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In 1977, Richard Booth declared himself "king" of Hay-on-Wye in order to save the Welsh border town from economic ruin. Now, the famed spot is celebrating his legacy.

A GROUP is forging ahead with plans to take over a pub and give it a huge revamp as part of a £500,000 masterplan.

A GROUP is forging ahead with plans to take over a pub and give it a huge revamp as part of a £500,000 masterplan.

A PUB in Herefordshire could be set to be taken over and revamped as part of a community groups £500,000 plans.

Clyro Church In Wales Primary School PARENTS and governors of Clyro Church in Wales Primary School near Hay-on-Wye, have started a campaign in a bid to take back control of the school finances. On December 18, 2020, Powys County Council announced that the Clyro school governing body had its right to control the budget suspended. This allows the council to take over control of staffing and other spending decisions and address the projected deficit budget over coming months. The headteach...

THE entire board of governors at a Powys school are resigning over a decision to suspend its right to a delegated budget. Powys County Council announced on Friday (December 18) that it had taken the action involving Clyro Church in Wales School’s governing body, in order to prevent the school from falling into a situation of rising deficits over the coming years. Within an hour, chair of governors Mari Fforde announced on Twitter that she was tending her resignation as the school was be...

Clyro Primary School GOVERNORS at a primary school have threatened to resign and slammed the councils funding model stating that schools are not spreadsheets. Earlier today Powys County Council stated they were taking over the financial running of Clyro Church in Wales School. The council stated that it was taking the action to prevent the school from falling into a situation of rising deficits over the coming years. RELATED NEWS: However, the school governors have hit back at the counc...