A CLIMATE change expert from Aberaeron has published a book which a leading academic says he hopes will be ‘a turning of the tide’. In ‘Great Adaptions’, Dr Morgan Phillips recounts stories of adaptation from the air-conditioned pavements of Doha and the feral camels of Australia, to the ‘cool rooms’ of Paris and the ‘fog catchers’ of Morocco. The book – which ‘presses home the need for adaptations that are ecologically restorative and socially just’ - has been described as ‘a call to action’. Prof Rupert Read, of the University of East Anglia, said: “My earnest hope is that this book will be a turning of the tide; and that, with the silence broken, the world can finally begin the painful process of awakening properly to climate reality.
Aberaeron hotel couple breached Covid-19 restrictions, court hears
The couple who run Aberaeron s Castle Hotel were arrested for breaching Covid-19 restrictions, a court has heard. A COUPLE who run one of Aberaeron’s best-known hotels pleaded guilty to coronavirus restrictions and public order offences before the start of a scheduled trial in Aberystwyth magistrates court. David James and Meinir Bowen, of the Castle Hotel, Market Street, were accused of offences that took place on the night of 4 December 2020 after Ceredigion County Council Public Protection officers and a Dyfed-Powys police officer heard drunken voices from within the premises. The court heard that after being permitted entry to the bar, the officers were faced with verbal abuse from David James.
UK house price growth hit double figures in the year to March, with the average property worth £24,000 more than it was this time last year at £256,000 according to the ONS.