Pembrokeshire County Council has announced with regret that it has cancelled this year's Pembrokeshire Fish Week Festival, although it will return in 2016.

Kate Morgan, the county council's food development manager, who organises the event, has health problems which will necessitate her absence from work for some months and put a considerable strain on resources.

Cabinet member, Clr. Keith Lewis, said: "We feel that to go ahead and try to run with what would be a much scaled-down festival could be very damaging to its current profile and detrimental to its future, as well as disappointing to its attendees.

"However, looking at it positively, we are in the middle of planning a structural change to the festival to move it to a social enterprise model, and a break for one year will give us a great opportunity to move towards this successfully.

"It will give us more time to plan for the new structure, looking at fresh ideas and at income streams which can assist in the growth and sustainability of the festival, and allow us to come back revitalised and better in 2016."