12 News New schools consultation THE FUTURE of English-


medium secondary education in Haverfordwest will be reviewed as a new consultation opens on Monday (Jan 9).


The consultation proposes to:


• Close Sir Thomas Picton School and Tasker Milward VC School on August, 31 2018.


• Establish a new 11-19 English-medium school in Haverfordwest with effect from September 1, 2018, initially utilising both existing school sites.


• Designate Johnston CP School and Neyland CP School as feeder schools to Milford Haven School, and extend the catchment area of Milford Haven School to encompass the catchment areas of Johnston and Neyland.


This consultation will supersede


earlier consultations on the matter, so all interested parties are being urged to make their views known. Any previous opinions given to consultations cannot be considered. The deadline for responses is


Thursday, February 28, and there will also be a public meeting on Wednesday, February 1, during which members of the public can find out more about the proposed plans. This meeting will be held at the


County Hall from 6-8pm, in the Committee Rooms on the first floor.


New consultation: Begins on Monday Previously, the council had


pushed ahead on numerous occasions with plans to create an 11-16 school despite widespread rejection of the plans. In May 2016, the council


eventually voted against plans to create an 11-16 school and have now come up with plans to create an 11- 19 school. Council Leader Jamie Adams


said: “This is a simple opportunity to progress to a general consultation. There appears to have been good discussion, not just with the Trustees, and governors of the school may want to confirm but there has been good consultation and discussion with both governing bodies that have proved very positive in terms of the direction of travel.”


Cllr Tessa Hodgson welcomed


the progress made, but added: “I still have grave concerns about trying to run a secondary school on two sites.” Cllr Tom Tudor said: “I welcome


the recommendation but the concern that has been brought to my attention by the constituents in Haverfordwest is that there is a possibility that we end up having one new school but with part of the school based on the STP site and the sixth form based on the Taskers site, away from the other part of the school. “This is not what we were


campaigning for so I strongly urge that the leader does press on the Welsh Government for guidance on this matter so we can steam this new school, on one site, forward.”


A two-can crash on Broadway A 33-YEAR-OLD man


pleaded guilty to drink driving at Haverfordwest Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday (Jan 3). James


Jeffrey, of


Haverfordwest, was said to have consumed two cans of beer when


he crashed his car at Broadway, Haverfordwest. Prosecuting, Mr Vaughan


Pritchard-Jones said how Jeffrey had fully admitted responsibility when police officers arrived. Defending, Mr Jonathan Webb


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similarly added that Jeffrey had ‘fully accepted’ this matter. Jeffrey was fined £120 and


ordered to pay costs of £85 and a £30 victim surcharge, totalling £235. He was also disqualified from driving for 12 months.


WWW.HERALDRADIO.COM Alleged escapee to face Crown


A 19-YEAR-OLD man was


charged with escaping from lawful custody at Haverfordwest Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday (Jan 3).


James Phillip Herring, of


Haverfordwest, entered no plea. A preliminary hearing was


scheduled to take place at Swansea Crown Court on February 3. Herring was granted unconditional bail until the hearing.


Drink driver travelled ‘hundreds of miles’ A 46-YEAR-OLD woman who


had ‘driven some hundreds of miles’ pleaded guilty to drink driving in Haverfordwest Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday (Jan 3). Mary Buckley, of Watford, was


pulled over by officers on Fishguard Road after spotting that her vehicle had a ‘faulty headlight’. Prosecuting, Mr Vaughan


Pritchard-Jones highlighted how far Buckley had travelled, stating that she had consumed a ‘few glasses of wine’ whilst having lunch in Stroud. Defending, Mr Jonathan Webb said


how Buckley had been an Outreach worker for a trust in Hertfordshire for many years; however, would face unemployment following her sentence. Mr Webb added that Buckley’s


manner of driving ‘was not dangerous in any shape or form’, and had it not been for her faulty headlight, she would likely not have been pulled over.


Buckley was fined £140 and


ordered to pay costs of £85 and a £30 victim surcharge, totalling £255. She was also disqualified from driving for 14 months.


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