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Western Telegraph
an hour ago
- Western Telegraph
Man ignored restraining order with Snapchat friend request
Nigel Hooper, of Cresselly, was banned from contacting a woman when he was made the subject of a restraining order at Swansea Crown Court on September 17 last year. However, he was called back before the court for breaching that order after he was alleged to have sent a friend request on Snapchat on June 19. For the latest crime and court news for west Wales, you can join our Facebook group here. Hooper pleaded guilty to the breach at Haverfordwest Magistrates' Court on June 24. He was sentenced to pay an £80 fine and £85 in costs.
Scoop
3 days ago
- Business
- Scoop
Ashburton's Market Day To Move After Retailer Complaints
Article – Jonathan Leask – Local Democracy Reporter It means a popular annual market day in September has to move – but only just down road. Market days are no longer welcome on a section of Ashburton's main street during business hours. It means a popular annual market day in September has to move – but only just down road. Retailers had argued the town's main street was no place for a market as the road closures hurt local shops. The Ashburton District Council voted last week to ban events on the block of East Street, south of Havelock Street, if they required road closures. The organiser of Ashburton's annual market day sees the decision as positive. Spealing to LDR this week, Carol Johns said she was already looking to move the market day one block north on East Street, in front of Baring Square East. 'I was just waiting for the council to make a decision. 'I'm not worried, I'll move and the market day will still go ahead. 'Nothing changes, we just move down the road a wee bit. 'There are more positives than negatives.' The move means Johns will have to pay for a new traffic management plan, but only has to contact three businesses about a road closure, rather than 96. Baring Square East had a $2.45 million upgrade in 2023 to coincide with the construction of the $62.3m Te Whare Whakatere, Ashburton's library and civic centre. That investment led to the majority of councillors voting to close the southern end of East Street off to market events during business hours, at a council meeting on 18 June. The annual market day attracts thousands of people to Ashburton. It is held on South Canterbury Anniversary Day, on the fourth Monday of September, which is not an Ashburton District public holiday. When discussing the options last week, councillor Tony Todd said historically the local businesses were heavily involved in the market day, previously known as Boulevard Day, but times have changed. 'The event was fully supported by local retailers but over time that support has declined, and other operators have been involved,' Todd said. 'The day still attracts a large number of people to the CBD that mainly walk the street and the vendor stalls have become a barrier to get into retailers stores. 'It's time for a change. 'The market day is still important to the town so we should support it, but I think a new location will breathe new life back into it.' Another issue is Burnett and Tancred streets becoming one way, which means they also close when East Street is closed, Todd said. Councillor Phill Hooper felt no events should occur south of Havelock Street as the council had invested in making Baring Square an event space. 'We spent the moolah out here, let's have it out here,' Hooper said. The councillors voted 9-1 for the section of East Street south of Havelock Street to be off limits to events 'involving trade and associated equipment' between 8am-5:30pm, Monday to Saturday. Hooper was the lone opposing vote, supporting the alternative option of no events south of Havelock Street. Compliance and development group manager Ian Hyde said a short closure for an event with no stationary caravans, stalls, tents or other structures could still be permitted.
Scoop
3 days ago
- Business
- Scoop
Ashburton's Market Day To Move After Retailer Complaints
Market days are no longer welcome on a section of Ashburton's main street during business hours. It means a popular annual market day in September has to move - but only just down road. Retailers had argued the town's main street was no place for a market as the road closures hurt local shops. The Ashburton District Council voted last week to ban events on the block of East Street, south of Havelock Street, if they required road closures. The organiser of Ashburton's annual market day sees the decision as positive. Spealing to LDR this week, Carol Johns said she was already looking to move the market day one block north on East Street, in front of Baring Square East. "I was just waiting for the council to make a decision. "I'm not worried, I'll move and the market day will still go ahead. "Nothing changes, we just move down the road a wee bit. "There are more positives than negatives." The move means Johns will have to pay for a new traffic management plan, but only has to contact three businesses about a road closure, rather than 96. Baring Square East had a $2.45 million upgrade in 2023 to coincide with the construction of the $62.3m Te Whare Whakatere, Ashburton's library and civic centre. That investment led to the majority of councillors voting to close the southern end of East Street off to market events during business hours, at a council meeting on 18 June. The annual market day attracts thousands of people to Ashburton. It is held on South Canterbury Anniversary Day, on the fourth Monday of September, which is not an Ashburton District public holiday. When discussing the options last week, councillor Tony Todd said historically the local businesses were heavily involved in the market day, previously known as Boulevard Day, but times have changed. "The event was fully supported by local retailers but over time that support has declined, and other operators have been involved," Todd said. "The day still attracts a large number of people to the CBD that mainly walk the street and the vendor stalls have become a barrier to get into retailers stores. "It's time for a change. "The market day is still important to the town so we should support it, but I think a new location will breathe new life back into it." Another issue is Burnett and Tancred streets becoming one way, which means they also close when East Street is closed, Todd said. Councillor Phill Hooper felt no events should occur south of Havelock Street as the council had invested in making Baring Square an event space. "We spent the moolah out here, let's have it out here," Hooper said. The councillors voted 9-1 for the section of East Street south of Havelock Street to be off limits to events 'involving trade and associated equipment' between 8am-5:30pm, Monday to Saturday. Hooper was the lone opposing vote, supporting the alternative option of no events south of Havelock Street. Compliance and development group manager Ian Hyde said a short closure for an event with no stationary caravans, stalls, tents or other structures could still be permitted.
