21/08/2009

New Council Offices - Green Transport or Traffic Chaos? Or Maybe Both.

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I’ve recently given credit where it’s due to the excellent green energy credentials of the new council offices due to open next month on the...
20/08/2009

Diolch

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I’d like to thank anyone who had the generosity to vote this blog in at number 45 (out of 105) in this year's Welsh Blog Awards . I supp...
17/08/2009

Funding Announced for New GP Surgery in Aberystwyth

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National Assembly Health Minister Edwina Hart today announced full funding for a new primary care centre on Penglais Hill in Aberystwyth whi...

Council Succumbs to the Plastic Tide

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Wednesday’s decision of Ceredigion Council’s Development Control Committee to allow around 50 new plastic UPVC windows in a University hall ...
13/08/2009

Traffic Delays - Is the Problem in our Heads?

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The local paper contacted me the other day asking my thoughts about recent traffic delays around Aberystwyth caused by various roadworks. Th...
09/08/2009

New Government Buildings Meet Top Environmental Standard

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They may be controversial with the local press, built on a flood plain and utterly alien in looks to the local area but the enormous County ...
03/08/2009

Seagulls - calls to bring in the the navy

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OK, that’s an exaggeration, but 250 people have recently signed a petition calling for ‘something to be done’ about the seagull problem in A...
01/08/2009

Welsh Patagonians in Aberystwyth

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Vincente, a Welsh-speaking Patagonian, is seen here playing informally last night at the Morlan Centre in Aberystwyth. A former gaucho (Arge...
26/07/2009

Scallop Dredging Ban Proposed

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The National Assembly has launched a consultation into scallop dredging which recommends banning or dramatically reducing the activity in mu...
20/07/2009

LLanbadarn Bypass Disappears

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In news that will delight local environmentalists, the proposed Llanbadarn Fawr Bypass near Aberystwyth has slipped off the National Assembl...
08/07/2009

Bronglais Expansion Back on Track After Council Supports Park & Ride

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Bronglais Hospital's Front-of-House extension is back on track after Ceredigion Council's Development Control Committee gave the go ...
06/07/2009

Assembly Consulting on Charging for Plastic Bags

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Ceredigion's Assembly Member Elin Jones has urged local residents to respond to a consultation launched this week by the One Wales Gover...
04/07/2009

Aberystwyth Night Time Economy Project Saved

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Aberystwyth Town Council this week saved the town's Night Time Economy Project when it agreed to give the scheme a grant of £14,000. The...
30/06/2009

Council Leader Losing Authority

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The authority of Ceredigion Council Leader Keith Evans was severely dented today when several members of his own ruling Independent/Lib Dem ...
29/06/2009

Dire Warning for Future Council Finances

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Ceredigion Councillors have been given a dire warning about the prospects for local government finances in the next few years when the repay...
27/06/2009

Bay Hotel Closes

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The Bay Hotel on Aberystwyth Prom has closed its doors for the last time after Brains, the Cardiff-based brewers, abruptly shut the place th...
24/06/2009

Mentro Lluest Open Day

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Mentro Lluest, the organic plant nursery and training centre for people with special needs is holding an open day on Saturday 27th June. Th...
17/06/2009

Aldi Exhibition Announced

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An exhibition (I hesitate to call these things a consultation, though that's what it'll probably be billed as) of plans for a new Al...
13/06/2009

Welsh Teachers Union opens new HQ in Aberystwyth

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The Welsh Teaching Union UCAC officially opened their new offices at the foot of Penglais Hill in Aberystwyth today in front of an invited...
09/06/2009

Something for Ceredigion to be proud of

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A snippet from the Euro-election result and something for us to be proud of here - at just 2.72% Ceredigion had the lowest percentage of BNP...