Aberystwyth

Lucky escape for Saturday shoppers

1 February 2012

SHOPPERS had a lucky escape on Saturday after a car smashed into a concrete bollard right outside the front door of a busy Aberystwyth supermarket. The driver appears to have...

First look at Mill Street shop plans

1 February 2012

THIS IS the first artist’s impression of the proposed Tesco and Marks and Spencer development on the Mill Street car park in Aberystwyth. It was revealed at a public meeting...

Parents’ anger after daughter not allowed on bus

1 February 2012

A BUS company has come under fire from a Bont-goch couple who claim their 12-year-old daughter was left stranded in Talybont after a bus driver refused to take her to...

Actor Langham pulls out of film screening after outcry

1 February 2012

AN actor and convicted sex offender has withdrawn from an appearance at Aberystwyth Arts Centre following an outcry about his planned attendance at a school film night. Chris Langham, 62,...

Thief stole food from store to give to homeless man

1 February 2012

A MAN who stole food from an Aberystwyth shop had “good motives” in trying to help a homeless man, a court heard. Craig Andrew Weston, of 21 Maesheli, was seen...

Man critical after head-on road collision

1 February 2012

A PENNANT man is in a critical condition this week after the car he was driving was involved in a head-on collision with another vehicle in Llanrhystud. The man, named...

Staff devastated as jobs lost in store axe

25 January 2012

ABERYSTWYTH’S Bonmarché shop is to close, with the loss of one full-time and nine part-time jobs. The shop in Great Darkgate Street is one of 160 Bonmarché shops which will...