Courier-Mail
3 days ago
- Sport
- Courier-Mail
NRL 2025: Tallyn da Silva set to leave Wests Tigers before June 30 deadline, contract, latest transfer news and rumours
Don't miss out on the headlines from NRL. Followed categories will be added to My News. The Wests Tigers have been dealt another 'kick in the guts', with young hooker Tallyn da Silva set to join a long list of juniors who have left the club in the past decade. Fox League's James Hooper reported on Wednesday night that Silva is a chance of being released from the club before the June 30 deadline, having met with three rival NRL coaches. Todd Payten, Jason Ryles, Anthony Seibold have already sat down with da Silva while the Tigers hooker is set to meet Newcastle coach Adam O'Brien on Saturday. FOX LEAGUE, available on Kayo Sports, is the only place to watch every game of every round in the 2025 NRL Telstra Premiership, LIVE with no ad-breaks during play. New to Kayo? Get your first month for just $1. Limited-time offer. Hooper described it as an 'absolute kick in the guts' for the Tigers considering the big-name juniors the club has failed to keep, headlined by James Tedesco, Mitchell Moses, Aaron Woods, Ryan Papenhuyzen, Josh Addo-Carr and, more recently, Lachlan Galvin. The Daily Telegraph's David Riccio, meanwhile, said da Silva 'could have been the future of the Wests Tigers'. But NRL 360 co-host Braith Anasta pushed back on the idea the Tigers could have done much more to keep da Silva while even Hooper conceded the development exposed the 'tough' reality for some of the league's struggling clubs. 'There's been so many false dawns at that club over the course of the last decade, off the back of three wooden spoons,' Hooper said. Tallyn da Silva is set to be the latest youngster to leave the TIgers. Image: Getty 'The local juniors are something that, they give you a bit of hope and they give you a bit of belief. You look at the stronger clubs, the Panthers are the best example, they've got the biggest junior nursery. They hum off the back of that procession line. 'For the Tigers to just continually get beat to the punch in that respect, it's a tough pill to swallow. '... I'll tell you what's really tough. If you look at the Storm when they had Cameron Smith and Harry Grant. They found a way to make that work. X SUBSCRIBER ONLY 'You see it at the stronger clubs at this point in time with the way the competition's set up, the teams that are down the bottom are just getting bent over all the time. They just get cherry-picked with all of their top talent.' While Anasta said it was far from a 'simple call' for the Tigers given da Silva didn't want to stick around for another year playing under Koroisau, he did add that using Melbourne as a comparison, younger players are happy to stick around sometimes at the NRL's powerhouse clubs. Tallyn Da Silva is itching for a Tigers exit as his path into the starting team is blocked by Api Koroisau. (Photo by) To prove his point, Anasta used one of his clients, Jonah Pezet, as an example. 'He's happy to stay there, do his apprenticeship, play under the players. He would have been playing first grade at any other club a year or two ago, but he sits back,' Anasta said. Da Silva is signed until the end of 2026 but has been granted permission to talk with rival clubs, with Tigers coach Benji Marshall recently admitting he was 'not sure' if the hooker would leave Concord before the June 30 transfer deadline. Originally published as 'He could have been the future': Wests Tigers torched after yet another young gun eyes exit
The Citizen
21-06-2025
- Sport
- The Citizen
Former Wallabies captain: URC ‘not the best thing ever' for SA
Wallabies great Michael Hooper believes South African players are struggling in the Vodacom URC and would love to see the local teams back in Super Rugby. The Stormers, Bulls, Sharks and Lions departed the old Sanzaar competition for the inaugural URC in 2021, and despite the challenges the SA teams face when competing in the northern hemisphere, a South African side has contested every final in four seasons of the competition. The Stormers lifted the trophy in 2022 following a narrow win over the Bulls at Cape Town Stadium, before going down to Munster the following season in Mother City. In 2024, Jake White's Bulls lost to Glasgow Warriors at Loftus, and then Leinster in Dublin last week. All Blacks legend Mils Muliaina previously said an American team competing in Super Rugby could help attract South Africans back to the southern hemisphere competition, amid reports that World Rugby is exploring a US-based team to boost interest ahead of the 2031 World Cup in America. Two-time Springbok world champion Frans Steyn, now Cheetahs director of rugby, recently criticised the current scheduling and travel demands for SA teams in the URC and EPCR competitions while insisting local teams should return to Super Rugby. The likes of former Bok and Bulls loose forward Jacques Potgieter played for the Waratahs and speaking on Stan Sport's 'Inside Line', Hooper discussed why more must be done to lure players from the Republic to Super Rugby Pacific. MORE: Super Rugby fan Frans slams 'stupid' calendar 'I think we need to make it more attractive. I'd love to see South Africa back,' the 125-Test flanker said. 'I'd love to see that country brought back into Super Rugby.' On whether he'd like to see just players or the Bulls, Stormers, Sharks, Lions and Cheetahs rejoining the competition, the former Australia skipper added: 'Their teams, I'd love to see that. 'I hear that it's very difficult for South Africa to play in that URC, very difficult for the players; they've got to fly through Doha to get up there. It's tough going for them physically to play up and down there. 'I don't think that the sentiment around it is like, 'this URC thing is the best thing ever'. 'Maybe it's just me being old and now being one of the players remembering the past [but] there's a lot of people talking about, you know, those sort of days. 'It happened back in the day as well, with Jacques Potgieter coming to the Waratahs, you know, guys like that. So I think, how can the competition look juicier for players to come. But it comes down to financial gain.' The post Hooper: URC 'not the best thing ever' for SA appeared first on SA Rugby Magazine.
