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  • Wales coronavirus enforcement powers signed in

    NEW powers to help reduce the spread of coronavirus, protect the NHS and save lives have now come into force in Wales, First Minister Mark Drakeford has confirmed. The First Minister has signed into law new public health regulations strengthening

  • Listen to government advice: we all have a role to play

    PEMBROKESHIRE County Council Leader, Councillor David Simpson, has provided a further coronavirus update for Thursday, March 26, as follows: ‘I want to stress again the importance of listening to the government advice on how to tackle this virus

  • Police stop drivers on Cleddau Bridge

    POLICE have been stopping drivers on the Cleddau Bridge today, March 26, to see if their journeys are essential, as part of the coronavirus lockdown rules. People who continue to flout coronavirus lockdown rules will be breaking the law and could

  • New childcare arrangements for Pembrokeshire

    PEMBROKESHIRE County Council is introducing a Childcare hub-based model for critical workers and the families of vulnerable learners. The move follows the UK Government’s restrictions placed on movement this week and the need for greater social

  • Planning applications may be decided by officers

    PEMBROKESHIRE County Council will hold an ‘urgency committee’ next week to allow all planning applications to be delegated to officers during the COVID-19 outbreak – including the hotel development on Milford Haven’s waterfront. The committee, which

  • Six further deaths and 113 more coronavirus cases in Wales

    SIX further people have died from coronavirus in Wales, with 113 more positive cases in a day in Wales, as of March 26. The total number of officially confirmed cases is now 741, although the true number of cases is likely to be higher. There

  • Warning as people still visiting beaches

    PEOPLE are still going to the coast and beach despite Government warnings to stay at home because of COVID-19. Her Majesty's Coastguard is getting a number of calls reporting groups of people on beaches across the UK. Pete Mizen, assistant director

  • 'This is your Dunkirk moment Boris, get our people home'

    THE Maenchlochog dad of a north Pembrokeshire teenager and his friend, currently trapped in Peru, has pleaded for Prime Minister Boris Johnson to bring them and other Brits home. Earlier this month, Tim Fudge launched an anxious plea to help return

  • Health board meeting will not be public

    TODAY'S (Thursday) health board meeting is no longer being held in public, following the latest government advice on coronavirus. Hywel Dda Health Board is set to hold its meeting on March 26, but it will not be open to the public, nor held where

  • 'This is not a holiday, keep your children inside'

    ‘KEEP your children in as much as possible’ a Pembroke Dock councillor pleads. Paul Dowson has issued an online plea after seeing groups of children “hanging about or roaming the streets together in groups” despite the government call for everyone