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
Gavin & Stacey writer and star James Corden has revealed why he thinks the sitcom has been such a hit with audiences for the best part of two decades, saying that nothing about the show is “fake” and that it is essentially to do with “family and friendship”. Corden, who plays Smithy, wrote the show … Read more
A Florida man appeared in a Polk County courtroom on Monday after being accused of fatally shooting his father and critically wounding his mother over the weekend during a household argument about work. Joseph Voigt, 23, who will face murder and attempted murder charges, admitted to shooting Susan Voigt, 58, and killing Marvin Voigt, 63, … Read more
A NEWPORT-BASED homeless charity has not had its lease renewed at a shopping centre unit because the landlord said people were sleeping inside it, a claim which the charity denies. The homeless charity, Pride in Pill, in Newport has announced it will be ending its work after being given notice to vacate Kingsway Shopping Centre. The Kingsway told … Read more