Local News - Duke of Edinburgh Visits Newtown

It's a wet day but the town still turns out for the carnival queen, the floats, the fancy-dress, the majorettes - and there's a chance to win a brand new television set in the raffle.

The world and his wife have come to Newtown to celebrate the culture of Welsh-speaking Wales and Brynsiencyn GP, Dr John Glyn Jones, is on hand to capture the buzz on camera.

Take a trip to Newtown and view this market town as it was in 1963. See the statue of Robert Owen, the market, the bridges crossing the River Severn and the steam train.

In 1960, Newtown found itself under attack by the elements as the River Severn bursts its banks and flooded the town, submerging houses, vehicles and trees.

Combine paper and ink, science and skill, craft and understanding and you produce, according to Geoff Charles, the film-maker, “one of to-day's miracles” - a weekly newspaper.

Daniel Kokotajlo talks to Nia Childs about Starve Acre, his folk horror about a couple digging deep into grief in the heart of the Yorkshire Dales.

Sky Peals director Moin Hussain and lead actor Faraz Ayub talk to Tomisin Adepeju about their magic realist drama.

Documentary exploring the BFI National Archive’s role in rediscovering and remastering the early films of Michael Powell.

Bryony Dixon, curator of silent film at the BFI national archive, explores the origins of a series of comic travelogues, and Michael Powell's involvement in making them.

Discover why Dan George of Northumbria University believes everyone should experience Oldboy at least once.

Trixie Parkin-Christie of Northumbria University offers fresh insight into why Wings of Desire remains essential viewing.