Farmer’s ‘astonishing’ £360,000 VAT fraud
A FARMER who cheated Customs and Excise out of £360,000 in a sim-ple “scam” has been jailed for three years. David Edwin Evans, 50, “invented” a near-... read on

Bleeding baby turned away from hospital
A mother was outraged this week after her 11-month-old baby with a bleeding head wound was turned away from Machynlleth’s Minor Injuries Unit. The inc... read on

Four arrested for allegedly threatening a police officer
FOUR local men have been arrested after allegedly threatening a lone Machynlleth police officer last month. The arrests follow an incident on Bank Hol... read on

Taking on the open sea
The heroic New Quay RNLI volunteers have saved hundreds of lives over the years.AMY COLCLOUGH went along to one of their training exercises to learn m... read on

Bag of human bones found in church
POLICE have been called in after human bones were found in an his-toric church near Machynlleth. A collection of bones were found in a bag in the boil... read on