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Plans underway for grant funding bid to reopen popular path

Published

2 years ago

March 4, 2024

PEMBROKESHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL is finalising plans to bid for Welsh Government funding to repair and reopen the recently closed Wiseman’s Bridge to Saundersfoot path.

The popular route, which is also a section of the National Cycle Route 4, had to be closed on safety grounds following landslips in November, December and most recently February.

Pembrokeshire County Council understands the concern among residents about local access and that a plan is needed to address the issue with landslides attributed to heavy rainfall over recent months.

Shared use path cliff stabilisation works will be discussed at Cabinet on March 11th, which will include a focus on possible funding.

The route also forms part of the National Cycle Network Route 4, and is one of the longest in the UK. Annual visitors along the route totalled 481, 684 in 2023 and was vital in supporting the local economy within Saundersfoot.

The Council has been working closely with Welsh Government, and the Welsh Active Travel Board to submit a bid application for funding works to restore the link.

There was a recent visit to Saundersfoot to view walking and cycling routes within the village, along with the landslide area.

It is anticipated that a bid for Welsh Government funding within the Active Travel scheme to help cover the cost of the remedial work required can be submitted.

This will include not only clearing the area, but to also undertake engineering safety works to re-stabilise the cliff in the affected areas.

In conjunction with Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority (PCNPA), a second funding application could be submitted via the National Parks Partnership Cycling Projects Fund.

In the meantime, there is continued risk of further rock falls and the public are asked to respect the closure of the path and avoid the area.

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Hakin motorist banned after driving 14 times over drug limit

Published

9 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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9 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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10 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.