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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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 […]
Two Llandrindod Wells schoolfriends have been virtually neighbours for years in Australia – but only found out during a chance conversation back in Powys!
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.
Serious concerns have been voiced about plans for a new £4.75 million medical centre in Kington by some councillors, even though the town council supports a surgery in the town.
A Kington builder whose brother has severe learning difficulties, is tackling the London Marathon to give something back to Mencap, which has helped his family so much.
Twenty-six sheep died and a driver was taken to hospital with head injuries after his stock lorry overturned at Norton, near Presteigne.
A Kington lorry driver, who has been out of work for almost a year after being made redundant has discovered an unknown talent for writing – and has published two books of his own poetry.
A deal to sell a Presteigne company and secure its 110 jobs could be done within the next two or three weeks.
