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Fly-tipping: The rubbish dumped at Swiss Valley


found which were addressed to a house in Llanelli. At around the same time, council environmental enforcement officers visited a known fly-tipping hotspot to the rear of Clifton Terrace where they found, among other items, 40-50 rubbish bags, a wooden shed, clothes, an ironing board and a strimmer. Letters found at the site led officers


to a Swiss Valley address, where the resident told them that a neighbour had been having a clear-out and had taken a bag of rubbish for her. The neighbour confirmed that the


items were hers, and that her father – the defendant – and another man had turned up in a red pick-up offering to remove it. She added that she had paid them £40 for this.


In an interview, Jenkins admitted A LLANELLI man who dumped


50 rubbish bags, blue bags a mattress and a garden strimmer at two locations in the town appeared before Magistrates in Llanelli on Friday (Jan 6).


Adrian Jenkins, 50, of Station


Road, pleaded guilty to two charges of depositing waste without an environmental permit.


Prosecuting for Carmarthenshire


County Council, Kelly Byrne said that on April 14 last year, Natural Resources Wales officers came across a large volume of waste which had been fly- tipped near Lliedi Reservoir. Items tipped included mixed garden waste, mixed household waste, a mattress, old paint tins, plastics, electrical items, and full blue recycling bags. Letters were


dumping the rubbish at the two sites, saying that he had intended to go to the municipal tip but couldn’t afford the charges because he was driving a commercial vehicle. Ms Byrne added Jenkins had ‘a


number of relevant previous convictions’. Representing Jenkins, Steve Lloyd


said that he disputed receiving money for removing the rubbish, and described it as a ‘one off’ offence. Mr Lloyd added that, while Jenkins’


antecedent offending was ‘extremely lengthy’, a lot of this had been the result of drug problems in his past. “He was getting his act slowly


together,” Mr Lloyd commented. He was trying to re-establish his relationship with his daughter.” “When she asked him to help, he


wanted to,” he added, before stressing that Jenkins denied taking money from her.


Mr Lloyd added that the offence


dated back to April last year, and since then Jenkins had got a flat and resolved his drug issues. “He presents himself here today as


nothing like the heavy drug user he has been before,” he added. Magistrates said that they were


‘pleased’ with the progress Jenkins was making, and fined him £140 for the offence, along with local authority costs of £588.37 – which included the cost of cleaning the sites – and a surcharge of £30.


Cllr Jim Jones, Carmarthenshire


County Council Executive Board member for Environmental and Public Protection, said: “Fly-tipping is a blight on the landscape.We are determined to clean up Carmarthenshire and will not hesitate to prosecute anyone caught fly- tipping.”


Social rights champion honoured by Swansea Uni SWANSEA UNIVERSITY has


conferred an honorary degree on Helen Mary Jones, long-standing Plaid Cymru Assembly Member and campaigner for equality and social justice. Ms Jones was presented with the DLitt


(Doctor of Letters) award on Tuesday (Jan 10) at Swansea University’s Great Hall by Professor Elwen Evans, Head of the College of Law and Criminology at Swansea University, during the degree ceremony for the College of Law and Criminology. Helen Mary Jones has contributed


to social rights and social politics in Wales in relation to equal opportunities, tackling abuse against women, and, in conjunction with Swansea University, instilled a new Welsh law ensuring the democratic rights of young people and children. She managed the Cynon Valley


Crime Prevention Bureau between 1989 and 1994, reducing crime and the fear of crime through engaging young people in their communities and in the decisions that affected them. During this period, she also managed a youth employment project for young people with a history of offending, which led to her role as Project Worker, then Project Leader of the Barnados Youth Offending Project. This highly effective project introduced programmes to divert serious young offenders from custody and first time offenders from the criminal justice system in South Glamorgan. Helen’s innovative approach sought to empower young people and succeeded in cutting the reoffending rate down to under 10%. Between 1996 and 1999, Helen


was Deputy Director of the Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC), Wales, where she had profound influence, bringing together all major women’s voluntary organisations in Wales to form the Wales Women’s National Coalition; successfully introducing the EOC’s first Welsh Language Scheme across the UK; and supporting, through the Wales Women’s National Coalition and in collaboration with other equality bodies, the successful lobbying for the inclusion of equality clauses in the first Government of Wales Act. As Shadow Minister for Health


and Social Services, she played a key role in the Assembly’s response to the Waterhouse Report on abuse in children’s homes, including the establishment of the role of Children’s Commissioner, ensuring that children and young people played an active part in this appointment. As Chair of the Children and Young


