Mid Wales News

BBC News - Mid Wales

• Jury told how April was 'run over'

  A man accused of murdering five-year-old April Jones tells a court of the moment he says he accidentally knocked her over in his vehicle.

• 1,125 cases in measles epidemic

  The number of measles cases in Swansea and Powys rises by 20, bringing the total to 1,125, health officials say.

• Housing chief's rough sleep protest

  A housing association chief executive will spend a night sleeping rough to highlight what he calls a rural homes crisis.

• New Royal Welsh chief on job plans

  The new chief executive of the society behind the Royal Welsh Show is taking charge of his first event, the spring festival.

• Lake warning after ditch pollution

  People are warned to keep off a popular lake as a farm vehicle overturns, spilling 400 litres of diluted herbicide.

• Library fire repairs put at £5m

  Repairs to the National Library of Wales after a fire gutted a section of roof last month are expected to cost up to £5m.

• Fodder donations for snow-hit farms

  Organisers of emergency fodder which is being donated to snow-hit farmers in north and mid Wales say they are being inundated with requests for help.

• Rejected piglet grows up with lambs

  A piglet is growing up with lambs on a farm after being bullied by other pigs

• Planning row threat to student flats

  Why flats housing up to 50 students in Aberystwyth may have to be knocked down

• Beaver reintroduction step closer

  Plans to reintroduce beavers to the countryside after hundreds of years move a step closer

• Lock Davies relishes Wales captaincy

  After a season wrecked by injuries, Bradley Davies says leading Wales on their tour of Japan will be "a great honour".

• Swansea offer Tiendalli new deal

  Defender Dwight Tiendalli is offered a new contract to stay at Swansea City for a second season.