Sian made her comments in our story last week about Lembit popping the big question to Cheeky Girl Gabriela Irimia while they were in Rome.

The bookies have since waded in with odds on a pretty gloomy outlook that is far from cheerful and very cheeky to say the least.

The bookies expect the romance to end in ruins – they make him 4-1 to fail to make it to the church and it's just 6-1 for the marriage to last less than a year.

I have to admit they might seem a bit of an odd couple, but they have already been together for more than a year so who knows?

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WELL the World of terrorism paid a call on Mid Wales this week with the arrests that were made in Newtown.

Quite a few shocked people around Newtown were awoken early on Tuesday morning as our local police and anti-terrorist specialists went in to various homes.

Well not everyone was woken up by the commotion.

As one chap who lived close by one of the raided homes told our chief reporter: "I am suffering from a lot of pain in my leg, but last night I took a few pain killers and slept right through all the action – the first I knew about it was when my wife Yvonne told me to look out of the bedroom window on her way to work – there were police and forensic teams everywhere."

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BLOW me down. Old Nelson here has been trying for years to cement his position in the history books, little did I know I should have been plying my trade on one of Mid Wales' many football pitches.

The reason I say this is Montgomery Town goalkeeper, Steve Goodwin has surprisingly found himself immortalised alongside characters such as Winston Churchill, Margaret Thatcher and Benjamin Disraeli in the parliamentary records of Hansard.

Bizarrely this is because the Montgomery stopper scored a quite sensational goal in his side's clash with Trewern, when he launched a ball from his own area clean over his opposite number's head.

Goodwin's local MP was so taken with the goal he tabled an early day motion to congratulate the keeper.

The motion stated: "That this House considers Steve Goodwin's goal in the match between Montgomery and Trewern on April 26 to be one of the greatest and most spectacular goals scored in the history of British football."

High praise indeed!

When asked about the goal Mr Opik said: "I look forward to seeing more of the same sublime football playing in the near future from my local team. With inspirational moments like these, who needs Euro 2008?"

To see a video click of the goal, click here

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YOU can't beat a good home-made steamed pudding.
Failing that a good home-7produced pudding, preferably dripping with custard.

Well here's a tale of a delicious sounding pud that unfortunately fails on many counts.

Retired author Alick Hartley writes to me:
"A few days ago, I purchased from Newtown's biggest supermarket some 'Aunty's Ginger Syrup Steamed Puddings'.

"When I read the small print in order to see how long in the microwave to give a pudding, I read where they were produced.

Guess where? Not Wales, not England, not Scotland, Not Ireland
but NEW ZEALAND.

Some people call it globalisation, I call it global suicide."
It sounds a bit far fetched to me! Whatever you're scoffing this weekend, have a good Bank Holiday.