Powys budget proposals to education services prompt scrutiny
SWITCHING off the lights, and computers in schools as well as less use of external education consultants, could save Powys…
Author: Elgan Hearn
Gwent Council outline new local development plan
A NEW Local Development Plan (LDP) which outlines where houses or industrial developments should be built over the next decade…
Campaigners join together to call for halt to future intensive poultry units in Powys
ENVIRONMENT campaigners have joined forces to call for a meeting with a Welsh Government minister to discussing putting a halt…
Crickhowell community left devastated as Powys Council forge ahead with Llanbedr school closure
THE Llanbedr Church in Wales School community near Crickhowell are “devastated” that Powys County Council’s Cabinet has decided to forge…
Powys draft budget slammed by Conservative group leader Cllr Aled Davies
THE draft budget has been set by Powys County Council’s Liberal Democrat/Labour cabinet with a five per cent hike to…
Powys Council approves solar array outside Rhayader
PLANS for a solar array to be built just off the A470 trunk road outside Rhayader have been given the…
Gwent Council considers freeze to licence fees
CONCERNS have been expressed that taxi drivers could pop over to neighbouring local authorities to get a Taxi Licence that…
Disappointment expressed over plans to redevelop hedgerow near historic site in Abermule
DISAPPOINTMENT was expressed that a hedgerow at a historic site in Abermule will be lost as plans to move the…
Councillor expresses ‘surprise’ at recall of development plan for former Travis Perkins site
A councillor expressed “surprise” that a planning application for apartments in Newtown was called in for a decision by Powys…
Residents of Gwent could claim overpaid council tax
BLAENAU GWENT residents should check their council tax bills to see if they have been paying too much money to…