Ceredigion County, Wales News

The economic downturn and changes to the welfare system has led to a housing crisis warning in rural west Wales.

A SWANSEA solicitor has taken concerns about the future of Wales's independent legal firms to Westminster to meet with the Lord Chancellor.

Detectives in West Wales are looking into two more incidents of suspected attempted child abduction over the past nine days Detectives in West Wales are probing two more suspected child abduction attempts over the past nine days, it has emerged.

The man accused of murdering April Jones today claimed he could not remember what he did with the five-year-old's body because he is a 'registered alcoholic'. Mark Bridger, 47, told police he drank up to 20 pints and half a bottle of vodka every day - and claims he was drunk at the wheel of his Land Rover when he ran over April while she played on ... (more)

Flats housing up to 50 students in Aberystwyth face demolition because a council says they were built without correct planning permission.

A 42-year-old St Dogmaels painter and decorator has appeared in court and admitted making abusive telephone calls to his estranged wife.

A man who drank nine points of lager on a night out was confident he was fit to drive at 10am the following morning.

The husband of a woman diagnosed with a rare disease has spoken of the couple's battle to access to a life-changing drug which he claims would be available if she lived in England.

Householders in parts of Wales are cutting back on their energy use more than almost every other part of the UK amid escalating energy prices, new figures have revealed.

'There's just a strange quality about Aberystwyth which seems to lend it to this sort of treatment', says Pryce Just how the mid Wales seaside town of Aberystwyth became the Welsh capital of noir is a subject that may have played on people's minds in recent months.

A MAN thought his new Porsche was in reverse when he attempted to pull out of a parking bay but instead accelerated forward, crashing into a Cardigan store.

The Point Pleasant River Museum is teaming up with staff and actors affiliated with the University of Rio Grande to present "Welsh Neighbors." "Welsh Neighbors" is a reader's theatre project comprised of stories and songs by area residents Evan Davis, Brooks Jones, Betty Jenkins who recall and relate the deeds and the misdeeds of the ... (more)

Lions chief Warren Gatland will not select players involved in club finals for the opening match of the Lions tour against the Barbarians in Hong Kong What is the most important object in Welsh history? Today Dr Robin Barlow, from Aberystwyth University, argues the case for The 'Brethyn Llwyd' uniform of the Welsh Army Corps By the end of 1914, ... (more)

One of the classic medieval murder mysteries in the Cadfael series has been adapted for the stage with a Welshman in the title role One of the classic medieval murder mysteries in the Cadfael series has been adapted for the stage.

Number of routes have been bolted at this crag, with lower offs at the top of most climbs.

West and North Wales are the main targets for new funding, but the amount is criticised as being too low in the face of climate change Details of how communities are to get an extra A 10m to protect them from the kind of deluges that swept through Wales last year have been released today.

Police were called to the scene at around 1.25am to reports of an injured man in the road.

LOOKING prim in their bonnets and waistcoats, some with mob caps and ankle boots, they could be pupils and teachers from any Victorian school.

Mark Bridger allegedly told Pc Philip Saunders: "I know what this is all about," before "confessing" to killing the five-year-old in a car accident, Mold Crown Court was told.

The most important object in Welsh history? Is it the Welsh dresser, the Miner's Lamp, or Max Boyce's original manuscript of Hymns & Arias? So what is the most important object in Welsh history? That's the questions academics are attempting to answer in the pages of the Western Mail each day as the newspaper celebrates Welsh History Month.