Becky Hotchin

The Pembrokeshire Agricultural Society recognised farming employees and agricultural community contributors at the Pembrokeshire County Show. Fourteen recipients were honoured for a combined 450 years of service, including long-serving employees of local agricultural businesses, colleges, farming organisations and stores. Luke Hayman of Westfield Farm received the Baron de Rutzen Award for regenerative and sustainable farming, while veterinary bioscience student Catrin Morris won the £1,000 bursary. Other awards recognised crop-growing achievements, agricultural and non-agricultural trade stands, food production and Edna Davies’s lifelong work inspiring young people through YFC.

A 63-year-old man was found deceased at an address in Goodwick, Pembrokeshire, after police received welfare concerns. Dyfed-Powys Police said the death is not being treated as suspicious, and that the man's next of kin and the HM Coroner for Pembrokeshire had been informed. Officers will continue assisting with the coroner's investigation.

Wales & West Housing has completed Angorfa, a 12-apartment development for people over 55 on the former Ship and Anchor pub site in Fishguard. The affordable, energy-efficient homes include accessible layouts, shared gardens, solar panels and heat-recovery systems, and have been allocated mainly to local people on the housing register. Although residents previously criticised the development’s design and impact on the conservation area near listed buildings, housing officials and Councillor Pat Davies welcomed it as an important response to the shortage of suitable homes for older people in north Pembrokeshire.

RNLI lifeguard supervisor Matty McLeod is receiving a royal honour at Kensington Palace for rescuing Londoner Joanna Hicks from a rip current at Newgale Beach in July 2023. McLeod brought the unconscious swimmer ashore and began CPR with help from a nurse before paramedics arrived. The recognition coincides with Lifeguard Appreciation Day and the RNLI lifeguard service’s 25th anniversary; the service has saved 315 lives on Welsh beaches since 2008, including 164 in Pembrokeshire. Current and former lifeguards describe the service’s focus on prevention, water-safety education, training and community support.