TRIBUTES have been paid to a “loving” Morfa Nefyn woman who died in a car crash in Bulgaria.
Mary Caroline Owens had been travelling with her boyfriend, Vez Petrova, in a 4x4 car when it came off the road in Svistov after skidding on black ice on 7 January. They were both killed in the crash, but a back-seat passenger had a lucky escape.
The couple had been on their way back from checking on Vez’s grandfather who had just been burgled during the early hours of the morning.
A HUGE tree which was in danger of collapsing onto a busy road in Bontddu has been cut down.
Motorists have been voicing their concerns about the pine tree for about a year following the collapse of a nearby tree during the storms of 2014.
Cllr Gethin Williams said he and the area’s community council were concerned for the safety of motorists using the road after seeing the tree leaning against the wall.
AN ABERYSTWYTH electrical company says it “greatly values” its staff, despite being named and shamed as a company which broke the law by failing to pay some of its workers the minimum wage.
Electrical Estimates, known locally as “ee”, was named as one of 37 companies across Britain which collectively owed emp loyees £177,000 in wages.
“PROUD”, “hard working” and “a gentleman” were just some of the words used by family and friends to remember an Aberystwyth pensioner whose body was found in the river Rheidol.
Richard John Middleton, 82, of Prospect Street, was reported missing last Wednesday evening and police found his black Vauxhall Corsa parked at Glanyrafon Industrial Estate on Thursday morning.
A LLANWNNEN couple who were left “with just the clothes we were standing up in” when a raging fire swept through their smallholding, have vowed to re-build their business.
Rodney and Emma Bird, who rear and sell alpacas — a type of llama — from their farm at Blaencwrt, were left homeless when a chimney fire, fuelled by extremely strong winds, raged out of control on Wednesday afternoon.
CABINET minister William Hague and his wife Ffion — the daughter of a highlyrespected former Machynlleth cultural figure — have bought the £2.5m, 10bedroom Powys mansion, Cyfronydd Hall.
Ffion Hague is the daughter of Emyr and Myra Jenkins. Mr Jenkins was educated in the town’s secondary school, and gained a BSc at Aberystwyth University.
