A man accused of making bomb threats across England and Wales has been charged with arson in Oswestry. Paul Jones, 33, of Maple Avenue, Oswestry, appeared at Wrexham magistrates court.

A headteacher who humiliated and manhandled children as young as four has been banned from teaching for a year for unacceptable professional conduct.

Crime across the Dyfed-Powys Police area fell by 2.6 per cent and anti-social behaviour by almost a fifth over the past year, making it the safest place to live and work in England and Wales.

Graham Turner joined the great and good of English football management in paying tribute to former Wales boss Gary Speed.

Devastated Shropshire Welsh star Dave Edwards today mourned the passing of his international boss Gary Speed, declaring he “adored” him as player and manager.

Montgomeryshire AM Russell George says he is ‘shocked and amazed’ by claims from First Minister Carwyn Jones that wind farms have no impact on tourism.

Restrictions on hundreds of Welsh sheep farms – including some on the north Powys border – dating back to the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster could soon be lifted.

A Telford teenager was rescued after injuring himself in waters off the Welsh coast. He had been surfing when he apparently got into difficulties.

This year’s Llanfyllin Show has been hailed a success by showgoers and organisers. Despite changeable weather, the crowds flocked to the showground on the edge of the town.

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.

A fire, with a ten mile front, raged across the Brecon Beacons in south Wales yesterday.

The past month was Britain’s coldest December for 120 years, meteorologists have revealed.

Wales faces a tough challenge but will do better than the rest of the UK under the Government’s Comprehensive Spending Review, it was claimed today.

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

Europe and America were today beginning a ground-breaking Ryder Cup weekend at Celtic Manor in a frantic attempt to complete the tournament on schedule.

A man armed with a knife burst into a Mid Wales restaurant and demanded cash from staff, police said today.

One in 10 drivers break the speed limit on a notorious road near Oswestry, new figures have revealed.

Acts from as far afield as Jamaica to the Philippines and from New York to Sri Lanka have signed up to perform at this year’s Llangollen International Eisteddfod, organisers revealed today.

The gap between house prices in Shropshire is dramatically increasing – with the average cost of a property rising across the county but falling in Telford & Wrekin.

A cyclist who died after he was involved in a collision with a car on a rural Shropshire road was Darren Rhys Frost, of Caernarfon in Wales.

Homes and businesses across Shropshire are being hit by organised criminal gangs who see the county as a soft target, police said today.

Three men have died and 11 people were injured in a night of chaos on the region’s roads.

Shropshire has the highest rate of people consulting their GPs about suspected swine flu cases in the region, latest figures suggested today.

Members of a mountain rescue team that covers Powys ditched their mountain gear and stripped off for Gok Wan’s How To Look Good Naked.

Letter: Being a proud Welshman living in Shropshire it appears to me recently that many letter writers are having a go at the Welsh. I am not going to sit by without putting up a defence.

Drastic reductions in the expenses members of the Welsh Assembly can claim have been proposed by an independent panel.

Patients from Wales charged for prescriptions at hospitals in England after having treatment will be able to get a refund, it has been announced.

Patriotic drivers in Wales will be allowed to display the Red Dragon on their car number plates from today.

Powys remains one of the safest places to live in Wales with more than 1,500 fewer offences recorded and detection levels up in the Dyfed-Powys police area during the last 12-months.