Mid Wales news, page 2


Axe hanging over Welshpool Air Show

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


Breeder’s shock after bull price hits £126,000

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.


Oswestry van driver held over train crash

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.


Online tributes for teen killed in horror crash

Hundreds of people have signed up and left tributes on to a Facebook group set up in memory of a youngster from Mid Wales, who died following a crash between a car and a tractor.


Rival video shows business as usual for Newtown

A rival video to one showing Newtown as a ‘ghost town’ has been posted online, showing the town’s businesses that are open.


Vehicle parts firm Cobra UK to move to Wrexham

A major employer from the Mid Wales is to close its centre in the region and move its operations to Wrexham.


500 at final farewell to Welshpool plane crash victim Bob Jones

More than 500 people turned out to pay their respects to Mid Wales Airport owner Bob Jones who died in a plane crash on the Shropshire and Mid Wales border.


Newtown Cricket Club pitch is ruined by car yobs

Boy racers caused thousands of pounds of damage after performing handbrake turns on a cricket pitch in a town in Mid Wales.


Fly-past and procession in tribute to Welshpool plane crash victim

The funeral procession for a pilot who died after a plane crash on the Shropshire-Wales border will depart from the airport which he owned in Welshpool.


Reservoir deaths case before court

A 24-year-old man today denied causing four deaths by dangerous or careless driving after a car ploughed into a reservoir in Mid Wales.


Jobs lost as two more Little Chefs are shut

Another two Little Chef restaurants in Shropshire and Mid Wales have been boarded up after bosses of the roadside restaurant chain announced they would be shutting nearly half of its outlets.


Tributes for Mid Wales crash victim, 24

The family of a 24-year-old woman from Mid Wales who died in a crash on the A470 today paid tribute to a ‘caring’ and ‘perfect’ daughter and girlfriend.


Woman, 24, is Mid Wales smash victim

A woman who died in a car crash in Mid Wales was a 24-year-old from the Llanidloes area, police said today.


One killed in two-car crash in Mid Wales

A young woman has died and another person injured following a two-car crash in Mid Wales.


Shropshire crime maps pinpoint hotspots for offences

Anti-social behaviour has been highlighted as the scourge of town centres across Shropshire and Mid Wales on a new-look police website.


Water bills go up again in 5pc hike

Water bills for thousands of customers across Shropshire and Mid Wales will rise by an average £16 this year, Severn Trent announced today.


Laundering money made Shropshire man £97,440

A Shropshire man made a total of £97,440 through money laundering, a court has ruled.


Council agrees to close Mid Wales school in cost-cut bid

Plans to close a Mid Wales school in a bid to save money have been approved by council chiefs. Powys County Council’s cabinet signed off on the closure of Trefnanney Community Primary School.


Tributes for Welshpool plane crash victims

The families of two men killed in a plane crash in Mid Wales today paid tribute to them.


Council may close school in £100,000 savings plan

The closure of a primary school in Mid Wales was today due to be approved in an effort to save a cash-strapped county council about £100,000 a year.


Welshpool plane crash probe to take months

An investigation into a light aircraft crash in Mid Wales which killed both men on board could take months, officials said today.


Second man killed in air crash ‘was an easyJet pilot’

Fears were today growing that an ex-easyJet pilot was the second man killed when a plane crashed into a mountain on the Shropshire/MidWales border.


Plane went down in perfect flying weather

An urgent investigation was under way today into how a small plane crashed into the side of a mountain on the Shropshire/Mid Wales border in apparently perfect flying conditions.


Welshpool airport boss victim of plane crash horror

An airport boss was one of two people killed after their plane crashed into the side of a mountain on the Shropshire/ Mid Wales border.


Two killed as plane crashes on mountain

Two people were killed this afternoon after a plane crashed on a mountain near Welshpool on the Shropshire/Mid Wales border.


Helicopter crash couple back home

A couple involved in a helicopter crash at a Mid Wales beauty spot have returned home, it emerged today.


Pair rescued from burning helicopter after Lake Vyrnwy crash

A couple were pulled from the wreckage of their helicopter moments before it burst into flames after crashing into the side of a mountain at a Mid Wales beauty spot.


Helicopter crashes near Lake Vyrnwy

A helicopter crashed into the side of a mountain overlooking a Mid Wales beauty spot this afternoon.


Shropshire facing drought risk

Shropshire and Mid Wales could be hit by hosepipe bans this su mmer, with the region still worryingly dry despite last week’s floods, the Environment Agency said today.


Leader: For wind turbines, ticking the boxes is not good enough

It will be deeply ironic if the damage to a wind turbine which has temporarily closed a windfarm in Mid Wales was caused by high winds.

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