Windsurfers disrupt Regiment marksmanship training

Wayward windsurfers sailed into the path of a Regiment firing range, causing training for new soldiers to be called off.

The incident resulted in a warning yesterday that members of the public must heed signs telling them to keep away from the south shore beaches.

Around 150 new recruits were on the Chaplin Bay range on Friday afternoon, with eight at a time firing live rounds. Signs and sentries were posted on the beach to warn people off, but the Regiment boat troop was unable to patrol due to rough conditions.

According to Regiment press officer Stephen Caton, two windsurfers entered the water from further down the shore and then sailed dangerously close to the firing. This caused the training to be called off amid safety fears. With live firing continuing throughout this week, Major Caton warned: "The beach areas are off-limits when the signs are posted."

Flat screen TV stolen

A 42 inch Toshiba flat screen TV was stolen from a Pembroke home while the resident was abroad.

At 10.30 p.m. on Sunday Police reported to a Whitney Avenue West, Pembroke home where the complainant said sometime between Friday and 10 p.m. on Sunday while he was away someone stole his TV. Inquiries into this incident are underway.

Spate of burglaries over the weekend

Police have reported a spate of burglaries over the weekend.

Burglars broke into a house in St. John's Hill, Pembroke, on Friday while the residents were at work. They got away with jewellery and a PlayStation 2 video game console.

In the early hours of Saturday, intruders broke into an apartment in First Avenue, Warwick, stealing cash and personal items.

Later that evening, the resident of an apartment in St. Anne's Road, Southampton, returned from a night out to find a break-in and quantity of cash missing.

On the weekend one person was arrested on suspicion of impaired driving, there were 16 reported damage-only traffic collisions, five reported traffic collisions resulting in injury and four vehicles reported taken without consent. Eleven burglaries were reported over the weekend with four in Pembroke, one in St. George's, three in Southampton, two in Warwick and one in Devonshire.