A Mid Wales woman died after waiting more than four hours for an ambulance to come and take her to hospital, an inquest heard.

A public meeting has been called to discuss Powys County Council’s controversial schools reorganisation programme and its effect upon children.

A woman was taken to hospital after a collision between a car and a bus carrying schoolchildren on a Mid Wales road. All the youngsters escaped injury.

Letter: I had no idea that bankers had a sense of humour. Outside the NatWest branch in Llanidloes a notice has been put up to say that Natwest is there to help.

Police will be stepping up patrols at one of Mid Wales’s most popular summer events.

Angry protesters are planning to gather outside a Mid Wales bank branch which has had its opening hours slashed by bosses.

A SHROPSHIRE COUPLE who cheated death after their car plunged 270ft down a ravine today said they were the “luckiest people in the world”.

Campaigners fighting to stop NatWest from reducing its opening hours in three Mid Wales towns have called on people to sign a petition.

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

Dozens of campaigners in Mid Wales have pledged to do all they can to stop a bank’s move to cut its opening hours in three towns.

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.

A Montgomeryshire MP has raised the possible closure of up to five secondary schools in Powys in Parliament. The area’s MP Lembit Opik has tabled an early day motion.

An emergency debate on secondary school education in Powys will take place on Thursday.

Parents, pupils and teachers in Powys are being urged to bombard council bosses with letters as part of a campaign against plans to close up to five secondary schools.

Councillors will have to be “stark staring bonkers” to even consider closing up to five Powys schools, it was claimed today.

Parents have told Powys council chiefs to ditch controversial secondary school closure proposals and go back to the drawing board in their bid to reorganise education.

Parents’ fears over controversial proposals which could see up to five Powys secondary schools closed will be aired at a series of public meetings.

Pupils have been left devastated and staff morale at five Powys high schools threatened with closure has sunk to an all time low, it has been claimed.

The high street could be in for a post-Christmas boom as hundreds of people lined up at stores across the country today to cash in as the January sales kicked off early.

Controversial plans to introduce parking charges on eight free car parks in Powys have been put on hold after thousands of residents objected.

A Mid Wales farmer and businessman who has spent 40 years promoting Welsh lamb, says he has been vindicated after trading standards charges against him were dropped.

The final stage of digital TV switchover in parts of Mid Wales was on course to be completed today.

More than 24,000 homes in parts of Powys switched to digital TV today.

Police are stepping up patrols at tonight’s Llanidloes Fancy Dress in a bid to protect “potentially vulnerable” children.

Three town centres in Mid Wales could be transformed if a bid for more than £2 million of EU cash is successful. The bid could boost Llanidloes, Newtown and Welshpool.

Campaigners fighting to prevent a national building society from pulling out of a Mid Wales town are planning a protest.

A Mid Wales beauty has secured a place in this year’s final of Miss Earth Wales for the second year running.

Six young Mid Wales men who ruined Llanidloes Carnival night with their “violent and thuggish behaviour” have been sent to custody by a crown court judge. Six young Mid Wales men who ruined Llanidloes Carnival night with their “violent and thuggish behaviour” have been sent to custody by a crown court judge. One woman witness [...]