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5 hrs ago | IcNetwork

April Jones trial: Mark Bridger quizzed over criminal past during first day in the stand

The former slaughterhouse worker accused of abducting and murdering schoolgirl April Jones was asked "Where is April?" as he took the stand for the first time.

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Related Topix: Powys County, Wales, Gwynedd County, Wales, United Kingdom, Flintshire County, Wales, World News, Ceredigion County, Wales

Tue May 21, 2013

This is South Wales

Swansea solicitor takes concerns about legal aid reform to Westminster

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

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Related Topix: Neath and Port Talbot County, Wales, Swansea County, Wales, Carmarthenshire County, Wales, World News, Powys County, Wales, United Kingdom, Merthyr Tydfil County, Wales, Ceredigion County, Wales,

Thu May 16, 2013

BBC News

Planning row threat to student flats

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

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Related Topix: World News, Ceredigion County, Wales, United Kingdom,

Mail on Sunday

April Jones trial: Mark Bridger sobs in the dock as police interview is played to jury

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)

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Related Topix: Flintshire County, Wales, United Kingdom, World News, Powys County, Wales, Gwynedd County, Wales, Ceredigion County, Wales

IcNetwork

Kate Derl-Davis and husband Jeremy Derl-Davis

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.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Europe, World News, United Kingdom, Ceredigion County, Wales

Wed May 15, 2013

BBC News

Author takes Aber noir to Radio 4

'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.

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Related Topix: World News, Ceredigion County, Wales, United Kingdom, Shropshire County, England,

Mon May 13, 2013

Tri-County News

River museum to welcome - Welsh Neighbors'

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)

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Related Topix: University of Rio Grande, Rio Grande, OH, Oak Hill, OH, World News, United Kingdom, Ceredigion County, Wales

IcNetwork

Welsh actor Gareth Thomas on bringing the world stage premiere of Cadfael to Wales

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.

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Related Topix: Cadfael, Entertainment, Television, Europe, World News, United Kingdom, Blake's 7, Gareth Thomas, Celebrities, Derek Jacobi, Ceredigion County, Wales

IcNetwork

Welsh History Month: The 'Brethyn Llwyd' uniform of the Welsh Army Corps

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)

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Related Topix: Europe, World News, United Kingdom, Ceredigion County, Wales, Carmarthenshire County, Wales, Essex County, England, Greater London County, England

BBC News

Extra A 10m to protect against floods

Natural Resources Minister Alun Davies said it followed one of the wettest years on record in 2012, which affected hundreds of homes and businesses.

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Related Topix: Ceredigion County, Wales, World News, United Kingdom, Weather, Denbighshire County, Wales, Conwy County, Wales

Sat May 11, 2013

IcNetwork

Chiara Rinaldi on Odette's

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

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Related Topix: World News, Ceredigion County, Wales, United Kingdom, Caerphilly County, Wales, Conwy County, Wales, Denbighshire County, Wales, Life, Dining

Fri May 10, 2013

IcNetwork

Hinterland thriller filming boosted by atmospheric Aberystwyth locations

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.

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Related Topix: Europe, World News, Ceredigion County, Wales, United Kingdom, Flintshire County, Wales, Pembrokeshire County, Wales

IcNetwork

Carolyn Hitt: The historic items that make Welsh history for me

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.

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Related Topix: Obsessed, Entertainment, Television, Conwy County, Wales, World News, United Kingdom, Ceredigion County, Wales, Opinion

Daily Mail

Granny who won't be bulldozed by Tesco: Woman halting multi-million...

She could be forced to leave her home to make way for a 25,000sq ft Tesco, three-storey Marks & Spencer and 550-space car park Tesco and M&S signed deal with developers and local council to build a new shopping park in seaside resort Enid Jones is not someone that you would immediately associate with jaw-jutting defiance.

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Related Topix: Home, Home Listing, World News, Ceredigion County, Wales, United Kingdom,

Daily Mail

April Jones trial: 'I know what this is all about' said Mark Bridger as police arrested him

The man accused of murdering April Jones was an 'emotional wreck' when he was arrested on suspicion of her abduction, a police officer told a jury today.

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Related Topix: Flintshire County, Wales, United Kingdom, World News, Powys County, Wales, Gwynedd County, Wales, Ceredigion County, Wales

Thu May 09, 2013

IcNetwork

First female Dean of Llandaff Cathedral quits after two months

Church in Wales sources have told WalesOnline that Dean Henderson had had "a "difficult time" since her appointment, with some clergy resenting the appointment of a woman.

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Related Topix: Cardiff County, Wales, Rhondda Cynon Taff County, Wales, World News, Vale of Glamorgan County, Wales, Newport City County, Wales, United Kingdom, Powys County, Wales, Ceredigion County, Wales

Daily Mail

Beautiful 'fog bow' forms over fields but forecasters warn drivers of ...

The phenomena, named a fog bow, was captured by keen mountaineer Dan Arkle during a trip to Burbage Valley, near Sheffield, South Yorkshire.

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Related Topix: World News, United Kingdom, Ceredigion County, Wales, Weather

IcNorthWales

First it was the snow now it's the economy

The sight of hill ponies roaming wild over the moors of North Wales could be a thing of the past, farmers fear.

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Related Topix: World News, United Kingdom, Ceredigion County, Wales

IcNetwork

Welsh History Month: The miner's lamp

The officer who arrested Mark Bridger for the alleged abduction and murder of April Jones will also be among today's witnesses.

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Related Topix: Ceredigion County, Wales, World News, United Kingdom, Merthyr Tydfil County, Wales,

Wed May 08, 2013

Drug Researcher

PRA Expands Clinical Informatics, Adds New Facility in Wales

CRO PRA has expanded its clinical informatics offerings and opened a new facility in Swansea, Wales, which will create a multi-lingual help desk, as well as offer 100 graduate-level jobs in data coordination, clinical programming and safety fields.

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Related Topix: Ceredigion County, Wales, World News, United Kingdom