Town Pubwatch scheme relaunch
OSWESTRY'S Pubwatch is set to relaunch this week with new and improved technology to help cut down on town centre drink-related disturbances. The previously successful initiative saw town centre...
View ArticleConnah's Quay girl's mum makes plea for extra funds
Residents have been attempting to raise 20,000 for Millie Williams, nine, who suffers from lissencephaly, a rare and incurable brain disorder which has left her unable to walk and talk. The youngster,...
View ArticleAccess All Eirias: Irish band Hometown completes the lineup for 2015
Boy band managed by X Factor judge Louis Walsh joins The Vamps, Foxes, Only Boys Aloud and Joe Woolford in Colwyn Bay Irish vocal group HomeTown, the latest boy band under the Midas touch of X Factor...
View ArticlePregnant Prestatyn woman left 'stranded' in Bangor's Ysbyty Gwynedd by doctors
Tracey Lee told to find her own way home after being sent there from Ysbyty Glan Clwyd over fears that she was about to give birth prematurely A heavily pregnant woman who was sent from Ysbyty Glan...
View Article18th century tollhouse will be demolished
The Gate House on Shrewsbury Road will be flattened to accommodate a car park and road access for a new Aldi store near the site. Campaigners working alongside English Heritage hoped an appeal lodged...
View ArticleTreatment works to get A 54m upgrade
The Oswestry Water Treatment Works will soon be entering the 21st Century after United Utilities revealed plans for a 54 million re-design. The original works, which became operational in 1892, have...
View ArticleCheers! Joe helps to launch festival to boost rural pubs
Eight pubs stretching from Cerrigydrudion to Cyffylliog will be hosting revellers on the beer trail on June 13 and Joe will be one of the many performers who will be providing them with entertainment....
View ArticleAngry Birds used to frighten seagulls are working - but keep being nicked
'We know these weird Angry Bird type scare balloons look a bit daft but they do seem to work,' says Denbighshire Council Scare balloons featuring characters from the popular video game franchise have...
View ArticlePrestatyn motor racing club on the hunt for new home after 25 years
Members of Coastal Raceway have been left devastated after they were told their dirt track at Pydew Farm in Prestatyn is being sold off. The club, which attracts hundreds of people from North Wales and...
View ArticleAlexandra Roach takes No Offence in Paul Abbott's new cop show
After State of Play, Clocking Off and Hit & Miss, the Shameless creator is now tackling crime with the help of two arresting Welsh actresses And now Shameless creator Paul Abbott is turning his...
View ArticleClwyd South: Mabon ap Gwynfor - Plaid Cymru
As part of Wrexham.com's General Election 2015 coverage we invited all candidates from Clwyd South to take part in a written Q&A and present their own written biography: Personal Statement: Mabon...
View ArticleClwyd South: Mandy Jones - UK Independence Party
As part of Wrexham.com's General Election 2015 coverage we invited all candidates from Clwyd South to take part in a written Q&A and present their own written biography: Bio: My name is Mandy Jones...
View ArticleTickets still on sale for Hope House charity race night
TICKETS are still available for the biggest event in the Advertizer's campaign to raise funds for Hope House Children's Hospice. The charity race night at Oswestry Cricket Club starts at 7.30pm tonight...
View ArticleHeart attack boy highlights need for life-saving kit in Denbighshire schools
THE news that a young boy suffered a heart attack while playing has highlighted the need for defibrillators in schools. The national press reported last week that 11-year-old Koby Hodder collapsed...
View ArticleSt Ronnie's Academy... the school in Kenya founded and named after retired...
The 66-year-old grandad from Denbighshire originally went there on holiday in 2009 and stumbled across the dilapidated old school building that he has re-built Retired postman Ron Cavie may not look...
View ArticleYsbyty Glan Clwyd special care baby unit shortage sees pregnant North ...
Another pregnant woman has hit out at health chiefs after waiting almost six hours before being transferred 70 miles away amid fears she had gone into premature labour. Jolene Smith was admitted to...
View ArticleTeam to tackle child sex crimes in North Wales unveiled
Crime tsar Winston Roddick says the new specialist unit is being set up in response to the increasing number of "heinous" offences being reported across the UK The specialist unit is being set up in...
View ArticleMasked robber in Prestatyn shop raid
Police appeal for information after man threatens assistant at the Londis store at The Dell before fleeing the scene with cash Police are now appealing for help to track down the offender, following a...
View ArticleThree-month overnight closure at Gledrid roundabout
Highways England have said the stretch of road between Oswestry and Chirk will be shut during the night between June and September.
View ArticleWrexham Community Choir Welcomes New Members To Sing Their Heart Out
Wrexham Community Choir is inviting new members to come and sing their hearts out at weekly practices every Tuesday at the Methodist Church in Regent Street. The choir, formed in 2012, is open to...
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