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Litter picking heroes across Powys are celebrating after the biggest and most successful 'spring clean' of the county.

Plans to build a new school building for south Powys pupils have taken a step forward after the council's Cabinet gave the go-ahead to submit an Outline Business Case to the Welsh Government

A major refurbishment of Theatr Brycheiniog in Brecon - backed by £1.8 million in UK Government funding - has been completed.

Work to strengthen education services and improve outcomes for the county's learners is being led by an internal Accelerated Improvement Board, it has been announced

Work to prepare a new replacement plan which will guide the scale and location of future new development in the county is continuing, Powys County Council has said

Efforts to improve broadband access in Ceredigion and Powys are continuing, with new data helping to guide the rollout of faster internet access across the region.

Cllr James Gibson-Watt, the Leader of Powys County Council, has called for an Extraordinary Meeting of Council in the wake of the recent publication of the Estyn report into the council's education services

Among the recipients of business growth grants from Powys County Council last year - which totalled just under £1 million - was Welsh rugby international Dan Lydiate.

Seventy-one Powys companies were helped to expand, or secure their future, last year with growth grants from the county council totalling £994,000.

A team of senior education officers are already working with a Powys secondary school following a disappointing Estyn inspection, the county council has confirmed

Powys businesses in the retail, leisure and hospitality sectors are being urged to apply for a rate relief scheme that could see their business rates bill reduce in the new financial year

More than £225m investment is planned as part of a five-year programme that will see new council homes built and improvements made to existing council homes, Powys County Council has said