Denbighshire schools take part in gruelling triathlon for Ty Gobaith...
The teams, cheered on by parents and members of the public, competed in junior and senior races at Rhyl's Marine Lake yesterday. Ysgol Llywelyn won the team relay event with Abbi Lovell playing her...
View ArticleChirk cottage for sale with 10 acres, stable block and a cave
If only Batman was looking for a house in North Wales! Bet he'd want to nose around Coed-y-Glyn Uchaf which comes with it's own cave Dave Thorley has lived at Coed-y-Glyn Uchaf with his wife, Miriam,...
View ArticleWhy Welshness is a state of being, not a question of DNA
Columnist Carolyn Hitt on the DNA project aimed at finding out who the Welsh really are - and why being Welsh is more than just your genes Could Max Boyce have Viking roots? Is Katherine Jenkins...
View ArticlePaintings from Denbighshire stately home up for sale as Lady Newborough...
John Cyril Harrison watercolour - a flight of eight shelducks alighting onto estuary sands, signed, Estimate A 800-A 1,200 Jennifer Lady Newborough is leaving the mansion on the RA g Estate near Corwen...
View ArticleUKIP plans to target voters in Labour's Valleys heartlands
UKIP plans to target voters in Labour's heartlands in the South Wales Valleys with a dedicated branch, its Welsh MEP has revealed. Speaking at the Eurosceptic party's national conference in Doncaster,...
View ArticleLOOK: Amazing Denbighshire images from 1890-1900 held in US Library of Congress
From Denbigh Castle to Rhyl's beaches, these beautiful, romantic old pictures give a snapshot of Denbighshire from a simpler age. Bizarrely, the remarkable "photochrom" pictures have not been found in...
View ArticleUniversity student Rebecca Long plays rounders with friends in Cannon Hill Park
Autumn has been put on hold as Birmingham and the West Midlands look set to bask in balmy summer temperatures. Don't get those winter woollies out of the loft yet, and keep the barbecue close to hand...
View ArticleFUW launches Christmas card competition for primary school pupils at Cardiff...
Primary school pupils from all over Wales are once again being invited to enter a Christmas card design competition organised by the Farmers' Union of Wales. The competition, which was launched by the...
View ArticleWelsh History Month: The 'lost' castle of Llywelyn
Cadw's former director, Marilyn Lewis, talks about Cadw's support for the castles of the native Welsh princes and the role of one almost forgotten castle in the turbulent power struggles between Welsh...
View ArticleLOOK: Glyn Ceiriog cottage for sale comes with own cave
Dave Thorley has lived at Coed-y-Glyn Uchaf with his wife, Miriam, for 18 years and they say they want to downsize. Estate agent Halls, who are selling the three-bedroom home say the caverns were mined...
View ArticleParents protest over new school bus plans in Denbighshire
Parents of pupils of Ysgol Pant Pastynog, Prion, are concerned changes in the school bus service will mean their children will only have a free bus to secondary school in Ruthin and not St Asaph...
View ArticleFamily of young Denbigh farmer Elgan Williams say thanks to community ...
They raised A 8,500 for Wales Air Ambulance in memory of son, 17, who was struck by car in accident at The Royal Welsh Show Elgan Williams of Fron Felen Fawr, Henllan who was tragically hit by a car...
View ArticleAled Jones sings Walking in the Air at new Tweedmill opening
The TV and radio star sang a medley of songs for the official opening of a A 4.5m extension at the shopping outlet in St Asaph TV and radio star Aled Jones burst into a medley of his favourite tunes as...
View ArticleCharges for garden waste collection
Denbighshire residents will have to pay to have garden waste collected from their homes in January after the council decided to withdraw the free service to cut costs. It says the 35,000 households...
View ArticleDenbighshire council to charge residents for collecting garden waste
Residents will have to opt in to new service at A 24 a year, potentially bringing in A 840,000 each year Denbighshire County Council has decided to scrap offering the garden waste collection service...
View ArticleDenbigh businessman dumped 1,000 tonnes of waste illegally
A businessman under pressure from the authorities to remove a huge pile of waste from a site in Denbigh has been convicted of illegally dumping some of it at a site in Rhyl. Sentence on John Albert...
View ArticleAmy smashes world record by running 53 marathons in 53 days.
This summer Amy Hughes, 26, from West Felton, near Oswestry, undertook the challenge of a lifetime when she set out to run 53 marathons in 53 days, and completed her gruelling challenge in Manchester...
View Article40mph on Horseshoe Pass 'does not make sense'
PLANS to impose a 40mph speed limit on the Horseshoe Pass should be halted despite a string of accidents, a councillor has said. Llangollen councillor Stuart Davies made his demand after discovering...
View ArticleWoman treated after fire broke out in flat
A WOMAN was treated for smoke inhalation last week after a fire broke out in a flat on Oswald Road in Oswestry. Fire crews from Oswestry, Ellesmere and Shrewsbury attended the fire last Friday, which...
View ArticlePolice appealing for witness to serious road accident
Mathew Evans of Bodfari, Dion Davies from Groes and Rhys Jones, Galltegfa were all injured in the accident which happened at about 9pm on Thursday, August 21 on the A541 near the cross roads to Denbigh...
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