Campaigners fighting against plans which could see hundreds of pylons built across Shropshire and Mid Wales have presented a 44-page document to the Welsh Assembly.

Campaigners against a super dairy which has been given planning permission to be built near Welshpool are calling on the Welsh Assembly to intervene.

Powys County Council’s budget settlement from the Welsh Assembly has been cut by more than £1 million, it was revealed today.

Campaigners fighting plans which could see hundreds of pylons built across Shropshire and Mid Wales have written an 11-page objection response to Government officials.

The Welsh Assembly has denied it is planning to merge councils “by the back door” after revealing a blueprint for radical reform of local government.

National Grid should not have ended a consultation on plans to route underground or overhead power cables across Shropshire and Mid Wales until the results of an independent study on costs had been published, campaigners said today.

More than 3,200 names opposing plans which could see hundreds of pylons built across the Shropshire and Mid Wales countryside will be presented to the Welsh Assembly tomorrow.

The leader of the Welsh Assembly has called for the number of windfarms being built across Mid Wales to be restricted. First Minister Carwyn Jones made the plea.

The Queen officially opened the Welsh Assembly as Assembly Members gathered for the fourth session at the Senedd.