49 days ago

‘I felt my soul leave my body’: 13 readers on the worst meal they ever cooked – from ‘ethanol risotto’ to gravy cake

found 2025 › Oct › 19 (Sun) @ 09:45 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

There are lots of potential errors a home cook can make, whether mistaking a bulb of garlic for a clove or experimenting with a banana sauce for pork. Here are some culinary experiments to avoid

I’m v…

51 days ago

Britain's next national park could be in a little-known part of Wales - but locals aren't happy ⊖

found 2025 › Oct › 17 (Fri) @ 09:25 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

Glyndŵr National Park could stretch from Prestatyn to northern Powys and is currently undergoing the consultation process.

3 months ago

Farmers fight to save estate at heart of Powys Welsh-speaking community

found 2025 › Aug › 10 (Sun) @ 10:45 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

Tenants with smallholdings on estate, seen as a crucial stepping stone for young farmers, are being served with notices to quit by the council

Farmers and agricultural unions are fighting to save a la…

4 months ago

Hotel owners fight to silence 150-year-old town clock after barrage of 'negative reviews' from guests kept awake at night

found 2025 › Aug › 07 (Thu) @ 08:05 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

The Wynnstay Hotel in Machynlleth, Powys, has been inundated with complaints from tourists kept awake by the clock's quarter-hourly bells, which ring every 15 minutes, even through the night.

6 months ago

Gisèle Pelicot’s daughter says she believes online pornography played role in rape case

found 2025 › May › 29 (Thu) @ 20:50 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

Caroline Darian tells Hay festival that pornography websites are ‘part of the system’ of misogyny and violence

There is “no way” that Gisèle Pelicot would have been raped more than 200 times without t…

7 months ago

Nature lover nicknamed 'the Bear Grylls of Wales' died after freezing to death on a walk when he took off his clothes, inquest hears

found 2025 › Apr › 17 (Thu) @ 13:50 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

Aaron Luke Davies, 31, was discovered by a farmer in a remote field four days after he was last seen alive in Llandrindod Wells, Powys.

8 months ago

Escape To The Country buyer sobs 'it's making me cry' after breathtaking garden reveal - before devastating news ruins everything

found 2025 › Apr › 04 (Fri) @ 09:35 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

Couple Rich and Sue enlisted help from Steve Brown to help find their perfect property for £600,000, in Powys, Wales

‘I was sexualised, patronised and ridiculed’: how Charlotte Church survived the tabloids to become an earth mother

found 2025 › Mar › 23 (Sun) @ 09:07 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

Charlotte Church has lived her life in the full glare of publicity, rising from child star to tabloid target. Now, happier and more free than ever, she’s found her feet – and her voice – at her heali…

9 months ago

Mystery of dead man found floating in a remote Welsh reservoir wearing a £200 extra large wetsuit

found 2025 › Feb › 23 (Sun) @ 17:32 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

Fingerprint and DNA tests on the remains found at Claerwen Reservoir in Powys by a walker last October have failed to find a match.

10 months ago

Schoolboy, 12, died from 'catastrophic head injuries' after freak cycling accident while on camping trip with his father, inquest told

found 2025 › Feb › 04 (Tue) @ 14:22 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

Rufus Pomeroy, 12, was on a bike ride with his father when he was killed after his brakes failed and he hit a telegraph pole near Hay-on-Wye, Powys, last May, an inquest has heard.