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A Pembrokeshire RNLI crew has been thanked for saving a daughter’s life after she was swept out to sea on a paddleboard. The family of 14-year-old Lilly Evans have expressed their gratitude to the Tenby RNLI volunteers who rescued her. The incident happened on July 30, when Lilly was paddleboarding at Pendine Beach and was … Read more
Tenby Sailing Club is making progress with the refurbishment of its ground floor changing rooms. The club aims to complete all work by March, with top floor toilets available for use when the club is open until then. Membership renewals are due on January 1, with early payment offering a chance to avoid a planned … Read more
A tree-mendous festival of fabulous firs led up to the switch on of the Christmas lights in Britain’s smallest City. St Davids Christmas Tree Association’s twentieth festival of Christmas trees saw an imaginative array of trees adorn City Hall as well as a stunning selection of wreaths. (Image: St Davids Christmas Tree Association) The festival … Read more
Calls to improve the communication of road closures at a regularly flood-hit road at the entrance to Tenby are to be heard later this week. The Gumfreston area near the south Pembrokeshire seaside town is regularly hit with flood, and councillors recently heard its existing warning system appeared to not like working when its wet. … Read more
The Pembroke and Pembroke Dock Lions will be taking their fundraising to various stores this December. Due to an ageing membership, the group can no longer take to the streets with their festive sleigh. Instead, they’ve set up static displays at local venues for the past three years. Responding to a request from Haverfordwest’s Morrisons … Read more
A 15-year-old schoolgirl is seen smiling and chatting to the camera in a final Snapchat post, taken moments before she was fatally stabbed in the neck in a row over a teddy bear. Elianne Andam was supporting her friend in an exchange of possessions after she broke off her relationship with Hassan Sentamu. But the … Read more
Ministers should consider abandoning jury trials for some crown court cases unless they properly fund a justice system “in serious crisis”, the former lord chief justice has said. Lord Thomas said there had been a “political failure” by successive governments to invest in justice or make the difficult decisions needed to protect it. The crown … Read more
Hundreds of trials are being derailed because prison vans fail to transport the defendant to court on time, figures show. A Guardian analysis found 207 crown court trials in England and Wales were declared “ineffective” in 2023 – meaning they were postponed on the day – because the prison escort and custody service (Pecs) failed … Read more
The head of an abbey on a remote Welsh island has apologised for the “great suffering” endured by children who were abused by a late monk, and the “culture of secrecy and cover-up” that kept it hidden, after an independent review. Father Jan Rossey, who last year became the Abbot of Caldey Abbey, which is … Read more
We’re now just over two weeks away from the biggest and most anticipated event of the year for many – not just Christmas Day itself but what is believed to be the final ever episode of Gavin & Stacey. The new episode, dubbed ‘The Finale’, will be the show’s 21st and last episode and fans … Read more