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Karen Compton

Chief Reporter

Reporter on the Mid Wales Journal.

March 29, 2025

Ellie Chowns MP Urges North Herefordshire Residents to Shape the Future of Our Water Sector

Old Radnor WI held its annual general meeting at the March meeting

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March 28, 2025

Ambitious plans to build and improve Powys County Council homes approved

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Positive feedback from temporary changes to the minor injury units and Ready to Go Home units in Powys

American exhibitor to add international flavour to Wonderwool Wales 2025

Politician Says Wind Farm Proposals are Overwhelming Brecon and Radnorshire.

Welsh public organisations pledge new approach focused on the bereaved and survivors of public tragedies

March 27, 2025

Powys County Council's Youth Services receives positive report

Llandrindod Wells wildlife photographer, Jamie Smart, has been named the Young Overall Winner of the British Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2025

Employing Prison Leavers: Unlocking Potential in Mid and North Wales

Education in Powys has been slammed by Estyn inspectors as “poor” and “underdeveloped”

Cleaning at a public toilet in Rhayader will be increased for a six month trial

Senedd Member Jane Dodds explains why she allowed the Welsh budget to pass

Two Rhayader groups will benefit after the town council agreed to help them

Three planning applications have been supported by Builth Wells Town Council.

Members of Kington Town Council have commented on an economic development plan which is being drawn up for the town

March 26, 2025

The Big Battle 2 - The Big Revenge - to take place in Llandrindod Wells this summer

Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe MP Challenges Government Over Threat to Brecon Canal

Kington Town Council has been approached by developers proposing to build a number of homes on land off Kingswood Road

Powys politicians react to health board artificially increasing waiting times for patients treated in England

Gavin & Stacey creators James Corden and Ruth Jones will appear at Hay Festival this summer

A talk about growing vegetables, a twmpath, Spanish music and a film night will all be taking place in Llanwrtyd Wells in the next week.

Powys patients will have to wait longer for hospital treatment to save money for the health board

A farmer’s wife was helped to claim nearly £20,000 a year in benefits by Powys County Council’s money advice service

A new defibrillator has been installed in the Headbrook area of Kington

Members show interest in becoming town council governors for two Llandrindod Wells schools

Hanging baskets and troughs for Knighton in Bloom will be planted again this year by The Flower Box

Developers proposing 122 homes in Llandrindod Wells have said they will take on board some of the town council’s suggestions

Kington’s annual town meeting will take place on May 21 this year at the Burton Hotel

March 25, 2025

The film The Outrun will be shown at a venue near Kington.

Quotes to make the public toilets behind the Knighton Hotel in Knighton more accessible are awaited

A Powys cancer trust which has helped thousands of people since it opened over 30 years ago, is now asking people to come to its aid.

Work to refurbish and repair the grave of a major benefactor of Llandrindod Wells, Builth Wells and Llanelwedd will begin soon

The second marmalade competition, painting workshops and Kington Castaways will be at a Kington venue this month

Positive steps forward are being made on several Llandrindod Wells Town Council projects, the clerk has said

The first edition of a new Builth Wells Town Council newsletter is out now

The annual regional meeting for the National Garden Scheme in Wales and The Marches took place recently at Hafod Yr Afon in Newtown

Powys' Household Recycling Centre booking system open

A coffee morning to raise money for Medecins San Frontiers Doctors Without Borders will be held at a venue near Kington

Firefighters protest against changes to shift patterns in Mid and West Wales

Actor Martin Clunes to Judge Supreme Horse Championship at the 2025 Royal Welsh Show

March 24, 2025

There will be live music at the legion in Llandrindod Wells this week

A new tea room in Llandrindod Wells is set to brew up something fantastic for the town

Follow Sidney Nolan through Africa and experience contemporary craft in Rodd Court as The Rodd welcomes visitors for the 2025 season

Two Kington organisations have received grant funding to help put on events from the town council

Missing persons, a burglary and domestic incidents have kept Kington police busy in recent weeks

Llanwrtyd Thursday Club heard from Dr Fred Slater

Two local charities have benefited thanks to two Powys ladies darts competitions

March 23, 2025

Puccini’s captivating opera Turandot, will be shown at a Builth Wells venue

Llanwrtyd Thursday Club received donation from Epynt Motor Club