Mid & West Wales News
Aberystwyth University has won the Postgraduate category in the What Uni Student Choice Awards 2018.
The locomotive No.3 ‘Sir Haydn’ has returned to Talyllyn Railway after a 30-month overhaul at the Vale of Rheidol Railway’s workshops in Aberystwyth.
Aberystwyth University’s Computer Science Department is calling on primary school pupils across Wales to take part in a unique coding competition combining poetry, Welsh mythology and creative computing.
The Mid Wales town of Rhayader, LD6 is preparing to become a ‘Google Town’ with the training of volunteers due to start on Monday next week.
Caerphilly, working in partnership with three other Welsh local authorities, has been nominated for three major recycling awards this year.
Welsh yacht builder Swallow Yachts will showcase their new, innovative trailerable sailing cruiser when the world’s toughest and most prestigious sailing event, the Volvo Ocean Race arrives in Cardiff on Sunday May 27 for a 14 day stopover.
The Welsh Government has been awarded funding by the UK Department for Transport to build a new public transport interchange at Bow Street. The proposal includes the re-opening of Bow Street railway station and will comprise of a car park, cycling facilities, pedestrian links and bus stops. The project will be delivered by Transport for Wales.
Glaciologists from Aberystwyth University are set to return to the Himalayas, a year on from a successful mission to drill through the world’s highest glacier.
More than £5m will be spent on Powys schools in coming three financial years as part of a major improvement plan, following a decision by Powys County Council’s cabinet.
Sir Karl Jenkins’ Cantata Memoria: For the Children, composed to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Aberfan tragedy in 2016, will be performed at Aberystwyth Arts Centre on Saturday 21 April 2018, after being postponed from 3 March due to snow.