Artist's gallery opens after eyesight scare
AN ARTIST who almost lost her sight after her eyeball 'burst' during a driving lesson, has now opened her own a gallery. Liz Hodgkinson, 30, originally from Mold, has opened the Moss Piglet Art Gallery...
View ArticleAll aboard for land of wonder at Llangollen Railway
Llangollen Railway's Mince Pie Special was given an added dusting of holiday cheer as snow fell across North Wales on Boxing Day. The British Railway train service was suspended in December 1964 due to...
View ArticleNew figures show how councils across Wales are meeting behind closed doors
The public were excluded from discussions of at least one agenda item during 10 of Anglesey council's 14 full meetings The claim was made by the Welsh Conservatives who said there was a...
View ArticleNumber of sex offenders living in North Wales increases to 722
The total for North Wales this year was 722 - up 54 on last year. There were no year on year comparison figures for Dyfed Powys.
View ArticleYour say after Arriva trains accused of 'massive rail fail'
More than 100 Daily Post readers have vented their frustration over North Wales rail services after 150 people were turned away from a train on the North Wales coast There were a flurry of complaints...
View ArticleNorth Wales pictures of 2014: Stacey Oliver picks her favourite shots
The main image in my pictures of the year shows police and bailiffs moving in and arresting a protestor at Borras near Wrexham during an anti-fracking demonstration Weather has become something...
View ArticlePrestatyn headteacher urges parents not to take their children on holiday in...
THE head of the largest secondary school in North Wales has appealed to parents not to take their children on holiday in term time. The appeal comes after inspectors highlighted the problem of...
View ArticleRhyl Boxing Day dip inspired by Karen
ABOUT 40 people braved the icy sea on Boxing Day raising over 800 for the Blue Sky North Wales Cancer Centre at Glan Clwyd Hospital. The dip was held by Rhyl Rugby Club and was inspired by Karen Hands,...
View ArticleFears Denbighshire roads are missing out
The trunk roads in rural Denbighshire include the A5 route through Llangollen, Corwen and Cerrigydrudion and the A494 linking Ruthin and Corwen. In 2011, the Government spent 546,000 on trunk roads in...
View ArticleLocal women leading the way on New Year's Honours List
Jessie May Miller, pictured , from Oswestry, Eleanor Mary Jane Gilbert from Nessclife and Dr Caron Morton from Ruyton XI Towns, are the only local people to be recognised in the annual compilation. Dr...
View ArticleArrested drink-driver supped cider in back of police car
A MAN arrested for drink driving on the Deeside Industrial Park started to drink in the back of the police car. When Connor Mathieson, 26, provided a positive breath test and was arrested he asked if...
View ArticleDenbigh's Roll the Barrel anger at lack of public toilets
DENBIGHSHIRE County Council has apologised after complaints about the lack of public toilets during one of the festive season's biggest events. Public toilets in Denbigh were locked on Boxing Day...
View ArticleWorld War One: 'None of them were armed - they did some incredible work'
A Welshman is researching the World War One history of those that served with the unique 130th St John Field Ambulance unit. Stephen Lyons researching the past of the men who served in 130th Field...
View ArticleAnimal rescue founder's New Year MBE
An animal lover who set up a rescue centre in north Wales has been appointed MBE for services to animal health and welfare. It is now the largest single animal charity in north Wales, rescuing over...
View ArticleNew year's honour for Ruthin man
THE principal of one of the biggest colleges in the UK is on the New Year's Honours list, writes RHIAN WALLER. David Jones, principal and chief executive of Coleg Cambria, which has campuses in...
View ArticleDance troupe sets sights on eisteddfod
A MAJOR operation is under way to bring a troupe of Nepalese dancers to Wales for next year's International Musical Eisteddfod in Llangollen. The idea is the brainchild of Bristol man Todd Lochhead...
View ArticleNorth Wales 2014: Daily Post review of July to September
Kevin Chambers, 37, was jailed for two years after beating on the patio door of a woman who then collapsed and died. High on a cocktail of heroin and cocaine and clutching a claw hammer, Chambers had...
View ArticleCrackdown on illegal backstreet tattoo parlours springing up in North Wales
Floods of cheap inking kits coming in from China are making for lucrative business for unlicensed tattooists, but people are contracting life-threatening diseases, suffering allergic reactions and...
View ArticleDNA in dog mess could catch foulers
A firm in north Wales wants to bring the PooPrints service from the United States to the UK with up to 15 councils reportedly interested in the scheme. Then, DNA could be taken from mess left on a...
View ArticleLOOK: North Wales parents' joy over New Year's Day babies
"I stayed up until after midnight on New Year's Eve. My waters broke and my grandparents took me to hospital," she said.
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