Pontgarreg

“I'm really pleased that volunteers in Pontgarreg are working so hard to secure the future of the former school field. The field has been used for many years by the wider community, and there are exciting plans to look for funding to maintain and ...

Four primaries at nearby Blaenporth, Glynarthen, Pontgarreg and Rhydlewis will shut on 31 August next year. Ceredigion council said the plan had received "unanimous support". The local authority added that the new school would cater for 150 pupils.

T Llew Jones, 93, from Pontgarreg, near Llandysul, Ceredigion, wrote more than 50 books, including 35 for children, in a career spanning more than 50 years. Mr Jones, who started writing as a teacher and later became a headmaster, died on 9 January.