Archive
-
Date
Tributes paid to 'all time Newtown football legend' Keith Tanner
Tributes have been paid to the “all time Newtown football legend” Keith Tanner who has died. Newtown AFC released a heartfelt statement expressing the impact Keith had on the club as a former player, long-term volunteer, and head of the stewards
-
Date
Powys Conservatives set to hold on to key political roles in council
THE Conservative group at Powys County Council expect to hang on to the roles of chairing two scrutiny committees. This is despite not being the biggest opposition group in county hall and only qualifying to chair one of these committees. Last
-
Date
Charlotte Church officially sells south Wales mansion as she makes move to Powys
CHARLOTTE Church has finally sold her luxury mansion in the Vale, but it didn’t go as heavenly as first thought... The singer dubbed 'Voice of an Angel' put family home The Spinney, in Dinas Powys, up for sale for a cool £2.3million in August 2023
-
Date
Man admits beating woman and damaging her TVs at Welshpool home
A man will be sentenced by a judge for beating a woman and damaging her televisions at a residential property in Welshpool. Nathan Foster, 33, pleaded guilty to both assaulting the woman and criminal damage on April 7. Foster, who appeared
-
Date
Powys councillors set to receive £1,066 rise in basic pay
POWYS County Councillors will receive a 5.71 per cent pay increase this year. This equates to an extra £1066 and takes their basic pay up to £18,666. At the council’s annual meeting on Thursday, May 16 councillors will receive a report on the
-
Date
Popular Powys tea rooms Penbont House shuts for final time today
A POPULAR tea rooms set in some of the most picturesque surrounds of Powys closes today after its owners decided it was too expensive to run and was located too far off-grid. The Elan Valley Trust, which owns Penbont House, nestled on a hill where
-
Date
Explained: What strange object was in night sky above Powys town last week
IF you saw a strange object or bright lights in the skies above Presteigne last week, there was no need to panic – as it was just a drone conducting a thermal imaging check of the local primary school. Some residents in the Radnorshire town took
-
Date
Fire crews spend 22 HOURS as barn full of tyres and waste goes up in flames
FIREFIGHTERS from all over Powys and Shropshire battled a barn fire overnight close to the Wales/England border last weekend, it has been confirmed. Crews from Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS), including its water tender, were sent to
-
Date
Woman has broken leg set with only basic painkillers after Brecon Beacons fall
A woman had to have her broken leg set after falling in the Brecon Beacons waterfalls. Rescue teams were called to the scene after a woman fell on the waterfall walks in the Bannau Brycheiniog National Park on the Powys border on Friday (May10)
-
Date
Pictures show impact of flooding and landslide that left major Powys road shut
The A483 in Powys remained closed this morning after the flash flooding and landslides overnight. According to Traffic Wales the A483 between Newtown and Crossgates was still closed this morning (May 13) after a severe downpour caused flash flooding
-
Date
Mayor and parents praise 'wonderful' Powys community after school bomb scare
LLANDRINDOD Wells mayor Marcia Morgan paid tribute to her “wonderful” community, which provided support following a bomb scare at one of the town’s primary schools last week. More than 200 pupils and staff were evacuated from Ysgol Cefnllys on
-
Date
DWP Universal Credit warning ahead of change next week
Universal Credit, PIP, and other benefit claimants may find their payments affected by the bank holidays next weekend. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) who manage benefit payments to eligible claimants do not make payments on bank holidays
-
Date
Lucrative business owner 'so high on drugs' he couldn't remember police chase
The owner of a lucrative business has been jailed for a year after he was so high on drugs that he couldn't remember driving double the speed limit in a police chase through a Powys town. Daniel Meades, 38, ignored blue lights for around 10 minutes
-
Date
Former Victorian schoolhouse in Powys for sale - with its own sauna!
A former Victorian school in Powys has just been put on the market with a guide price of £420,000 - and it comes with its own sauna! A Grade II listed, former school building and schoolhouse in Abbeycwmhir, near Llandrindod Wells is currently up
-
Date
Powys mum keeps driving licence, despite now having 15 points on it
A mum described as being of “impeccable character”, has been allowed to keep her driving licence despite a speeding offence taking her to 15 points. Annie Rose Evans, 27, had pleaded guilty to a charge of speeding near Newtown in August last year
-
Date
Letter: A lack of vision and the abundance of cynicism are not welcoming trends
I was recently involved in a discussion about the issues surrounding traffic safety on the A458, Montgomeryshire’s all-important ‘trunk road’ connection to England. The policy for which Reform campaigns is a sympathetic dualling of the road from
-
Date
Powys landmark to hold summer party after six year hiatus
Llanfyllin workhouse will be hosting a weekend of music and entertainment this summer as the Workhouse Party event is set to return. Described as “a fabulously small and cosy, family friendly event”, the weekend will be marking 20 years since Workhouse
-
Date
Powys carnival organisers donate almost £2,000 to town youth groups
KNIGHTON Show & Carnival organisers are busy preparing for this year’s event and have recently handed out almost £2,000 as part of their annual commitment to reinvest profits into local youth groups. The event’s committee invites yearly applications