A RETIRED Army Lieutenant Colonel has been appointed as the new High Sheriff for Powys.

Mike Lewis, who lives just outside Brecon made his declaration during a ceremony in the Guild Hall, Brecon on Tuesday, March 31.

The new high sheriff, who succeeds Philip Bowen in the post, was born in Llandrindod Wells and brought up in the Radnor Valley, near Evenjobb.

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