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  • Povey's Perthyn

    Aberystwyth Arts Centre will be presenting Cwmni Mega's production of Perthyn by Meic Povey which stars some of Welsh television's most well-known actors including Bryn Fn and Sue Roderick. Directed by Dafydd Hywel, Perthyn deals with the alleged incest

  • Paedophile protest

    Crymych residents took their protest against the continued presence of a convicted paedophile in the village right to the man's front door on Monday night. Some 200 residents attended a meeting at Crymych Market Hall and many of them afterwards marched

  • AM calls for recovery aid

    Ceredigion Assembly Member Elin Jones has branded Wales' First Minister as 'pathetic' following his failure to implement a fast-track recovery package for Cardigan. "Our manufacturing base is disappearing in front of our eyes yet the government refuses

  • Cardigan hit by flash floods

    Operation mop-up was underway in parts of Cardigan yesterday (Tuesday) as residents counted the cost of the previous night's devastating flash floods, which caused thousands of pounds worth of damage. Five fire appliances and council workmen tried to

  • Machinery stolen

    Machinery valued at several thousand pounds has over the past week been stolen from Blaenporth. The machines belonging to a plant operator in the locality were taken from roadside fields. They are described as a Sumotumo SH60-2 seven tonne track machine

  • Dad's protest at unit closure

    A Llechryd father-of-three will today (Wednesday) stage a protest at the National Assembly over plans to close the paediatric neuro-surgery unit at Morriston Hospital. Steven Sullivan fears the closure will put hundreds of local children at risk, including

  • Cardis morale booster!

    National League Division Three (West): Newcastle Emlyn 3 points Cardigan 18 points Cardigan made the short journey to Newcastle Emlyn and returned with the precious league points as reward for a good all-round team display where their forwards battled

  • September 11 one year on

    A local man who lived through the horror of the terrorist attack on New York's World Trade Centre flew back to the city yesterday (Tuesday)following a fleeting visit to the UK. David Varney, 41, the son of Mrs Doreen Varney, 12 Maes Morfa, Newport, had

  • Scrambling success

    The Teifiside Motor Club held a two day scramble at Helyg Fach fields, Aberporth, incorporating the Cardiganshire Grand National, last weekend. As many riders were saving themselves for Sunday's racing, Saturday's racing was a quiet affair, with Terry

  • Cemetery fund handover

    A fund started by three Cardigan housewives in July 1998 in the wake of four attacks on graves in the local cemetery, has been handed over by them to the town council. Over a period of seven months scores of headstones were toppled over like a stack of

  • Soccer scene round-up

    Newly-promoted Pencader showed their intentions for the new campaign with a well worked and fully deserving win against St Dogmaels. Following their plucky display against Cardigan the previous week they proved too strong for the Saints who do not often

  • Under age drinking concern

    A ban on open-air drinking, better street lighting and more investment in the local youth club - these were some of the suggestions voiced at a public meeting in Aberporth last week. The meeting - which was attended by more than 100 residents - was called

  • Footie fan's photo Finnish!

    A football-mad Cardigan plumber was among the ardent 2,000-plus Welsh fans witnessing Wales' momentous 0-2 European Championship victory over Finland in Helsinki on Saturday - but only just. Shortly before he set off with friends for a flight from Birmingham

  • Airfield public meeting

    PLANS for a technology park and aiport at Blaenannerch airfield could create as many as 2,000 jobs. That was the prediction of Dr Sue Wolfe of the WDA when she addressed a packed public meeting at Aberporth Village Hall last week. The meeting was called

  • Rugby fixtures

    Still in buoyant mood after their favourites turned over Newcastle Emlyn in the big local derby in division three on Saturday, followers of Cardigan can look forward to four home games on the trot. Fixtures Saturday, September 14 Division Three (West)

  • Get your Tivy-Side this week

    Make sure of your copy - on sale now. Read a full account of the public meeting over the plans for Aberporth airfield, an interview with top selling author Pete McCarthy, report and results from Llandysul Show plus all your district news.

  • Results and fixtures

    September 7 Division One Cardigan 7 Felinfach 2 Ffostrasol 0 Llanybydder 2 Lampeter 3 Aberporth 1 Llanboidy 0 Aberaeron 4 St Dogmaels 1 Pencader 5 Division Two Aberaeron Res 1 NCE (3) 1 Aberporth Res 1 New Quay 6 Bargod Ran 1 Llandysul 4 Felinfach Res

  • Pub gets entertainment licence

    The landlord of the Boncath Inn has been granted a Public Entertainment Licence (PEL), allowing him to continue holding fund-raising activities. However, some nearby residents opposed his application, saying their sleep was continually disturbed by loud

  • Third junction death

    THE fatality toll at Cardigan's notorious Tesco junction has now risen to three with the death of 91-year-old motorist George Blake at the weekend. Mr Blake MBE, a widower with no children, of Heol y Graig, Aberporth, was involved in a collision at the