Thursday, 9th September 2010

‘Royalty’ to star at Victorian festival

The 29th Llandrindod Wells Victorian Festival will officially open tomorrow (Saturday) with nine days of entertainment and activities, which will take young and young-at-heart back to a bygone age.

Paedophile jailed for four years

A peeping-tom paedophile who filmed a young Knighton girl through her bedroom window, and had a stash of 127,000 indecent images of children, is back behind bars.

Kirsty fights for CARAD

Brecon and Radnor AM Kirsty Williams has lent her support to the campaign to reverse the decision to cut funding for CARAD (Community Arts Rhayader and District).

Growing interest in ‘edible town’

Knighton could become the first ‘edible town’ in Wales after two groups joined forces to push forward a project to plant fruit and nut trees for local residents and visitors to enjoy.

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Fun for all at Llanyre

Llanyre annual sports and show returned with a bang on Saturday after being cancelled last year because of a waterlogged field.
The show was officially opened by Julian Gibson-Watt and went very well despite some rain in the morning threatening to spoil it. But it dried up in time for the afternoon’s entertainment and the show […]

Vandalism spark calls for more cops

Extra police will soon be patrolling the streets of Knighton during the early hours on weekends in a bid to crackdown on increasing amounts of vandalism.

Chloe gets a skilful role as ambassador

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Budding entrepreneur Chloe Lloyd, who recorded some of the best ever results seen by the business department at Coleg Powys Brecon, has been selected as a Skills Ambassador by the Welsh Assembly Government.

Oo la la…. French firm gets Kington lights contract

Kington’s Christmas lights will have a touch of ‘ooh la la’ about them this year, after a French company was employed to provide them – at a cost of £11,235.67 over three years.

Dragon’s favourite Layla gets £50,000

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A plucky performance on BBC2’s Dragon’s Den saw a Mid Wales entrepreneur and her hawk Monty get their claws into £50,000 – and the help of the wealthiest expert on the panel.

Snow-hit workers showed true grit!

The extraordinary efforts of council staff who rose to the challenge to ensure services were delivered during the coldest winter in 30 years have been recognised by the council’s chairman and chief executive.