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  • Veggie's horror as pet pigs slaughtered

    WHEN committed vegetarian Nicole Bourcier sent her two pet pigs off to a new home she had their best interests at heart. But the next day the Preseli smallholder was horrified when she found out that her three-year-old sow, Babe, and a piglet called Floyd

  • Dog survives cliff plunge

    JACK the wonderdog is making the headlines for the second time in his short life this week after a dramatic cliff rescue at Gwbert. And local building worker Mark Lewis is being hailed a hero for his part in saving the dog. The five-year-old mongrel is

  • U-turn on junction

    ANGRY councillors are demanding a meeting with Assembly minister Andrew Davies after hearing that Cardigan's Tesco junction is to remain closed "indefinitely". Plans to install traffic lights and reopen full access to the town from the by-pass have been

  • School through to Question Time finals

    PUPILS at Ysgol Gyfun Emlyn have won a place in the final round of the national Schools Question Time Challenge. And they could get the chance to help produce an edition of the BBC TV programme with David Dimbleby. The school has won a £500 grant from

  • ParcAberporth: everyone needs a bit of faith

    AN announcement is expected to be made in the next 10 days about "significant" developments at ParcAberporth. The WDA says it will be able to release the name of the first major international company to sign up for space at the new technology site "very

  • Ten jobs go as Weslec closes

    Ten jobs are to go in Cardigan with the closure of electrical retailers Weslec, who have been in the town more than 40 years. The site in Aberystwyth Road is being taken over by Focus DIY and will involve the development of a 23,000sq ft store and a 7,500sq

  • Pat steps out for Breakthrough

    ALREADY in training to step out in aid of Breakthrough Breast Cancer later this year is Pat Cox, of Llangrannog. She is aiming to raise £2,000 for the charity in a 60 kilometre walk over two days this September. Pat told the Tivy-Side: "The single most

  • Our pharmacies are at risk

    DOCTORS who want to dispense medicines at their surgeries will be putting the livelihoods of established pharmacists at risk, it is claimed. Two GP surgeries in Llandysul that have applied for permission to dispense medicines directly to patients could