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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

A health board in Wales has taken urgent action to counter the increasing prevalence of youth vaping.

Estyn, the education and training inspectorate for Wales, has today published a report highlighting the positive work being done by Powys County Council's Youth Services

Senior leaders at Powys County Council have pledged to strengthen education services and improve outcomes for the county's learners following a disappointing Estyn inspection

In a move that's sure to raise the roof, Powys County Council has completed a major project to replace the flat roof on a block of council flats in Llanidloes