17 August 2022 Motorcyclists are invited to sign up to a free enhanced riders training course to help improve their riding skills and the safety of Powys roads. Powys County Council's Road Safety team are providing these courses free of charge to any motorcyclists who live in Powys or use Powys' roads, with funding from

15 August 2022 Work to construct a storm water pumping station to alleviate flooding on the A44 in Penybont, mid Powys, is finished ahead of schedule. Completed with a grant from the Welsh Government Resilient Roads Fund, the main purpose of the works was to prevent major routes, such as the A44, from flooding so

15 August 2022 In a bid to halt and reverse the declines in biodiversity across the county, the Powys Nature Partnership have developed and published the first Powys Nature Recovery Action Plan. The Powys Nature Recovery Action Plan (PNRAP) takes the objectives from the Welsh Government's Nature Recovery Action Plan for Wales and sets them

15 August 2022 An engagement exercise to gauge local opinion of proposals to improve the conditions of the street trees along Heol Maengwyn (A489), Penrallt St and Pentrehedyn St (A487), and the additional planting of a further 12 trees within Machynlleth town centre, is now open until 16 September 2022. In the 1980s, thirty street

10 August 2022 Work is underway to provide a phased re-opening of some of the county's day centres, the county council has confirmed. A limited number of centres have opened, and Social Services officers will be meeting with independent day centre providers in the near future to discuss particular service needs. "The Coronavirus pandemic has

9 August 2022 Carl Cooper has been elected as the Chair of Powys Regional Partnership Board (RPB). Carl, who is Chief Executive of Powys Association of Voluntary Organisations (PAVO), took up the role as Chair during a recent board meeting. The RPB brings together a number of public service representatives including the Powys Teaching Health

9 August 2022 Powys County Council's performance in the first quarter of 2022/23 has been largely positive, despite challenging circumstances, Cabinet has been told. The council collects and reports a wide range of service information to gauge performance against the delivery of national and local priorities. The latest 2022/23 quarter one performance information was considered

Like every respectable town in Wales, Pembroke Dock has its own stories of hauntings and ghostly visitations. In one of the most well-known stories,...