Up to 50 jobs could be lost at a food factory near Newport, company bosses announced today.

A Mid Wales teenager denied the murder of a four-month-old baby when he appeared in court.

Hundreds of sheep have been stolen by rustlers in Mid Wales over the last few weeks, police revealed today.

Residents in parts of south Shropshire have been left without water for more than 11 weeks – forcing them to travel for miles to have showers and get basic supplies.

Drunken youths caused hundreds of pounds of damage to a car in a town in Mid Wales when they climbed on its roof. Police in Knighton said the town’s anti-social behaviour problem was escalating again.

Farmers are being targeted by thieves who have stolen thousands of pounds of sheep in raids on farms in Mid Wales. Eighty sheep were stolen from the Beacon Hill area of Knighton.

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A 42-stone bale of hay fell off the back of a tractor trailer and rolled nearly 200 yards down a high street, forcing a driver to reverse at speed to get out of the way as it bounced towards him.

A Mid Wales train station marked its 150th anniversary with a visit from Queen Victoria. More than 100 people flocked to Knighton Station to see the Queen, played by Sue Spoonley, unveil a plaque marking the anniversary.

An historic family-run shoe retail business which dates back 120 years is closing three of its shops with the loss of 12 jobs in Mid Wales and Shropshire.

A Mid Wales astronomer has had an asteroid named after him by the Spacewatch programme in the United States.

The director of a fridge recycling firm on the Shropshire/Mid Wales border has been ordered to repay £45,000 after being found guilty of causing pollution to the environment and risking harm to health.

A Mid Wales soldier who died in World War Two has been honoured with the unveiling of a plaque in his honour at the school he attended as a boy.

Ten motorists have been dealt with by police for a variety of offences during a crackdown in Mid Wales, the force said today.

A teenager who smashed a window of a house in a Mid Wales town today apologised to the owner and paid for repairs.

A Mid Wales doctor who was suspended from the medical register for a year because of the potential risk she posed to patients has had the order lifted by the General Medical Council.

Police have arrested a man for stealing and damaging a wheelchair belonging to an elderly disabled man in Mid Wales, leaving him to walk home on “treacherous” ice during the big freeze.

A disabled man in Mid Wales was left to struggle home in freezing temperatures after a “drunken reveller” stole his wheelchair, police said today.

Christmas has been saved in a town on the Shropshire and Powys border after business leaders and councillors chipped in to ensure Christmas lights and decorations will again be on show.

A number of youths have been arrested following a spate of vandalism in a Mid Wales town.

Residents of vandal-hit Knighton – where a recent wrecking spree will cost thousands of pounds to repair – are being urged to attend a meeting to help rid the town of anti- social behaviour.

Police today condemned the “wanton vandalism” which they claim has descended “like a blight” on a Mid Wales town.

A Mid Wales doctor has been suspended by the General Medical Council because of the potential risk she poses to patients.

A man was left with facial injuries after being attacked by a group of men on a night out in a Mid Wales town.

Hundreds of pounds worth of diesel has been stolen from a Mid Wales town in the fifth incident this year, police said today.

A teenager has been arrested in connection with anti-social behaviour in a town on the Shropshire and Mid Wales border just days after being given a written warning by the police.

Police today issued an appeal for witnesses after a serious attack on a man in a town on the Shropshire and Powys border.

Police in a Powys town have stepped up their crackdown on anti-social behaviour by serving notices on youngsters in the area who misbehave.

Former AFC Telford United and Shrewsbury Town footballer Glen Tolley has been jailed for 15 months for his part in a brawl in which a man’s jaw was broken.

Thousands of pounds worth of fuel has been stolen in a second raid on a heavy goods vehicle parked at a yard on the Shropshire and Mid Wales border.