Simon Hart MP supports campaign for every child to join local library and share a love of reading

Local MP Simon Hart is encouraging all primary school children to take part in this year's Summer Reading Challenge.

Simon Hart MP is pictured with Ruth Barnes, supervisor of the Paul Sartori Hospice Shop in Narberth after handing over £500 to the charity.

Mr Hart raised the money by opening his garden near Narberth to birdwatchers who flocked from all over the UK to see a rare green heron.

Simon Hart MP is supporting a crackdown on third party puppy sales and puppy farming – of which there is more in Carmarthenshire than any other part of the UK.

Simon Hart MP has visited the Living Memory Group at Narberth Museum to learn more about their valuable work within the community.

He is pictured chatting with founder Mary Adams, Past President of Narberth Rotary Club, who set up the group last March, during her Presidential Year.

Simon Hart MP has expressed dismay that the mobile Nat West bank in Narberth is going to be placed on the outskirts of town and not in the High Street or main town car park.

"Living in west Wales I'm used to the odd visitor. Eight years ago a purple heron looked in for a week, an Osprey once spent an afternoon annoying the rest of the bird population and, if the weather is right, the variety of wildfowl can be outstanding.

Simon Hart MP has visited Panama, the Dominican Republic and Costa Rica to encourage trade links with Wales and the UK in his new role as the UKs' first trade envoy to the area.

A dangerous junction just north of Narberth maybe in line for safety improvements, MP Simon Hart has learned.

He wrote to Welsh Transport Minister Ken Skates following a collision last month at Redstone Cross in which a 73-year-old man was killed.

"The NHS in Wales is facing huge challenges and difficult decisions must be taken to make sure it can meet the needs of an ageing population. The downgrading of any hospital is rife with controversy and concern and this applies especially to both Withybush and Glangwili.

NatWest has confirmed to Simon Hart MP that it will remove the last remaining on-street cashpoint in Narberth.

Mr Hart organised a meeting between the bank and community leaders from Narberth and Pembroke after the bank announced plans to close branches in the two towns on June 28.