Powys pupils have achieved excellent GCSE results in the 2010 examinations, beating the all-Wales results again.

The 29th Llandrindod Wells Victorian Festival got off to a great start with scores of people surrounding the Bandstand on Temple Gardens for the official opening.

Newbridge-on-Wye’s 50th annual show went very well with good numbers of spectators and entries in competitions.

One of the oldest shows in Radnorshire was a great success in its 74th year, despite some quite heavy showers.

‘Wow, what a weekend’ was the response of Kington’s Vintage Society following their 18th vintage rally on the weekend.
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A Powys holidaymaker has been given a six-month suspended jail sentence for abandoning her 11-year-old daughter on a crowded Spanish beach while she went to a bar.
A Powys victim of the failed budget travel firm Kiss Flights had previously booked with tour operator Goldtrail, which collapsed last month.

Playful puppies do it for some, it takes cute kittens for others, but only one of Britain’s biggest loads of bull was enough to win the heart of a Kington man with a bent for bovines.
Powys pupils have once again achieved excellent A-Level results in the WJEC examinations.