People’s Committee between 2007 and 2011, Helen led the scrutiny of the One Wales Government’s delivery for children and young people. During this time, supported by an expert group convened by Swansea University’s College of Law, Helen played a key role in challenging the Welsh Government on the drafting and further development of the Rights of Children and Young Person’s Measure, Wales 2011, helping to ensure the delivery of a pervasive law enshrining the UNCRC into Welsh domestic law. This, possibly the pinnacle of her political career, ensured she also contributed to the impact case study submitted for the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2014, considered a significant part of the College of Law at


Swansea’s contribution. It was during this period she also co-authored a book chapter with Professor of Policy Analysis at Swansea University Mike Sullivan, which unmasked the resistance of the civil service, and some politicians, in Wales to the pervasive law and described those factors associated with its eventual passage. Helen serves on the Board of the


Wales Observatory on the Human Rights of Children and Young People, based at what is now the College of Law and Criminology at Swansea University. On receiving her award, Helen Mary


Jones said: “I am very proud indeed to have been offered this great honour by one of Wales’ foremost institutions. During the passage of the Rights of Children and Young Person’s Measure 2011 through the National Assembly, the scrutiny process was greatly enhanced by the expert group convened by the Law Department at Swansea University. The information and advice provided by the group enabled key backbenchers – including myself as Chair of the Children and Young People’s Committee – to effectively influence the government and transform the tokenistic draft into a truly pervasive measure, with far reaching positive implications for children and young people in Wales. “It has been a great


privilege to continue my involvement with the university as a member of the Advisory Board of the Wales Observatory on the Human Rights of Children


and Young People based in the Law Department. The Observatory is an outstanding example of a university combining academic excellence with social impact. I am delighted to accept this honour and I look forward to continuing to work with the university to promote the rights of children and young people in our nation.” Professor Evans said: “Helen Mary


Jones has made improving the lives of the vulnerable and protecting the welfare of future generations her life’s campaign. The vital work we are carrying out in the College of Law and Criminology’s Wales Observatory on the Human Rights of Children and Young People is helped enormously by her support. “As Head of the College of Law


and Criminology at Swansea, I am hugely proud to say we worked with her to influence a landmark change in legislation


for


children in Wales and we greatly look forward to working with her in the future.”


Police appeal over assault


DYFED-POWYS POLICE are investigating a report of assault and false imprisonment that occurred sometime between 4am and 6.15am on Sunday, January 1. The incident occurred at a


property on Cwrt Pandora, North Dock and Marine Street in Llanelli, where a man held a woman at a property against her will and she suffered an assault with minor injuries. A local 24-year-old man has


been arrested in connection with the incident; however, officers are appealing for witnesses who may have heard or seen something in the area at that time, or anyone with information, to come forward to help them piece together exactly what happened. To provide information,


call police in Llanelli on 101, quoting crime reference ALT/0953/01/01/2017/01/C.


Pharmacy stabbing trial date set A DATE has been set for the


trial of a man who is accused of attacking a pharmacist with a knife.


68-year-old Peter Bellett, on


Wern Road, Garnant, has been accused of causing grievous bodily harm to a pharmacist, Michael Irons, at Garnant Pharmacy. The incident took place on December 5, 2016. Mr Bellett appeared via videolink


at Swansea Crown Court on Tuesday (Jan 10) and entered no plea. The date for the trial was set for


March 28 and the defendant was remanded into custody until medical reports were completed.


THE HERALD FRIDAY JANUARY 13 2017


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Fly-tipper fined for dumping 50 rubbish bags ‘Fire’ caused by


Road last Friday (Jan 6) turned out to be smoke from a chimney, the fire brigade has confirmed. Mid and West Wales Fire and


Rescue Service received a phone call shortly after 5pm which reported a burning smell. Two engines were dispatched,


only to find that the smell was caused by smoke coming from a chimney. A spokesperson for MAWWFRS


said: "Two fire engines were called out to Station Road on Friday evening.


"Fortunately, it was only a false


alarm – a smell of smoke had been coming from the chimney, and no damage was done to the property. "That was our only local incident


in what was otherwise a routine weekend."


chimney smoke A SUSPECTED fire on Station


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