Earlier this summer, Powys County Council were unsuccessful in a bid for funding to expand and improve the existing Active Travel Network in the county.
On 10th August, health leaders agreed unanimously to move towards a public consultation on options for the future provision of hospital services for the people of Montgomeryshire. After a lengthy process, it is welcome the news that the end is finally in sight on the important issue.
Local AM, Russell George, visited the North Montgomeryshire Volunteer Bureau (NMVB) last week (Tuesday 1st August) to hear about their community car scheme.
Mae’r Cynulliad ar ei doriad ar hyn o bryd, felly rwyf wedi bod yn mwynhau ymweld â’r holl wahanol sioeau yn Sir Drefaldwyn ac yn treulio amser yn ymweld â gwahanol sefydliadau.
It is recess in the National Assembly at the moment and I’m looking forward to visiting all the different shows around Montgomeryshire and spending time visiting different organisations.
Barclays has been heavily criticised for showing little regard for communities in North Powys after it emerged that it intends to close its branch in Llanidloes.
Local politicians have celebrated the opening of a mobile post office in Llandinam.
Russell George, Assembly Member for Montgomeryshire, and Karl Lewis, County Councillor for Llandinam, visited the mobile post office this week (1st August 2017).
Farming families with land either side of the England-Wales border have too often been left behind when it comes to receiving farm payments, with many facing extreme financial pressures and being placed at a competitive disadvantage as a result.
A Montgomeryshire Broadband Summit, hosted by local Assembly Member, Russell George, was held this week (Monday 17th July) at the Elephant & Castle Hotel in Newtown.
