The Boughton family was originally from Wednesbury before they moved to the Herefordshire-mid-Wales border.
"It doesn't really matter how much it rains here, it depends on how bad it is in mid-Wales, " he said.
Nine other new support centres have been set up since 2010 in Northumbria, Leeds, Southend, Suffolk, mid-Wales, Hereford, Devon, Dorset and Trafford.
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This was flooded out, so they upped sticks and moved to the mid-Wales town of Machynlleth where they opened a shop on the main street.
As with other regions in the UK, trying to sign up to an NHS dental surgery in mid-Wales can be as painful as the treatment itself.
Getting back into radio John managed a radio station in West Africa before coming back to the UK to set up a local commercial station in Mid-Wales.
The mid-Wales side, who lie ninth in the Welsh Premier, coped better in the freezing conditions, which turned the pitch into an ice rink and made it treacherous underfoot.
The two other prospective franchisees GB Railways and National Express - who own the Central Trains service in mid-Wales - are expected to reveal their ideas in the near future.
So far there has been no expression of interest from England or Scotland in following the international lead set in a tiny town in rural mid-Wales by a charity that does not have a phone line and makes all its calls on Skype.
Last month, AMs in mid Wales - Lib Dem Kirsty Williams, Conservative Glyn Davies and Plaid Cymru's Elin Jones - joined a call for urgent action over what they said were poor ambulance response times.
On Thursday, he insisted that Welshpool Livestock Auctions - the Powys market which it was claimed was at the centre of the mid Wales outbreak - had been "victims of misfortune".
Other parts of Wales made it into the Royal Mail's top 20 best areas - in mid Wales, more than 92% of first class letters are delivered on time.
Delaney looked to be over the knee ligament injury that ruined last season when he played for Wales in mid-August.
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The chief executive of Welsh literature organisation Academi called Mr Garlick one of the top five mid-20th Century English writers in Wales.
It is believed that the expansion plan is supported by several mid Wales companies including Newtown-based Control Techniques, which makes computer parts and employs about 800 people.
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The Dragons faced a similar problem last season but were able to hold their play-off in mid-May, beating Calvisano 22-15 at Rodney Parade helped by Wales squad players who then left for the tour to Australia.
He is calling on the Government to come up with the cash urgently - to put more officers back on the rural beat - in villages throughout Mid and West Wales.
"The Home Office and the Prison Service would need there to be about 550 serving prisoners from north and mid Wales to make a prison viable - there are currently between 600 and 700, " he said.
Last week health boards in mid, west and north Wales announced a shake-up of services.
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According to the Mid and West Wales AM there are currently between 22, 000-26, 000 empty homes in Wales which are having a negative impact on the social environment of the area and those who live there.
The group made the movie under the supervision of Llanbrynmair-based, Film 15, an organisation that specialises in the research, development and delivery of a range of film-making activities for young people based in mid and north west Wales.
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Caesarean sections have risen steadily since the mid-1990s and by 2011 accounted for a quarter of all births in Wales.
Politicians in mid Wales reacted with dismay to news that Shrewsbury prison is to close - one of seven in England that are shutting.
Mid and West Wales Fire Service was also criticised over plans to switch 21 full-time firefighters in Powys to community safety work, replacing them on emergency duties with volunteer crews.
Education Minister Leighton Andrews says the creation of Wales' 22 councils during a local government shake-up in the mid-1990s was a mistake that contributed to unsatisfactory standards in schools 10 years later.
The Conservative AM added: "Mid Wales is suffering from a general wage packet downsizing which inevitably means a knock-on loss of spending power from the local economy and an end to any ideas of owning a house for many more local people".
Glyn Davies (Mid and West Wales, Con) wanted to know the FM's policy on ring-fencing local authority budgets.
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Rival travel writer Mike Parker who has settled in Aberystwyth, also leapt to the defence of the mid Wales town which the Lonely Planet guide labels as "rather stuffy and old fashioned - a wannabe seaside resort".
This, I am told, is not true and she wants to continue in the belief that there is a lot left to do - the south may have got the rail boost but she wants to deliver projects that benefit mid Wales and the north too.
Last week, Trinity Mirror also announced the closure of a north Wales paper, the Wrexham Chronicle, along with two others over the English border, the Mid-Cheshire Chronicle and the Whitchurch Herald.
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