A55 hotline set up to deal with traffic woes
Only Assembly Members will be able to call the dedicated number to pass on complaints prompted major jams caused by roadworks across North Wales Traffic problems on major trunk roads like the A55 have...
View ArticleMy mum has lost her husband and sister...please make her 86th birthday extra...
Agnes Holt suffers from dementia and her daughter, who lives in Canada, is asking people to send birthday cards to the care home in Llangollen where she lives The daughter of an 85-year-old who lost...
View ArticleFunding boost for youth services
The funds are expected to benefit Weston Rhyn, St Martins and Gobowen over the next two years and will be available for youngsters who currently travel to The Centre in Oswestry. Weston Rhyn parish...
View ArticleThe River Dee
As the A5 winds through the small towns of rural north-east Wales, one of the last places to receive this dismissive mantra was Denbighshire: a much overlooked county as I was to discover. With friends...
View ArticleSt Dwynwen's Day is on January 25 but we bet you didn't...
We spoke to Cadw's history experts to bring you some interesting tidbits you may not know Santes Dwynwen and the annual celebration St Dwynwen's Day, the Welsh equivalent of Valentine's Day will be...
View ArticleLife of Denbigshire surgeon who sailed with Captain Cook to feature on TV
The story of a forgotten naval surgeon who sailed with world famous adventurer Captain Cook and introduced surfing to the western world will hit TV screens tonight. David Samwell, from Nantglyn,...
View ArticleWelsh bats, new research
For me, it all started in a room in Ruthin in 1984, along with fellow members of the North Wales Naturalists Trust. We spent a day having lectures on aspects of bat biology, identification,...
View ArticleExhibition of dramatic flood images to go on display in Rhyl
WHEN photographer David Woodfall saw the weather forecast for December 5, 2013, he rightly anticipated he might capture some dramatic images along the seafront in Rhyl. But what began as a day's outing...
View ArticleThe Voice scores a hat-trick of Welsh super-singers
Is there a Welsh mafia? Will.i.am certainly seemed to think so at the start of Saturday night's episode of The Voice when a trio of singers from Wales took over the show in a bid to turn the heads and...
View ArticleTwo crashes block roads at Maentwrog and St Asaph
Several vehicles were involved in the smash, which happened shortly before 12.40pm on the B5381 at Allt Goch, St Asaph. A motorcyclist in his 40s has been taken to Ysbyty Glan Clwyd but his injuries...
View ArticleArran Eagle, of D&E Scrap Metal
A security firm, a fencing and environmental barrier provider, and a family-run scrap metal recycling and skip hire company are just some of the diverse businesses across Gwent which are benefiting...
View ArticleAppeal plea to solve 25-year mystery
Shopkeeper Trevaline Evans went missing in June 1990 after putting a note on her antiques shop door saying "back in two minutes". Now, a local politician suggests a renewed TV appeal could help North...
View ArticlePair bailed following Oswestry fuel station robbery
The man suffered injuries to his upper left arm during the early morning raid on the Shell service station on Salop Road, Oswestry. Bottles of alcohol were taken.
View ArticleDriver fined after lorry shed load on Chirk roundabout
It look more than two hours to clear the load being carried from the Kronospan factory at Chirk after it fell off the back of the lorry on July 16, 2014. The boards, valued at 8,000, had not been...
View ArticleLeighton's not happy... 'Disappointed' council mergers ...
The voluntary mergers of Vale of Glamorgan and Bridgend, Blaenau Gwent and Torfaen and Conwy and Denbighshire, now look to be off the table Public Services Minister Leighton Andrews is charged with...
View ArticleConwy and Denbighshire merger thrown out by minister
All three proposals received by the Welsh Government for voluntary council mergers have been thrown out by the minister spearheading local government reform. Leighton Andrews had received merger...
View ArticleNorth Wales antiques dealer's mystery 1990 disappearance: call for fresh...
She left a note on her shop in 1990 that read "Back in two minutes" - and was never heard from again. Now an Assembly Member believes a TV Crimewatch appeal could help solve the enduring 25-year...
View ArticleGas pipes work begins in Oswestry
Wales & West Utilities yesterday began its three-week scheme which will see 63 metres of old pipe replaced with new plastic pipes in parts of Leg Street, Albion Hill and Beatrice Street, together...
View ArticleYsgol Llanbedr saved after two-year fight for future
Ysgol Llanbedr, a rural faith school near Ruthin, had been earmarked for closure by Denbighshire County Council but the strength of feeling for the school was so strong the board of governors appealed...
View ArticleNorth Wales GP chief says hospital closures and cuts to services are to blame...
The health system is too "clogged up" and it's not just hospitals that are feeling the strain says Prestatyn doctor A GP has blamed the closure of community hospitals and cuts to minor injuries clinics...
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