Liz Davies

There is no higher honour for a proud Welshman than to be admitted into the Gorsedd y Beirdd [Bardic Circle] of the National Eisteddfod of Wales.

A study has revealed that Britain’s most dangerous roads are in Powys with neighbouring Ceredigion and Monmouthshire also both featuring in the top ten of accident blackspots.

Sir Salman Rushdie, who is said to be on the ‘road to recovery’ after being stabbed while preparing to appear at a literary event in New York state last week, famously hid out in the Powys countryside while in ‘internal exile’ in the 1980s.

Sunday, August 14 saw the Three Cocks Vintage Society finally celebrate their fortieth anniversary of their annual vintage rally after a two year break for covid. Powys County Council leader and the Society’s president, Cllr James Gibson-Watt was on hand to officially open the rally. With the heatwave over Wales the rally field at Boatside Farm, Hay on Wye overlooking the beautiful River Wye and Black Mountains was full to the gunnels.

A Cost of Living Advice Day organised by Brecon Councillors Matthew Dorrance, Liz Rijnenberg, Chris Walsh and David Meredith will be held today this morning (Friday) at the Guild Hall in Brecon.

JAMES Evans MS has welcomed Liz Truss’s election as leader of the Conservative Party and the UK’s new Prime Minister. The Brecon and Radnorshire MS says he is delighted with the election result and is confident that Ms Truss will deliver for Wales and the UK.