All-star cast launches mynewtown!

Welcome to the beginning of a fresh new era for local news in YOUR neighbourhood!

Mynewtown is a news-based community web site that has been created for you – the people of Newtown and its surrounding towns and villages.

And today, Montgomeryshire MP, Glyn Davies (right); Newtown Mayor, Joy Jones (below); and local television celebrity, Sian Lloyd, all jointly opened an exciting new chapter for news reporting in the Newtown area.

As you are well aware, times are changing and people’s reading habits are changing too so mynewtown has been designed to meet your demand for instant local news and information about the place that you call home. The fact that you are reading this demonstrates that you are an internet user with an interest in anything local.

And news has never been so local. With a target audience of 25,000 people, our pledge is to cover what is relevant and of interest to you. So whether you live in the shadows of the town hall or Abermule, Caersws, Kerry, Tregynon, Bettws or anywhere in between, our mission is to ensure that if it happens within this area, it will be covered.

And of course, with that comes an unrivalled marketing opportunity for the local business community to reach out directly to their next customer who is located within their catchment area. We provide unparalleled value-for-money returns for every advertisement investment. Speak to us about how we can work together.

However, we will only be as successful as the interaction we enjoy with the community. This site will grow over the coming days, weeks and months with the information that we receive from you. So if you have a tip-off, announcement, upcoming event or story-of-interest, let us know. We are only a click away at editor@mynewtown.co.uk or our hotline to ring or text is 07779 953529.

Mynewtown is co-founded by media professionals with 60 years of experience and follows the extremely successful mywelshpool which has made a major impact 14 miles down the road since its August launch.

And while Newtown news has never been so instant, it has also never been greener. There will be no ink on your fingers, papers to throw away or delivery vans chugging out fumes delivering out-of-date news. We will operate to the strictest environmental standards. Oh, and did we mention that it will always be completely free for you to access? That’s right, not a single penny.

All that’s left to say is that the mynewtown team looks forward to hearing from you. Play your part in this new, fresh and exciting venture which will position Newtown as a forward thinking modern town boasting its own state-of-the-art news-based community web site.

Make us your homepage so that every time you log on you will have the latest local news at your fingertips: 24 hours a day, seven days a week and 52 weeks a year.

Our site is your site. Let’s work together to enjoy an up-to-the-minute new era of community news reporting. The future has just become the present!

It is great news that we now have a website dedicated to Newtown. It will update us on local issues and current news that are affecting our town. It will also inform us of local announcements and it is a great place for local businesses to advertise. I am so pleased that we have the opportunity to share in this website as I feel with the advances in technology this is the way many people like to get up to date information. Congratulations to the people behind this site. I feel it will be a great assist to our town.”

“It is important that rural areas like Montgomeryshire are not left behind and has access to quality, on-line local news which is what mywelshpool has successfully provided since August. It is encouraging to hear about the incredible numbers of people that have been logging on and I am sure that Newtown will also benefit in the same way.”