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Stories for 11 December 2002

Tivyside Arts

Cardigan Art Society review

Cardigan Art Society is on a roll. Maybe it's something to do with the new venue (The old Library Gallery) which, in my opinion, knocks spots off their former home and is a building they should fight tooth and claw to maintain.   more...

Tivyside Features

Christmas is coming . . . .

Michael Carey snaps off a chunk of toast, fixes me with a stare then chucks the Farmers' Guardian onto the kitchen table.  more...

Tivyside Letters

What's cooking at the airport?

Dear Editor, With work in mid-Wales in short supply and farming facing a continued crisis, we should take stock of what we have left which are tourist facilities and a unique development site such as Aberporth aerodrome. Yet, in spite of some two years of availability, there seems little to show.  more...

Freedom to play football

Dear Editor, In response to your news item in which Newcastle Emlyn Town Council appeared to be blaming the youngsters for the noise during the Remembrance Service and two minutes silence.  more...

You naughty Archbishop

Dear Editor, Some time ago I wrote to the Most Reverend and Right Honourable the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury about an issue regarding the church service preached in the Church in Wales.  more...

Thankyou and croeso

Dear Editor, I am pleased to observe that another is concerned about the alterations to our road signs.  more...

Tivyside News

Call for bus supervisors

School bus drivers are facing their toughest challenge yet following reports that the children are running riot and refusing to obey safety guidelines.  more...

Company in top ten

Cardigan clothing manufacturer Stewart Wholesale has been named as the seventh fastest growing company in Wales.  more...

Regeneration ideas for village

A brainstorming session looking at the economic possibilites of the Aberporth area has been hailed as a 'fantastic success' by local county councillor Elfyn Rees.  more...

Objective 1 nightmare

OPPOSITION politicians have joined forces to criticise the Assembly Government for its handling of Objective One cash.  more...

Indecent assault charges

A 39-year-old Newcastle Emlyn man charged with indecently assaulting three women, robbing a fourth woman of a key to her car, and taking the vehicle without her consent, had an application for bail refused by magistrates in Cardigan on Friday.  more...

CCTV petition

Traders in Newcastle Emlyn have launched a campaign to bring CCTV cameras to the town.  more...

Flood action call

Plaid Cymru politicians in Carmarthen East and Dinefwr have called for urgent action to stop further flooding problems in Newcastle Emlyn.   more...

Dog health risk to pupils

Concern is increasing over a serious health risk to pupils at Cardigan Secondary School, because of dog owners exercising their pets on the school playing field.  more...

Friends rally around Alice

The plight of a little girl undergoing intensive radiotherapy for an inoperable brain tumour has so touched the hearts of her friends that they are fund-raising to help the family cope with their ordeal.  more...

Card cheer for Helen

Goodwill in the run up to Christmas came shining through when three Cardigan people visited Carmarthen last week.  more...

War veteran praises students

Falklands War veteran Simon Weston congratulated Coleg Ceredigion students as he presented 31 awards at the Cardigan Campus' annual Award Ceremony at Theatr Mwldan.  more...

Tivyside Sport

Cardis pushed all the way

Division Three (West): Cardigan 29 points Glynneath 24 points  more...

GOLF: new captain

The new captain of Cardigan Golf Club swung into office on Sunday. He is Cardigan financial adviser Ken Griffiths.   more...

DARTS: open singles

With £500 in prize money on the table darters from all parts of west Wales are preparing for the annual Innkeeper (Wales) Ltd Cardigan & District Open Singles Championship at the Ship Inn this Sunday.  more...

SNOOKER: Veteran champ

Calling on his vast experience on the green baize, including long service for Beulah in the Ceredigion Snooker League, sprightly 71-year-old John Evans (Ship Inn) came from behind to retain the Cardigan & District Pool League Veteran Championship.  more...

ANGLING: Annual meeting

Reports presented by officers of the Teifi Trout Association at its AGM last week reflected that the past year was one of the best ever in its history.  more...

SOCCER: League round-up

With weather conditions ideal for football once again, it was young Jimmy James of St Dogmaels who made the headlines last Saturday with his hat trick against Pencader in the Emrys Morgan Cup fourth round tie. His team's 4 - 0 win at Pencader where the home side are always difficult to beat, takes the Saints into the last eight along with Aberaeron and Llanybydder.  more...

Fixtures and results

Results Saturday December 6th J Emrys Morgan Cup Round 3 Pencader 0 St Dogmaels 4  more...