Monday, 15th March 2010

Girl, 19, hurt in town centre attack

Police are appealing for witnesses after a 19-year-old woman was sexually assaulted in a Powys town centre.

Sisters battle for band title

Band girls

Two sisters from Powys are one step closer to becoming the next big Welsh band after making it through to the semi finals of Battle of the Bands.
‘Paned’– made up of Jess Hall from Llandrindod Wells and Miriam from Builth Wells, recently competed in the south-east regional heat of Brwydr Y Bandiau Mentrau Iaith Cymru […]

300 frogs found dead near pond

A member of Radnorshire Wildlife Trust (RWT) was horrified to find 300 dead frogs round the edge of her pond recently. It followed the thaw of the ice and snow that had been covering the pond for several weeks.

Megan signs twinning Charter

RB twinning tree pic

The youngest person in Europe to sign an official European Twinning Charter is ten-year-old Megan Roberts, the Mayor of Knighton Junior Town Council.
Some 30 residents of Knighton and district visited the Canton of Varades last weekend, the area in France which Knighton and District is twinning with, which consists of six small towns each with […]

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Wyeside bosses back in charge

Two bosses of a troubled Builth Wells arts centre, who resigned two weeks ago, are back in post after trustees accepted their proposal to return.

Schools compete at Urdd Gobaith Cymru Eisteddfod

EH Urdd eisteddfod

Three local primary schools competed in the local Urdd Gobaith Cymru Eisteddfod Cylch y Llannau 2010 at Llandrindod Wells where winners from the day’s events will go forward to the next round of the Urdd Eisteddfod.

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Penny Black stamps stolen by stepdaughter

A Kington couple who stole thousands of pounds worth of rare stamps from a sick Presteigne relative’s “prized collection”, have been jailed.
Kenneth Kensall, a devoted collector for 60 years, had over 400 albums of stamps which held both a monetary and sentimental value for him. The 67-year-old, who had recently had his left leg amputated […]

It’s a really small world!

Two Llandrindod Wells schoolfriends have been virtually neighbours for years in Australia – but only found out during a chance conversation back in Powys!

Workers ‘blew whistle’ on fridge firm

Three former employees blew the whistle on a Knighton company accused of breaching its waste management licence by not disposing of fridges properly, a court has heard.