Aberystwyth News, Politics & Religion

News

• The town's main newspaper is the Aberystwyth edition of The Cambrian News - known locally as the 'pre-cambrian' news
• The mid Wales section of Walesonline
• The Ceredigion Herald
• The mid Wales section of BBC news which links to streaming from regional Radio & Television
• Google's list of news stories that mention Aberystwyth

Political structure representing Aber'

Local

• The head of Aberystwyth Town Council is the Mayor supported by Councillors
  • Aberystwyth has been officially twinned with several towns around the world.
    • In 1977 with the town of Saint Brieuc in the Brittany region of north-western France
    • In 1997 with the town of Kronberg im Taunus in the Hessian state of central Germany
    • In 2009 with the town of Esquel in the Patagonian region of southern Argentina
    • In 2016 with the town of Acklow just 147km over the sea on the Irish coast (On a clear day if you look on a bearing of 288° you won't see Acklow because the earth isn't flat, but you might see some clouds above it.)

County

• Next up is Ceredigion County Council based in Aberaeron.
  • County Councillors including Attendance Record, Register of Interests and Political Affiliation
  • Freedom of information requests to Ceredigion County Council NEW

Wales

• Next up is the devolved Welsh Assembly (based in Cardiff) which has elected Assembly Members for Mid and West Wales

UK

• Next up is the UK Parliament based in London
  • Find out what our local MP's been up to(!) and if they're voting for you

The Public Services Ombudsman for Wales is the official body to complain to if you suffered through maladministration or service failure by a public body including local & national government, National Health Service, and many more

Relationship with the European Union

• Delegation of the European Union to the United Kingdom
• EU spending around Aberystwyth
• European Court of Justice (EU)

non-EU International Courts & Tribunals

• European Court of Human Rights
• Court of Justice of the European Free Trade Association States
• European Nuclear Energy Tribunal
• International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (UN)
• The Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization
• International Criminal Court
• International Court of Justice (UN)

Religion

• St Padarn's Llanbadarn Fawr (Anglican)
• Eglwys y Santes Fair Church (Anglican/Episcopalian)
• Saint Michael's Church (Anglican)
• Holy Trinity Church (Anglican)
• Capel y Morfa (Presbyterian)
• St David's Church (Presbyterian - United Reformed)
• Seion Aberystwyth (Independent)
• Parish of Aberystwyth (Catholic)
• Alfred Place Baptist Church
• Eglwys Efengylaidd Aberystwyth (Evangelical Welsh)
• Elim Christian Fellowship (Elim PenteCoastal)
• Friends Meeting House (Quakers)
• Aberystwyth Adventist Church
• The Place of Peace Dharma House
• Aberystwyth Buddhist Group
• Aberystwyth Mosque & Prayer Times
• Aberystwyth Christian Union
• Salvation Army
• St. Paul Methodist Centre
• Morlan: Christian Community Centre
• List of Churches in Aberystwyth from 'Find A Church'