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Animals, produce and crafts to appear at beauty spot's first ever farmers market
Lake Vyrnwy will be hosting its very first farmers market, bringing in fresh produce, arts and crafts. A host of businesses will be travelling down to Lake Vyrnwy on Saturday, June 1, for the area’s first farmers market, showcasing a range of offers
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20 fantastic pictures of Powys pupils taking part in the Urdd Eisteddfod
Take a look below at some of the pictures from the festival on Monday.
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More Urdd Eisteddfod car park exits opened after drivers wait hours to leave
The number of exits at the National Urdd Eisteddfod car park has doubled since hundreds of people were waiting for hours to leave on Monday evening (May 27). Visitors to Europe’s largest travelling youth festival which this year is being held at
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Welsh-medium move for Llanfair school is to go ahead
CONTROVERSIAL plans to transform a Montgomeryshire school by turning into a Welsh-medium site are to go ahead after councillors confirmed the plans. But concerns remain that extra funding and changes to the transport policy will be needed to ensure
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Firefighter called out to fire in stolen car - which turned out to be his own
A Mid Wales firefighter was called out to a vehicle fire in Cefn Coch - only to discover it was his own car set ablaze. A Mid and West Wales Fire Service crew from Llanfair Caereinion were called out to were called out to an incident on Monday,
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Rescue teams called out to save injured mountain biker from Powys hillside
An injured mountain biker was treated by rescue teams after having a fall on a Powys hillside Brecon Mountain Rescue Team were called out to hill near Knighton on Friday (May 24) to a mountain biker who was in need of pain relief and medical care
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Man taken to hospital after crash on A470 in Powys
A MALE motorist was taken to hospital following a road traffic collision over the bank holiday weekend in which his vehicle left the road. Dyfed Powys Police said the incident involved one vehicle, a grey Audi A5, and occurred on the A470 between
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Powys man said he would stab victim in the throat over high-profile court case
A POWYS man said he would stab another man in the throat after he contacted him on Facebook over a crown court trial involving his friend. Jac Jones, 29, was last week fined and ordered to carry out a community order for sending multiple menacing
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Jeremy Clarkson slams 'idiotic' national service and offers farming solution
Jeremy Clarkson has slammed the 'obviously idiotic' Tory proposal of national service for young Brits. The Diddly Squat Farm owner and Amazon presenter took to X, formerly known as Twitter, earlier today and offered an alternative solution.
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Weather watch: What to expect for the rest of the Urdd Eisteddfod
As festivities for the 2024 Urdd Eistdeddfod kicked off from its venue in Powys, here is what visitors can expect from the weather for the rest of the week. With the Urdd being welcomed to Meifod with a mostly clear day on Monday, May 27, conditions
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Thrills and spills guaranteed as motocross fans descend on Powys hill
The stunning hillside track at St Harmon just outside Rhayader will reverberate to the sound of competition motorcycles Wednesday, May 29th when the long-awaited return of the PAR Homes/Bodenham Enterprise Park/Steve Rowlands & Sons sponsored Welsh
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Urdd apologises after hundreds of people stuck in Eisteddfod car park for hours
The Urdd has issued an apology after hundreds of people were stuck for hours trying to leave the National Urdd Eisteddfod car parks near Meifod. Motorists were queueing for as long as two-and-a-half hours on the first day of competing on Monday
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Thief stole fake designer bag and vape from cars
A MAN has been convicted of stealing items including a fake designer bag and a vape from cars in a Herefordshire town. The stolen items were valued at at least £70 to £80, and were taken from cars in Kington by 34-year-old Thomas Hamilton.
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Drug-driver found with 'massive' amount of cocaine in his blood
A man who was found to be driving on a main Shropshire road with a massive amount of cocaine in his blood has received a ban. Oliver Lambert, from Bishop's Castle, was found to have 16 times the legal limit of cocaine derivative benzoylecgonine
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Town council applies for funding to re-open public toilets
Machynlleth Town Council has applied for funding to renovate the town’s public toilets following a lengthy closure. The town council announced that their working group devoted to re-opening Machynlleth’s public toilets revealed that they had submitted
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In pictures: Recognise any familiar faces from Powys life in 2011?
WELCOME to bygones as we invite readers to join us on a saunter back to 2011. As ever, we encourage all our readers to trawl through their own albums and share their own pictures from the past by emailing us at gavin.grosvenor@newsquest.co.uk today