Llandrindod Wells news


Coleg Powys chiefs deny crisis rumours

Bosses at Coleg Powys today hit back at rumours the college was in a ‘state of crisis’, claiming student numbers were actually on the up.


£2.9m cash underspend highlighted to authority

Powys County Council is predicting a £2.9 million budget underspend for the current financial year, a report to the council’s cabinet has revealed.


Spa towns tap in as house prices double

House prices in spa towns across Shropshire and Mid Wales have almost doubled over the past 10 years – and are up to £84,000 more expensive than homes elsewhere in the area, new research has revealed.


Extra Shropshire workers help to sort festive post

More than 130 extra workers have been taken on by the Royal Mail in Shropshire as it gears up to deliver millions of items in the run-up to Christmas.


Mid Wales schools face shake-up to meet big challenges

Cash-strapped secondary schools across Mid Wales could work closer together in ‘families’ in a bid to save money, it was revealed today.


Mid Wales sheep rustling soars

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


Listed Georgian residence has been tastefully updated

Burton House, Llandegley, Llandrindod Wells is a Georgian, eight-bedroomed detached stone house which has just been tastefully modernised to a high standard, set and sits in nearly an acre of grounds.


Shropshire railway ticket offices on closure list

Railway ticket offices in Shropshire and mid Wales could close if government plans for unstaffed stations go ahead, it was claimed today.


Volunteers to replace full-time frontline crews in Powys

Voluntary firefighters will replace full-time frontline crews tackling emergencies in three Powys towns as fire chiefs “put lives at risk” in their attempt at cost-cutting, it is claimed.


Powys windfarm plans meeting moved to larger site

Council bosses have been forced to relocate a major windfarm debate because none of its buildings are big enough to accommodate the thousands of protestors expected to attend.


Welsh kidney patients ‘missing out’ claim

Kidney patients in Mid Wales are losing out on vital treatment closer to home because of delays in bringing a dialysis unit to the town, it was claimed today.


Wife left traumatised after reservoir tragedy

A 55-year-old woman managed to swim to safety after the car she was driving plunged 20ft down a bank and into a Mid Wales reservoir.


Powys County Council tax rates to be decided

Council tax increases of nearly £30 a year on average were expected to be rubberstamped today. Councillors were expected to meet in Llandrindod Wells to set the council tax resolution for 2011/12.


Llandrindod Wells family rescued from fire

A woman, two children and two cats were rescued from their Mid Wales home in the early hours of today after a fire broke out in the hallway.


Rhayader branch of Barclays Bank to close

A bank in a Mid Wales town is to close because not enough people use it.


Llandrindod Wells firm axes 66 workers

Sixty-six workers have been made redundant from one of Llandrindod Wells’s biggest employers, administrators today revealed.


Llandrindod Wells firm IXL in administration

One of the biggest employers in Llandrindod Wells has gone into administration, putting dozens of jobs at risk, administrators said today.


Powys man jailed for raping girl, 16

A Powys man who raped a 16-year-old girl as she walked home from a night out on New Year’s Day has been jailed for seven years.


Man arrested over Llandrindod Wells sex attack on girl, 16

A 29-year-old man has been arrested over a serious sexual assault on a 16-year-old girl in Llandrindod Wells early on New Year’s Day.


New Year’s Day sex attack in Llandrindod Wells

A teenage girl was the victim of a “serious sexual assault” as she left a Mid Wales nightclub on New Year’s Day, police said today.


Warning of freezing fog on Shropshire roads

Drivers have been warned to take freezing fog into account when making journeys over the next few days as forecasters warned there would be little respite from the wintry weather.


Powys sixth forms in closure threat

All 13 secondary school sites in Powys could remain open but some sixth forms may close as part of a planned shake-up of education in the county, council bosses said today.


Homes needed for Shropshire battery chickens

Retirement homes in Shropshire are needed for 150 hens wanting to escape the slaughter house.


Thousands flock in for period fun

Thousands of people from across the country have flocked to a Mid Wales town which has turned back the clock 200 years.


Llandrindod Wells roadworks completed

Work on a new road layout to cope with extra traffic generated by a new Tesco store has been completed, council bosses have said.


Exposion fear in mobile cafe fire

A mobile catering unit was destroyed in a blaze in Mid Wales early today. The unit, which was located on the A44 at Penybont, near Llandrindod Wells, was reported to be on fire just after 3am.


600 apply for 200 jobs at Mid Wales store

More than 600 people have applied for 200 new jobs at a Mid Wales supermarket which is set to open next month.


Germaine Greer to headline Welsh festival

Feminist author and campaigner Germaine Greer has been unveiled as the headline act for a festival in Mid Wales.


Closure plan could ‘turn’ schools into battery farm

Schools in Powys could become educational battery farms if controversial proposals to close up to five secondary schools go ahead, it has been claimed.


Protest pledge in school axe talks

Angry parents, teachers, and governors were travelling to Llandrindod Wells today to lobby Powys County Council in a bid to stop the “devastation” of the county’s education system.

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