8+ hour, 20+ min ago   (402+ words) A composer says his latest work carries the weight of “a hugely significant event in Welsh history.” Gareth Glyn’s opera Fflamau Penyberth, which commemorates the 90th anniversary of the 1936 Penyberth arson attack, is being performed on November 28 at Theatr Brycheiniog in…...

8+ hour, 20+ min ago   (321+ words) Farmers have warned that drought, disease and wildfires are putting growing pressure on the UK food system. Ian Rickman, president of the Farmers’ Union of Wales (FUW), raised the concerns during a shadow environment, food and rural affairs (Defra) roundtable…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (418+ words) A LANDSCAPE gardener who was self-medicating with cannabis following recent surgery has been banned from the roads, after he was found to be more than five times the legal drug drive limit. Louie Bonada-Chant, 27, was seen by police officers driving…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (411+ words) Fresh calls have been made to ban the sale of certain rat poisons to the general public amid fears they are killing protected birds of prey. Wildlife toxicity research group WPRUK has urged the Senedd’s Environment Committee to tighten restrictions…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (435+ words) A man who breached a court order by drinking alcohol on his wedding day has avoided having a suspended sentence activated after magistrates decided it would be unjust to send him to prison. Shaun Lewis, 32, of Lon Derw, Trehafren, Newtown,…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (602+ words) Criticisms over Powys County Council’s role in organising a women’s cycling race stage through Powys last month have been raised by a senior councillor. Powys county councillor for Hay, and Bannau Brycheiniog National Park Authority (BBNPA) chairman Gareth Ratcliffe (Liberal…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (811+ words) Andy Burnham has blamed the rising cost of borrowing and market turbulence on the Tory record on ballooning debt and declared “we are turning that corner”. He took his first Prime Minister’s Questions after Government long-term borrowing costs were sent…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (259+ words) FIREFIGHTERS have been praised after they rescued a sheep that had become stranded in a section of water near Welshpool last week. “At 7.53pm on Friday, August 28, the Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service crew from Welshpool Fire Station…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (224+ words) County Times Natural Resources Wales: Wildfires picture to take months NATURAL Resources Wales says it expects it will take months rather than weeks to build a full picture of the ecological impacts of the wildfire in the Glascwm area that…...

2+ week, 21+ hour ago   (555+ words) FRESH off the back of the Tour of Britain Women roaring through town last weekend, the Rhayader Tourism Forum is already looking ahead to another huge opportunity for Mid Wales – next year’s Tour de France. The UK will host the…...