Elgan Hearn

A COUNCILLOR believes sub-contractors who lost out financially when the developer of a flagship Powys County Council housing scheme in Newtown went bust last year should be compensated.

Senior council chiefs did not understand how county council’s services and policies affect Powys residents who use them, an Audit Wales report has said.

Land earmarked for the now defunct Circuit of Wales development in Ebbw Vale will have a new purpose, a council chief has revealed.

Councillors in Blaenau Gwent debate Serious Violence Duty strategy for the whole of Gwent and call for more officers.

Plan for a Home Bargains store in Ebbw Vale could create 100 jobs if Blaenau Gwent councillors approve the application.

Plans to extend a golf facility in Powys have been given the green light by planners.

A school building programme worth £300 million over the next decade is due to be agreed.

A school building programme worth £300 million over the next decade is due to be agreed by senior Powys councillors next month.

A school building programme worth £300 million over the next decade - which includes the buillding of a new all-through school in Machynlleth - is due to be agreed by senior Powys councillors next month.

Powys Council is not liable for contractors' losses after the developer of housing on Newtown's Red Dragon pub site collapsed.