STREET STALL - Knighton Action for Peace and Justice held an awarenhess-raising street stall in Knighton on September 22.

KAPJ is working with CND Cymru and Trident Ploughshares to organise a demonstration on the steps of the Welsh Senedd on October 16 to demand a nuclear-free Wales. Local artists in Knighton have built a on-tenth size model of a Trident submarine that will be demolished by Welsh dragons as part of the demonstration.

CAKES - Members of Knighton Ladies’ Hockey Club and their families were busy baking lots of cakes last weekend for a cake sale at Brookside Square. The sale raised £240 towards a much needed new goal keeper’s kit. The players have other fundraising events planned as they are finding it increasingly expensive to play hockey since the pitch at Bryn-y-Castle in Knighton didn’t come up to the health and safety standards and they have had to play all their home games on the Astroturf pitch at Llandrindod Wells Sports Centre. A 24-hour triathlon is planned for the spring. For further information or to support the club in any way, call 07507 007717.

FLOOD FEARS - Houses at the bottom of the Pontfaen Estate in Knighton were badly flooded in July this year. Residents had a restless night on Sunday when heavy rain fell in Knighton. Resident Pat Bywater said: “I could hear the rain and kept checking that the water wasn’t running down the road to my house. Two men from the estate also went to check that the culvert diverting the water away from the estate wasn’t blocked.”

Since the flooding in July residents are still living in houses without carpets and other flooring and one resident is practically living upstairs because nothing has been done at her house. Last week residents had another meeting with Powys County Council’s land drainage engineer Simon Crowther and Brian Davies, area manager for the local environment.

Mr Crowther told residents that they had been looking at ways to prevent the houses flooding in the future. These included putting in some sort of drainage at the bottom of Llanshay lane, lowering the pavement at the bottom of the estate, putting tall girders in the stream to catch all the debris and changing the water flow back to how it was.

He said council workers were checking the culvert regularly especially when heavy rain is forecast. Residents asked if the council was able to provide flood barriers but Mr Crowther said no. One resident asked what the timescale was for any work and Mr Crowther replied that the council had to bid for any work. The residents asked if they could have sandbags ready in case of any more flooding. The council officials said yes and two salt bins filled with sandbags were put on the estate just a few days later.

FUND-RAISING - Knighton Primary School and the friends of the school are planning several ways of making extra money and equipment for the school. On October 10 there will be an electrical waste collection point at the school. On November 9 the bags of clothes and other textiles donated to the school will be picked up as part of the Bags2School scheme. The school is also collecting Morrison’s vouchers and Nestlé box tops.

FLU - Flu clinics will be held at Wylcwm Street surgery on October 16 and 17. The flu vaccination is recommended for over-65s, those suffering from heart disease, respiratory disease, kidney disease, diabetes mellitus, liver disease or lower immunity disease, those who have had a stroke or a transient ischaemic attack, all pregnant women, carers and anyone living in a residential or nursing home. Contact the surgery on 01547 528523 to book an appointment or for further information.

SUNDAY SERVICES - Knighton Methodist Church 11am led by Rev Pauline Long. Joint service at Knucklas Chapel at 11am.

Knighton Catholic Church, holy mass 11am.

St David’s Church, Whitton, benefice service.

COFFEE - A recent coffee morning raised £165 for St Edward’s Church. Competition winners were Ken Harris, Gwen Morgan, Mike Conway, Una Clements and Sylvia Ball.