Three beacons due to be lit on the Shropshire Hills to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee could be axed if more firewood cannot be found, it was warned today.

People are being left in the dark over the planned dates and times of test runs for lorries delivering to windfarms in Mid Wales, it has been claimed.

Campaigners are stepping up their fight to prevent thousands of lorries delivering wind turbines from using roads in Shropshire and Mid Wales.

The recent sale of the Shropshire and Mid Wales supermarket chain Harry Tuffins to the Co-op has been referred to the Office of Fair Trading, it was revealed today.

Six apprenticeships are being created in Mid Wales for wind turbine technicians, it was announced today.

A man died today after his car became completely submerged in water when he tried to cross a ford as torrential rain lashed Britain causing flash flooding.

Two Polish nationals who targeted homes in Shropshire and Mid Wales during a £300,000 burglary spree which lasted more than 12 months have been jailed for seven years.

Shropshire and Mid Wales were today braced for a battering by torrential rain and strong winds. Forecasters believe Sunday could be the wettest day of the year so far.

Farmers must be ‘properly and fairly’ compensated if they lose fields to a massive pylon scheme through the Shropshire and Mid Wales countryside, union bosses said today.

Britain could be set for the coldest May for more than a century as icy blasts from Siberia send the mercury plummeting, forecasters warned today.

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A father was jailed today for 21 months after admitting causing the death of his own son by dangerous driving in a head-on smash in Mid Wales.

Drivers on the Shropshire and Mid Wales border face delays on Friday when roads are closed to allow giant windfarm blades to be transported through the area.

A former head of Welsh Water has claimed Wales should profit from transferring water to England.

Soggy Shropshire and Mid Wales endured a typical Bank Holiday washout as more than half an inch of rain lashed the region.

Up to 200 people turned out to pay tribute to television and stage star Peter Halliday at a memorial service in Mid Wales.

Twenty new jobs will be created in a town in Mid Wales when a new Poundstretcher store in Newtown opens its doors over the coming days.

An airport-style shuttle bus will be used to ferry patients to and from Shropshire’s two main hospitals as part of a shake-up of services.

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.

Hundreds of rally fans from across the country gathered in Mid Wales to mark the start of the annual Bulldog International Rally.

Torchbearers from across Shropshire and Mid Wales today expressed their delight at being invited to carry the Olympic Flame.

Controversial plans for two large windfarms in Mid Wales should not go ahead, council chiefs have said.

Power bosses behind proposals which could see hundreds of pylons being built across Shropshire and Mid Wales have delayed a decision on a possible route, it emerged today.

Hundreds of people were taking part in events across Mid Wales today to mark St David’s Day, the celebration of the patron saint of Wales.

Pupils and staff were forced to evacuate a school in Mid Wales today following a suspected gas leak.

A man accused of biting off another man’s earlobe outside a Mid Wales pub has appeared in court.

A crown court judge has raised ‘considerable concern’ about the availability of heroin and other Class A drugs in Mid Wales and warned ‘too many people’ were profiting from crime in the area.

Welshpool Air Show could be axed this year because of a lack of air displays, it emerged today.

A cattle breeder from Mid Wales whose pedigree Limousin bull sold at auction for more than three times what was expected setting a UK record has spoken of his shock.

A 35-year-old man from Oswestry has been held after a collision between the van he was driving and a train at a level crossing in Mid Wales.