The Latest Breaking News from Powys

Welshpool to get new shared bank hub to protect access to cash

The new banking hub for the Powys town has been approved by LINK

Birmingham Post · Jul 20, 2022

Plans for Powys' first ever Pride event announced

From a Pride march to live acts, here's the lowdown on what's happening at Powys' first dedicated LGBT+ event

Wales Online · Jul 7, 2022

Powys-based life sciences company CellPath sold to American firm

CellPath specialises in the manufacture and supply of equipment and services used in cancer diagnostics

Birmingham Post · Jul 7, 2022

Factory farming is turning this beautiful British river into an open sewer

The Wye is being killed by toxic industrial chicken factories. Such disasters are happening all over the UK, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

The Guardian - UK · Jun 10, 2022

Retired police officer's hospital death was an 'avoidable accident'

Max Dingle, 83, from Powys, died 15 minutes after he was found trapped between the rails and mattress of his hospital bed

Wales Online · May 31, 2022

Britain's most dangerous places to live for burglaries revealed - see full list

A new study by Confused.com analyses the burglary rates between 2017 and 2021 across Britain to show the "most dangerous" and safest areas to live

Daily Mirror · May 31, 2022

Motorcyclist dies after crash with van in Brecon Beacons

Dyfed-Powys Police is appealing for witnesses

Wales Online · May 30, 2022

Chancellor Rishi Sunak paid £10,000 to fly to Wales for dinner

The chancellor funded the trip to a dinner at the Conservative conference in Newtown, Powys, from his own pocket

Wales Online · May 24, 2022

Rishi Sunak pays £10,000 for private helicopter trip to glitzy Tory dinner

Chancellor Rishi Sunak paid out of his own pocket for a return flight to Tory conference in Powys, Wales - while less fortunate attendees travelling from London would have had to pay £117 for a standard return train ticket

Daily Mirror · May 24, 2022

Four children in hospital after being hit by school bus

Dyfed-Powys Police confirmed the crash involving a school bus and a number of young pedestrians occurred in Llanfair Caereinion near Welshpool in Powys on Monday

Wales Online · May 23, 2022