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Two years in jail for cannabis farmer caught with more than 270 plants

A man has been jailed for more than two years for growing 274 cannabis plants in a Newtown property.

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Potters/Powys Council Recycling Centre in Newtown. Picture: Penny Mayes

'Stubborn and short sighted' - Bid to challenge council's recycling centre booking system in Mid Wales fails

Abermule level crossing. Photo: Google

Network Rail 'reviewing options' amid concerns level crossing closure near Newtown would force pedestrians to walk 10 miles to school

Ukrainian refugee filmmaker to premiere new documentary telling stories of children fleeing war-torn nation to Shropshire

Abermule level crossing. Photo: Google

Five day closure planned for renewal of level crossing near Newtown - with 10 mile diversion in place

The view towards the site from Montgomery Castle. Picture: Google Maps

Homes plan submitted for land near historic castle in Montgomery

Ida celebrating with her family

Powys care home resident celebrates remarkable 105th birthday

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Two years in jail for cannabis farmer caught with more than 270 plants

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The Montgomery Canal.

Canal developments and plans set for meeting spotlight

Police received reports of an incident near Parkers Lane in Newtown. Photo: Google

Teen due in court after 18-year-old stabbed in Newtown

Dyfed Powys Police will be offered the chance to use Knighton Civic Centre for police surgery sessions.

Teenager arrested after man stabbed in Newtown

Officers forced entry to a four-storey property in Clifton Terrace, Newtown on Wednesday, February 19

Cannabis worth more than £860k seized in one week by Dyfed-Powys Police as six people charged

A Dyfed Powys Police officer has been dismissed with immediate effect after messages of homophobic and racist nature were discovered in a WhatsApp group.

Police appeal for witnesses after three-car crash leaves two people in hospital

'Vital' engineering work will close parts of the Cambrian line for 16 days from mid-March

16 days of railway closures planned as Network Rail undertakes 'vital' engineering work

The Newtown Post Office in Shortbridge Street, Newtown, Powys, will close on Thursday, March 13. Photo: Phoenix Property/Google

Newtown Post Office announces closure as services set to reopen in former butcher shop nearby

Drink-driving Newtown pensioner drove Land Rover while nearly twice the limit

Newtown C of E Primary School has just been graded 'good' in all Ofsted categories. Photo: Google

'Caring and welcoming' Shropshire primary school 'delighted' after recent Ofsted inspection

Newtown welcomes a new electric minibus, expanding the Dial-a-Ride services in the community.

Newtown residents celebrate following launch of new Dial-a-Ride electric minibus

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About Newtown

Famed as being the birthplace of social reformer, Robert Owen, this market town with the sparkling River Severn running through it, still celebrates the woollen industry which brought it wealth as offering plenty of modern, global businesses too. The town attracts big names to The Hafren theatre and fine art to the Oriel Davies Gallery.