantastic agricultural movements in Pembrokeshire. Hopefully, this will bring new and young faces to help the society and the County Show. Working together is key and hopefully we will make strong connections with the young farmers around our county.”
Those interested in applying for the position will need to complete the application form: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=DQSIkWdsW0yxEjajBLZtrQAAAAAAAAAAAAFKUIcxW0JUN1BJWTVVVjZVWlFRUklLWlBDRTdBT1pFOS4u&wdLOR=cFDE8EAD0-0EC7-4239-AF82-1C66348F97BF&fbclid=IwAR2kgMOgqQsaZ2cISjF2b6ITJzQdG10Jw9RKFcNV1mJX-3ekGqUkRpO2ZDE
Previous Ambassador role holders are not eligible to apply.
Entertainment
Dolly Parton to explore Welsh roots near Tenby in upcoming TV special
Country legend Dolly Parton, who has discovered her Welsh heritage, is set to explore her roots in an upcoming TV special. Although the 78-year-old 9 to 5 star was born in Tennessee, she recently learned that her ancestors hailed from near Tenby.
Dolly, accompanied by her family, will visit the Welsh valleys, known for their rich singing tradition, as part of a four-part docu-series to be released next year. Her niece, singer Jada Star, shared that they traced their DNA back to Wales.
“Dolly is releasing a four-part docu-series about our roots and where we come from. There’ll be lots of footage from over there,” Jada revealed. She added that Dolly is just as glamorous in private as she appears in public. “I have never seen her unglammed in my life. She never wears slippers. Even when she’s lounging around her own house in PJ’s, she still wears Frederick’s fluffy Marabou high heel slip-ons. She has them in every colour to slip on when she’s relaxing at home.”
Following in her aunt’s footsteps, Jada will perform at Glastonbury next month. “Dolly is so excited for me,” she said. “Her main advice was, ‘Make sure to bring your rain boots’.”
Reflecting on Dolly’s memorable performance at Glastonbury in 2014, Jada noted that it gave her aunt “a new lease of life”. Jada’s new single, Keeper of My Heart, is out now.
Crime
Drink-driver ‘in blind panic’ to escape Haverfordwest pub
A CONSTRUCTION supervisor was so desperate to flee an alleged attacker who had accosted him inside a Haverfordwest pub that he drove his car from the pub car park despite being over the drink-drive limit.
This week Haverfordwest court heard how Gary Newell drove his black Kia Ceed out of The Bull Inn car park in Prendergast with the passenger door open. As he proceeded to drive down Church Lane, he was seen to collide with several vehicles, including a Nisson, a Vauxhall Insignia and a Ford transit van.
“He then abandoned the scene and fled,” Crown Prosecutor Linda Baker told Haverfordwest magistrates this week.
“Police received multiple calls in relation to his driving and to the fact that he’d collided with other vehicles.”
Officers eventually tracked Newell, 35, down to St David’s Church where he was arrested and charged with drink-driving.
Newell, of Linnet Close, Bristol, pleaded guilty to a charge.
“There was an incident inside the pub and a person followed the defendant out and tried to get into his car,” said his solicitor, Michael Kelleher. “He’d already received cuts and bruises and was in a blind panic to get away from the situation.”
Mr Kelleher said that Newell was subsequently taken by officers to Withybush Hospital where he received treatment for his injuries.
“He remained on a drip and was put on temazepam,” added Mr Kelleher.
“After this incident he moved away to Bristol to get away from the problems here.”
Mr Kelleher said that Newell is currently employed as a supervisor for a construction firm.
Newell was disqualified from driving for a total of 14 months. He was fined £800 and ordered to pay a £320 surcharge and £85 costs.
Crime
Mother-of-two drove on cocaine despite drug-drive ban
A MOTHER-of-two who ‘took a chance’ by driving on cocaine despite being disqualified for a previous drug-drive conviction has been ordered off the roads for four years.
Appearing before Haverfordwest magistrates this week was 42-year-old Donna Jones who pleaded guilty to driving a vehicle when she was over the specified drug limit on cocaine and the cocaine derivative, benzoylecgonine.
She admitted additional charges of driving whilst disqualified and of using a vehicle without third party insurance.
Police officers saw Jones driving a Renault Clio through Narberth just before 11pm on November 10, 2023. When they stopped the vehicle, they noticed a strong smell of cannabis emanating from the interior of the car.
“Checks carried out by the officers showed that the defendant had been disqualified from driving until April 2025,” said Crown Prosecutor Linda Baker.
“Her previous convictions took place in 2018 and 2022.”
Meanwhile probation officer Julie Norman told the magistrates that on November 10, Jones had travelled to Pembrokeshire from her home in Belvedere Avenue, Carmarthen, to attend her god-daughter’s funeral.
“After the funeral she went back to the family home in Preseli and although she wasn’t drinking alcohol, she took some cocaine,” she said.
“She then drove back from Preseli to Carmarthen but she got lost and ended up in Narberth. That’s where the police found her. That day, she just took a chance.”
Jones was sentenced to 20 weeks in custody, suspended for 12 months. She must also carry out 20 rehabilitation activity requirement days, She was banned from driving for a total of 48 months and must pay a £154 surcharge and £85 costs.
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