Severn Hospice says the closure of its shops locally means it is losing £100,000 a week.

A petition has now gathered 670 signatures against a proposed chicken farm near Berriew.

If there ever was a time for the need and benefits of local independent businesses in Newtown it is now as they come together to help local residents.

Five people have been arrested after a commercial burglary in Llanfair.

Newtown's mayor is urging residents not to go out unless essential and to talk to each other more as the lockdown continues.

More than 10,000 people in Powys, including many key workers, are earning below the real living wage, data has found.

A well-known farmer has died in a tractor incident while working on his Llanerfyl farm.

Five people have been arrested and two vehicles seized following a break-in at the Spar in Llanfair Caereinion last night.

Newtown county councillor Joy Jones has opened up to life during the current pandemic with an online diary.

The Welsh Government will pay for the work so it can share the offices after the refurbishment.

Planning permission applicants will have to fork out £30 to talk to a council officer by telephone or Skype in the current pandemic.

Newtown will be an even darker place soon after a decision was made to dim the street lights throughout Powys to save just under £28,000 a year.

There will be no blanket dispensations for Newtown residents on delaying payment of the Council Tax.

Fears that local school budgets are “falling off a cliff” edge have been soothed.

More and more expressions of thanks for our local NHS staff are appearing in streets and villages throughout the area.