Assessment of closing schools along border 'was never carried out'
AN assessment of the impacts of closing Powys schools all along the border with England was not written.
Local Democracy Reporter
Local Democracy Reporter covering Powys
Local Democracy Reporter covering Powys
AN assessment of the impacts of closing Powys schools all along the border with England was not written.
Campaigners hoping to halt the closure of a primary school in northern Powys have been challenged to find alternative proposals that could keep it open.
More than 100 objections were lodged against plans for a weather mast near Staylittle - but some feel their pleas are not being heard.
A report to a council committee has said that thousands of children in the county could be living in poverty.
AN INFLUX of English medium pupils from a school earmarked for closure could affect plans to transform another into a Welsh medium school.
CAR Parks should not be used as cash cows for Powys County Council as senior councillors were warned that proposals to make more money from car parks would sound the death knell for town centre businesses.
TOWN councils in Powys could be asked to fork out for free car parking in a bid to entice shoppers into town centres in the run up to Christmas.
A day's parking in some council car parks in Powys could rise by a quarter.
Hay Festival should not be the only time the streets of the town get a spruce up, a councillor says.
New parking restrictions will come into force in Brecon this weekend - and have been welcomed by local councillors.
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