Anwen Parry

Wales

Chief Reporter at Powys County Times • Covering all things mid Wales • Siaradwr Cymraeg 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 • @CountyTimes • [email protected]

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Newtown's internet famous dachshund needs £5,000 spinal surgery aftercare

1 week ago | countytimes.co.uk | Anwen Parry

2 1/1 The owner of a dachshund from Newtown that found worldwide fame after posing with a seal is raising funds towards spinal surgery after care costing thousands of pounds. Seven-year-old Stanley spent 12 days in hospital after vets were worried that he could be paralysed after they found his disk was stuck to his spinal cord.
Man jailed for carrying lock knife at McDonald's car park

1 week ago | countytimes.co.uk | Anwen Parry

Simon Johnson, 41, will be behind bars for 84 weeks for his "flagrant disregard for court orders" which magistrates said was "so serious only a custodial sentence can be justified". The incident in Newtown happened on Friday, May 23, which led him to police charging and sending him to Mold Magistrates' Court on the same day for sentencing after pleading guilty to the offence.
Timothy Spall's new hit BBC murder drama filmed in Brecon Beacons

1 week ago | countytimes.co.uk | Anwen Parry

Timothy Spall as John Chapel and Gwyneth Keyworth as Janie Mallowan in BBC One's Death Valley. (Image: PHOTOGRAPHER:Simon Ridgway/BBC) Timothy Spall's new hit BBC murder mystery returns for its second episode on Sunday which was filmed in the Brecon Beacons. The detective drama with a comic twist, which was filmed entirely in Wales, tries to get to the bottom of gripping murders with various stunning locations providing backdrops to the investigations.
Powys company saves jobs as it takes over from closed farm machinery dealer

1 week ago | thescottishfarmer.co.uk | Anwen Parry

Mellington-based RVW Pugh Ltd is the Massey Ferguson franchise owner for Cheshire, Staffordshire, Shropshire and Mid Wales. Following the closure of Malpas Tractors, RVW Pugh Ltd has expanded into the Lancashire area for Merlo, Sumo, Hi-Spec, Vaderstad and AVR customers. The company has retained the employment of former Malpas Tractors staff members, who have knowledge of the area and the local market.
Powys' Netflix star of ‘Fool Me Once’ set to dazzle in new BBC series

1 week ago | countytimes.co.uk | Anwen Parry

Alex Lawther, Jamie-Lee O'Donnell and Laurie Kynaston are filming BBC feel-good series Leonard and Hungry Paul in Dublin. (Image: Josh Shinner/Samuel Black/Ruth Crafer) The Powys star of hit Netflix show Fool Me Once will be starring in a new BBC feel-good series which boasts a top tier cast. Laurie Kynaston, who hails from Llanfyllin, is currently filming in Dublin a six-part series based on the award-winning, bestselling novel Leonard and Hungry Paul.
Newtown man appears in court charged with Class A drug and weapon offences

1 week ago | countytimes.co.uk | Anwen Parry

Nicholas Price has been charged with offences that happened in Lon Pantyllyn, Newtown on May 21. (Image: Google Street View) A Newtown man has appeared in court charged with Class A drug and offensive weapon offences. Nicholas Price, 33, has been accused of possessing a knuckleduster and a folding pocketknife that has blade measuring more than a three inches.
Tenant farmer's 'world ended' after council evicted him after 14 years

1 week ago | walesfarmer.co.uk | Anwen Parry

First generation farmer Michael Davies, 35, with his daughters Erin and Ffion. Mr Davies, who took over the Powys County Council farm holding in Caersws in 2012, has been given notice to quit. (Image: CGM) A first-generation farmer says his "world ended" when Powys County Council called to tell him he would be evicted after 14 years running a successful business on their tenant farm.
Powys company saves jobs as it takes over from closed farm machinery dealer

1 week ago | walesfarmer.co.uk | Anwen Parry

Mellington-based RVW Pugh Ltd is the Massey Ferguson franchise owner for Cheshire, Staffordshire, Shropshire and Mid Wales. Following the closure of Malpas Tractors, RVW Pugh Ltd has expanded into the Lancashire area for Merlo, Sumo, Hi-Spec, Vaderstad and AVR customers. The company has retained the employment of former Malpas Tractors staff members, who have knowledge of the area and the local market.
One taken to hospital after air ambulance called to Newtown welfare incident

1 week ago | countytimes.co.uk | Anwen Parry

One person was taken to hospital after a welfare emergency in Newtown on Bank Holiday Monday (May 26). Police, land and air ambulance crews were called to the Treowen area at around 3.55pm. Emergency services were responding to reports of a concern for the welfare of a person at a property in Treowen, Dyfed-Powys Police said. The person was taken to hospital by paramedics before being released on Tuesday.
Police make arrest after spate of criminal damage in Powys town

1 week ago | countytimes.co.uk | Anwen Parry

A series of criminal damage happened in Brecon Road, Ystradgynlais on Monday. (Image: Google Street View) A person has been arrested by police investigating a series of criminal damage in a Powys town. Dyfed-Powys Police said enquiries are ongoing into the offences which happened during the early hours of Monday (May 26) in Brecon Road, Ystradgynlais.