Tuesday, 6th January 2009

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School’s reprieve

The bells rang out in Lydbury North on Wednesday afternoon as news that, finally, it has been decided the village’s primary school should stay open and independent.

Did you see this brawl at the hall?

Police are appealing for witnesses to a brawl at the Onibury Village Hall which resulted in a man being taken to hospital with a broken leg and two others being arrested

Council sees the light!

A programme to switch back on street lights which have been turned off by Powys County Council will continue in Knighton and Llanidloes after the New Year

Kington ‘three’ accused of bullying

Three Kington town councillors have been suspended from attending committee meetings for allegedly ‘bullying’ the new town clerk.

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Pupils used as ‘pawns’

A £5 million plan to build a new school and integrated children’s centre at Trefonnen in Llandrindod Wells has been delayed until the new year.

Police target ‘out-alone’

Children found wandering town centres in Powys after 9pm over the festive season are to be sent home by police.

Fire wrecks hotel wedding

A couple who were due to be married on New Year’s Eve at a Powys hotel which was badly damaged in a fire last the weekend, are considering delaying their big day until the summer.

Fire death leaves village in shock

The small community of Bucknell is in shock after a villager died from burns received at his home on Monday night.

Former employee runs closed pub

Ludlow’s Bull Hotel could be back in business in time for Christmas, after a former employee at the pub stepped in to run it.

Councillor calls for life-saving equipment

Ludlow’s newest town councillor Martin Taylor-Smith is campaigning for life-saving equipment to be installed along the banks of the River Teme, where a man drowned two years ago.