Powys

Flooding brings chaos to county

BBC News (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008

Powys council sets up emergency rest centres in Newtown and Brecon after heavy rain causes disruption.

News from home

All Along the Watchtower (Free subscription) | 29/08/2008

Two news stories have ocme out this week about where i am/will be living. My internship in Kirsty Williams' office comes to an end today, but yesterday we found out that people in the county of Powys, where Brecon is located, has been found to be the happiest place in all of the UK :) The top 5 places, that are happiest in the UK are 1. Powys 2. Manchester 3. West Lothian 4. Cumbernauld and Kilsyth...

Britain's happiest and unhappiest regions revealed

Big News Network.com (Free subscription) | 28/08/2008

London, Aug 28 : In a study conducted to find out the happiness level in a region in Britain, it was found that the remote region of Brecknock, Montgomery and Radnor, in Powys, Wales, came out tops.

Britain's happiest town revealed

Metro.co.uk (Free subscription) | 28/08/2008

With wonderful views and wide valleys, the remote region of Montgomery and Radnor in Powys Wales has been named the happiest city in Britain.

Caching Karma

Tortoiseshell (Free subscription) | 24/08/2008

Old Trecastle Road A-Road Anarchy A470 (1) A-Road Anarchy A470 (4) Beeching's Legacy - Forgotten Gate Devil Duck The good form in August continued with a scoot up to Powys. Started out with a delightful cache and dash at "Old Trecastle Road", on moorland round the source of Afon Tawe. The cache for some reason had had the container removed, so all the contents were sodden and in a parlous state. Luckily...

Probe as 1,000 fish die in brook

BBC News (Free subscription) | 26/07/2008

Environment Agency officers investigate the death of hundreds of young fish in a tributary of the Wye in Powys.

Row erupts over park gypsy camp

BBC News (Free subscription) | 04/07/2008

Powys council and Brecon Beacons National Park are at loggerheads over the location of a gypsy camp.

Super 8 at Workhouse Festival

super 8 and small film news blog (Free subscription) | 02/07/2008

A quickie for festival goers - the best of Cambridge Super 8mm Festival will be screening at the Workhouse Festival in Llanfyllin, Powys, Wales this weekend (4th to 6th July). Super 8mm films will rub shoulders with an eclectic music mix featuring Dreadzone, an Orb DJ set and Sicknote. If you want to screen the Best of the Cambridge Super 8mm Festival - get in touch with the guys via their website...

Uniquely Welsh help for Alzheimer’s

iCambria (Free subscription) | 01/07/2008

HELP FOR ALZHEIMER’S SUFFERERS from THE WELSH NATIONAL FLOWER “I see no reason why some good, cheap science cannot persuade Wales that in the daffodil it literally has a national treasure and not just an icon.” Prof.J.T. Walker of Alzeim Ltd., Talgarth. Cambria went to Talgarth in Powys to visit Professor Trevor Walker of the biotech company Alzeim [...]

Death by Misadventure Verdict on Canoe Girl

Tom Jackson Online (Free subscription) | 19/06/2008

Her Majesty's Coroner for Powys , Mr Peter Maddox, has returned a verdict of death by misadventure on canoe accident victim Billie Clayton . Nine-year-old Billie had been out canoeing on the River Wye with her father Ian, twin brother Edward and mother Heather when tragedy struck back in April 2006. After taking a wrong turn their canoe capsized in fast-flowing rapids, throwing the children clear and...

• 'Learn lesssons', tragic dad - Manchester Evening News
• Grieving ITV presenter Ian Clayton attacks 'shambolic mess' of canoe hire business - The Telegraph

Horse triumphs in marathon duel with humans

Horsetalk.co.nz Headlines (Free subscription) | 15/06/2008

Horsepower has won the day in the annual 35km Man Versus Horse race run annually near the welsh village of Llanwrtyd Wells, Powys.

• Horse outruns man in marathon, but only just - The Telegraph

Town has pub for every 173 people

BBC News (Free subscription) | 28/05/2008

The Powys market town of Rhayader is given the unofficial title of the place with most pubs per head.

Any port in a storm

within the crainium (Free subscription) | 28/05/2008

Villagers turn bus stop into pub A bus shelter has been turned into a makeshift pub after a village's local closed down. The only snag is that regulars in Llangunllo, near Knighton, Powys have to bring along their own drinks....

Vicar is Charged Over Child Pictures

Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 11/05/2008

A VICAR has been charged with possessing indecent pictures of children, police said. Church in Wales vicar the Rev Richard Hart, 59, of Beguildy, Knight on, Powys, was suspended from duties after his arrest in January. He will appear at Brecon Magistrates' Court later this month.

SUDDENLY, GUYS IN PENNAL (NEAR MACHYNLLETH, CLOSE TO THE POWYS-GWYNEDD BORDER)

Dave Barry's Blog (Free subscription) | 23/04/2008

..are going to church. (Thanks to Claire Martin)