2020 Black Lives Matter protests in Haverfordwest On the first anniversary of the murder of George Floyd, an event is being held in Haverfordwest to remember the long-standing fight against racism. A gathering will take place at Picton Playing Fields in Haverfordwest, this evening where people can take the knee at 6pm. Following the murder of George Floyd, in May 2020, protests broke out across the USA and internationally. The UK saw protests calling for racial equality in Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool and London, with the Welsh protests taking place in across the country, including regular events in Haverfordwest. In Haverfordwest, a poster for tonight s event at Picton Playing Fields says: We need action now. Black Lives Matter .
Whether imposing an alcohol exclusion zone in Haverfordwest is required to reduce antisocial behaviour in the town centre will be examined. Main Picture: Google Street View. Inset: Pixabay Whether imposing an alcohol exclusion zone in Haverfordwest is required to reduce antisocial behaviour in the town centre will be examined. A scoping exercise will be started “at pace” to see if there is a need to consider making a Public Space Protection Order (PSPO) in the town centre incorporating Picton Playing Fields and the skatepark following a Notice of Motion put by all Haverfordwest’s county councillors. The motion was discussed at March’s policy and pre-decision overview and scrutiny committee and was referred to council to allow for the time limit on making a final determination to be lifted so that the process of scoping options can be carried out.
Main picture: Google Sreet View “Gangs of feral children are roaming around town”, verbal and physical abuse, a “criminal element” dealing drugs are part of a “worrying problem in Haverfordwest, a county councillor claims. Haverfordwest councillor David Bryan said that he understood that eight-year-olds had been offered drugs at the skatepark and a woman had been “jostled and called every name under the sun” by a group of young people near Iceland recently. He was speaking at Pembrokeshire County Council’s policy and pre-decision overview and scrutiny committee on Tuesday (March 16) where a Notice of Motion calling for the skatepark and Picton Playing Fields to be an alcohol free zone was discussed.