Teifi Valley pylon concerns raised in Parliament
Ben Lake MP has urged the UK Government to make underground cabling the default method for installing new electricity grid infrastructure.
Ceredigion Association of the Blind meets with Ben Lake MP to discuss digital accessibility concerns
The group met with the MP for Ceredigion to discuss issues and concerns around digital accessibility, particularly in rural areas such as Ceredigion and how advancements in technology can sometimes lead to increased isolation for some people, especially blind and visually impaired individuals.
Yes to Renewable Energy, No to Giant Pylons
(PIC - technology is available which allows cables to be buried underground quickly and with minimal disruption)
"Renewable energy - yes; giant pylons - no;" that is the opinion of Plaid Cymru Councillors in Ceredigion and Carmarthenshire.
Ben Lake MP welcomes bill to strengthen law to prevent livestock attacks
This week (Wednesday, 24 April) the Dogs (Protection of Livestock)(Amendment) Bill took an important step closer to becoming law, as it successfully passed the Committee stage in the House of Commons.
Ben Lake MP raises issues of rural connectivity during Public Accounts Committee evidence session
On 22 April 2024, the Public Accounts Committee took oral evidence on supporting mobile connectivity. Sarah Munby (Permanent Secretary at Department for Science, Innovation and Technology), Emran Mian CB OBE (Director General for Digital, Technology and Telecoms at Department for Science, Innovation and Technology), and Dean Creamer CBE (Chief Executive at Building Digital UK) gave evidence
MP and People’s Postcode Lottery join up to help Ceredigion charities
Ben Lake MP will take part in a virtual funding workshop with People’s Postcode Lottery and CAVO for local charities, volunteer organisations, and community groups.
The session will give good causes in Ceredigion advice on how to apply for funds to make even more of a difference in our communities.
Councillor group support event to remember children killed in Gaza
The Plaid Cymru Ceredigion Councillor Group welcomes and supports the event which will be held on the Prom in Aberystwyth on Saturday 27th April: The Pebbles Remember the Children who've been killed.
New mobile coverage in Ceredigion welcomed
Mobile coverage in rural parts of Ceredigion has been significantly improved after EE revealed today it has upgraded or built more than 10 masts in the county in the last three years.
The upgrades have been welcomed by Ceredigion MP Ben Lake.
Closing banks: another hit for the high street
Yesterday, it was announced that Halifax in Aberystwyth and Lloyds bank in Cardigan will be closing their branches this summer.
Senedd tributes to RNLI as charity marks 200 years
Cefin Campbell, Plaid Cymru Member of the Senedd for Mid & West Wales led tributes in the Senedd to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI), as the charity celebrated 200 years since its foundation this week.