Ceredigion floods: 'No one expected danger from inland'
Our reporter remembers one weekend of severe flooding in early June - and the lasting impact it has had on those it affected in Ceredigion.
Parents claim children 'punished for speaking English'
Some parents in Ceredigion have contacted the Children's Commissioner claiming children are being punished for speaking English in school.
Dyfed Powys Police to close seven stations
Dyfed Powys Police have announced they are to close seven of its front counters across Mid and West Wales.
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Man who died in Ceredigion lake named
A man whose body was recovered from a lake in Llanddewi Brefi, Ceredigion, has been named at Timothy James Alexis Dawber.
He was 30 and from Chippenham in Wiltshire.
He was reported missing on Monday, and his body was recovered on Tuesday.
There are no suspicious circumstances surrounding his death.
An inquest has been opened and adjourned.
Body found after man goes missing at pond
Police searching for a missing man have found a body at a pond at Llanddewi Brefi, Ceredigion.
Dyfed Powys Police received a report that a man, along with others, had entered a pond in the area yesterday afternoon.
Police say other swimmers got out of the pond and raised the alarm when the man did not return a little while later. There was a licensed festival taking place on nearby land.
Specialist searches were conducted last night and continued today in the pond and the surrounding area, and a body was recovered from the water this afternoon.
Efforts are being made to trace the next of kin.
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Four women appear in court over Tregaron burial charges
Four women have appeared in court charged with not allowing a body to be given a proper burial.
The last confirmed sighting of Geoffrey Howard Sturdey, from Tregaron, Ceredigion, was in October 2008.
He was aged 60 at the time.
The investigation follows the discovery of the remains of a man, thought to be Mr Sturdey, on a remote smallholding near Tregaron.
Today's hearing took place before magistrates in Haverfordwest.
Rebekah Sturdey aged 56, and Boque Ore Adie, aged 43, have been remanded in custody accused of benefit fraud of more than £60,000.
Hazel Adie, aged 20 and Karmel Adie, aged 25, were released on bail.
All four are due before Swansea Crown Court on July 5.
Child hit on school crossing airlifted to hospital
Dyfed Powys Police say a child was involved in a collision on a school crossing in Tregaron in Ceredigion this morning.
Officers say the road traffic accident happened at around 1100 on Lampeter Road.
The child has was then taken by air ambulance to Swansea's Morriston Hospital say police.
Roads: A487, Ceredigion
The A487 is blocked both ways with queuing traffic due to an accident between the B4577 in Aberarth and Cylch Peris in Ceredigion.
Three new cases of Ash Dieback disease
Three new cases of the Ash Dieback disease have been discovered in west Wales. Forestry Commission Wales say it was found at three newly-planted sites in private woodlands during a “trace forward” inspection of young trees sourced from known infected nurseries.
The three latest confirmed infections in Pembrokeshire and Ceredigion bring the total sites in Wales to 17. Forestry Commission Wales staff are checking all known recent ash plantings to establish the full extent of the outbreak, which has yet to be discovered beyond new planting sites in Wales.
John Browne, FC Wales Head of Forest Regulation and Tree Health, said “While these newly confirmed infections have extended the known distribution of this disease in Wales, there is still no evidence that Chalara is present in the wider environment here.”
The disease was first recorded in Britain in early 2012 in Leicestershire and is known to have spread to the wider environment in the south-east of England from spores which are believed to have been blown across the English Channel and North Sea.
According to a census of Wales' forests last year, there are 17,600 hectares of ash in Wales which represents 6.8% of the woodlands in the country.
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Iceland chief: Local authorities to blame
Iceland chief executive Malcolm Walker has attacked local authorities for driving down the quality of food as the horsemeat scandal continues.
Mr Walker told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show: “Supermarkets shouldn’t be blamed. British supermarkets have got a fantastic reputation for food safety.
“If we’re going to blame somebody, let’s start with local authorities because there’s a whole side of this industry which is invisible, that’s the catering industry.
“Schools, hospitals, it’s a massive business for cheap food and local authorities award contracts based purely on one thing: price.”
Two men arrested over 'horsemeat' scandal bailed
Horsemeat suspects released on bail
The three men arrested on suspicion of fraud offences in relation to the horsemeat scandal have been released on bail pending further inquiries, Dyfed-Powys Police said.
The men, two aged 64 and 42 from the Aberystwyth area and one aged 63 and from West Yorkshire were arrested on Thursday 14th February.
They will return to answer bail in Aberystwyth at a later date.
FSA on 'steady progress' of tests on beef products
Steve Wearne, director of the Food Standards Agency in Wales, has spoken about the first of industry results from beef products that have been tested for the presence of horse DNA.
He told ITV News' Consumer Editor Chris Choi it was "steady progress and we want the industry to continue until we have a complete picture of all beef products on sale in the UK".
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