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Household Recycling Centre Changes
From 1 April 2025, there will be changes to the way we all use the Household Recycling Centres, which includes booking a time slot for your visit and paying a small charge for depositing DIY waste.

Highways boost in budget plans
Budget plans recommended by Powys County Council's Cabinet will be considered by a meeting of the full council next week.

Are your children in the correct type of car seat?
Every primary school in Powys now has a newly installed height chart to easily show which type of car seat the children should be using to stay safe when traveling in a vehicle.

Freedom Leisure Scoops Two Prestigious Swim Wales Awards
Freedom Leisure won the marquee category of this year's awards - Learn to Swim Provider of the Year - and also picked up the equally honourable Sustainability Award at a glittering awards ceremony held in Cardiff.

Bird gatherings banned to minimise the spread of avian influenza
Gatherings of poultry have been banned across Wales, Powys poultry owners have been warned.

National Apprenticeship Week 2025
Powys County Council is investing in staff by offering the chance for people to start a new career and earn whilst they learn.

Arts fund stopped opera and theatre firm from going bust
A touring opera and theatre company, based in Powys, was saved from making its final curtain call by an arts transition and resilience grant from the county council.

Garden waste recycling collections
Subscriptions for the 2025 garden waste recycling collections are now open, with collections due to start from the beginning of March.

Cabinet to consider Ysgol Bro Cynllaith school consultation report
A small north Powys primary school could close if a recommendation to Cabinet is approved, the county council has said

Cabinet to consider strategic outline case for new primary school building
Exciting plans that would see a brand-new school built in Brecon could move a step closer if Cabinet give the go-ahead to submit plans to the Welsh Government

VE Day 80th Anniversary Street Parties and Celebrations
Powys County Council is inviting communities to apply for road closures, free of charge, to allow them to hold communal street parties in celebration of the VE Day 80th Anniversary.

Pupils collect over three tonnes of batteries in recycling challenge
Schools across Powys have collected over three tonnes of household batteries after taking part in a battery recycling challenge.