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  • Bank Holiday bin collections

    Carmarthenshire residents are being reminded that there are changes to bin collections over the August Bank Holiday. From Monday, August 26, until Friday, August 30, collections will take place one day later than usual. Friday collections will take

  • Motorist admits drink-driving

    A NEW Quay motorist has been given a year’s ban after admitting drink-driving. Jack Cope, of Llys Derwen, New Quay, was stopped while driving a Fiat Punto on the B4342 at New Quay on July 26. A breath test showed he had 40 micograms of alcohol in

  • GCSE results: The big day arrives

    GCSE pupils across the region spent this morning celebrating the long-awaited arrival of their exam results. In Ceredigion, 98.8 per cent of all WJEC entries were graded A* to G, with 24.9 per cent achieving A* and A grades - 72.5 per cent achieved

  • 'Like someone has died' - mart closure rocks industry

    Cardigan mart is to close down next month, dealing a bitter blow to the town and the wider farming community. The closure, described as "like someone dying" was announced by auctioneers' JJ Morris last week. Letters sent to farmers by the auctioneers

  • Letter: Health board has moral obligation over hospital site

    LETTERS continue to show a deepening interest in the future of the site of the Cardigan Memorial Hospital when the present owners have vacated. The latest ideas range from the care of the dying to providing for the younger generation. As I see

  • Conman swindled farmers out of thousands

    A ‘thoroughly dishonest’ Irish businessman based in Llandysul has been jailed for scamming two West Wales farmers and a pensioner out of almost £50,000 in a cross-border fraud. Jimmy Connors had been selling farm equipment to the victims for years

  • Drug-driver banned for two years

    A DRUG-driver who was caught at Cross Inn, Llandysul, has been banned from the roads for two years. Stephen John Bowers, of Talsarn, Lampeter, was driving a Vauxhall Movano on April 27 when he was caught. He tested positive for benzolecgonin, recording