An angry farmer who put up a sign branding his village the nastiest in the county will go on trial after he refused to remove it. Carl Powell, 75, erected the billboard describing the village of Peopleton in Worcestershire as a “murderous, lawless and godforsaken place”.
Western Daily Press (Catherine Dyer)
A couple in the countryside were offered faster broadband from BT for £89,000. David and Daphne Margetts, both 84, can only get speeds of 2MB – five times slower than the UK average – at their home near Llanidloes in Powys. They were told the work would involve laying four miles of cables and cost more than £100,000, with BT offering to contribute £27,000.
Metro (Amanda Welles)
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