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Royal Welsh 'time-wasters' fined | |
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Two youths have been fined £80 each for wasting police time after making up a story that someone had fallen from a bridge near the Royal Welsh showground. | |
Police and rescue services launched a large-scale search after receiving reports that a person had plunged into the River Wye early on Tuesday. | |
Fire crews, 15 mountain rescuers, a helicopter and boat were involved in a hunt that began at 0330 BST. | |
The operation came on the second day of the four-day agriculture show. | The operation came on the second day of the four-day agriculture show. |
This shows that we will take robust action when people waste emergency services' time Andy Twigger, Dyfed-Powys Police | |
Temporary Ch Insp Andy Twigger said: "A great deal of time has been wasted today by police and our colleagues in both mountain rescue and fire and rescue services. | |
"This shows that we will take robust action when people waste emergency services' time and it should serve as a warning to others who may be tempted to make false reports." | |
Brecon Mountain Rescue Team started its search upstream in the village of Erwood six miles (9.6km) away, before calling it off early in the afternoon. | |
Meanwhile, event organisers said new car parks to the north of the showground which opened on Tuesday on the A470 and A483, would be used again on Wednesday. | |
Tuesday's sunny weather has meant that the ground has not cut up, and officials said they could re-open other parking areas closed due to bad weather. | |
Attendance figure | |
Show director Harry Featherston-Haugh said some vehicles causing an obstruction had been clamped for the first time at the show. | |
Meanwhile, officials have admitted that Monday's attendance figure could have been incorrect. | |
At 1500 BST, the figure stood at 37,832 - down 17,124 on last year's record of 54,956 - but they said that by the end of the day that had risen to 48,413. | |
Show treasurer Richard Moseley said an error could have been made or there could have been a surge later in the afternoon. Tuesday's figure was 57,295, down by about 6,000 visitors on last year. | |
Extra car parking had to be opened to the north of the showground after 10-mile traffic jams and bad weather marred the start of the show on Monday. | |
Organisers said the parking situation improved on Tuesday, although it was again a slow process. | Organisers said the parking situation improved on Tuesday, although it was again a slow process. |
Officials said drivers stopping to talk to stewards had been partly to blame for Monday's hold-ups. | Officials said drivers stopping to talk to stewards had been partly to blame for Monday's hold-ups. |