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Photos: Bunny girls go walkabout in Wrexham

Nick - Web Team Nick - Web Team | 12:36 UK time, Monday, 30 June 2008



This great photo, courtesy of , shows thousands of pairs on glowing bunny ears, worn by more than 1,600 women who gathered in the middle of Saturday night on Llwyn Isaf green in Wrexham town centre for the start of the 10-mile . Between them, they've pledged more than £170,000.

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Newsletter and podcast [27-06-08]

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Nick - Web Team Nick - Web Team | 08:39 UK time, Friday, 27 June 2008

A copy of the weekly highlights sent by email to subscribers of bbc.co.uk/northeastwales

LATEST UPDATES: Big cats - Wrexham's Olympic hope - Liverpool's Welsh - Digging in the dung - Rants and Raves - Photos: Heavens above! - Watch and Listen - Wildlife on the doorstep - Family Fun - and much more...

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Links and stories of interest [25-06-08]

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Nick - Web Team Nick - Web Team | 12:27 UK time, Wednesday, 25 June 2008

Quick links to the stories and blogs we're following today using our [what's this?], including:

- North-South Rail Links - a new approach?
- Ruthin's 140 mile bike challenge
- How to get 13 people in a car
- Glan Clwyd hospital to ditch mixed sex wards
- Buckley's ex-baths earmarked for youth centre

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Â鶹Éç Radio Wales and Â鶹Éç Merseyside simulcast

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Nick - Web Team Nick - Web Team | 14:41 UK time, Tuesday, 24 June 2008

As part of a special week of programming celebrating Liverpool's year as European Capital of Culture, Â鶹Éç Radio Wales is to simulcast two programme with Â鶹Éç Radio Merseyside.

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Cow manure to power village

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Nick - Web Team Nick - Web Team | 12:28 UK time, Tuesday, 24 June 2008

The village of Holt could soon be powered by manure after planners gave Wrexham farmer Richard Tomlinson permission to pursue his idea to use an to turn the slurry produced by his 600 organic dairy cows into renewable electricity.

The has been following the story.

Art sculpture on Moel Famau - a good idea?

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Nick - Web Team Nick - Web Team | 10:33 UK time, Friday, 20 June 2008

UPDATE: Sculpture being unveiled on Sat Aug 16 11am

One of the currently as part of an exhibition marking , could be erected on top of Moel Famau.

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Newsletter and podcast [20-06-08]

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Nick - Web Team Nick - Web Team | 09:01 UK time, Friday, 20 June 2008

A copy of the weekly highlights sent by email to subscribers of bbc.co.uk/northeastwales

Fire at Wrexham's Hippodrome - War stories - Rants and Raves - Nicknames - Town Talk - Honouring Tom - Local landmarks - Listen: NE Wales Update - Ratcliffe and Rush - TV fame beckons for Denbigh women - Kicking up a stink - Mosque bid for Wrexham - and much more...

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PoW Cryil survived Hiroshima, Charlie beat Auschwitz and soldiers' letters from the frontline

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Nick - Web Team Nick - Web Team | 08:56 UK time, Thursday, 19 June 2008

It was a lovely, sunny morning when we all noticed a bright, shiny aeroplane flying high above us. It circled around for a while and we all thought it was taking reconaissance photographs for a planned bombing run of Hiroshima, when there was this almighty blast
A few seconds later we were all blown completely off our feet by the resultant shockwaves. We all thought an ammunition dump had gone up! - Cyril Jones

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Stone Age site found at Borras quarry

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Nick - Web Team Nick - Web Team | 09:54 UK time, Wednesday, 18 June 2008

says archaeologists believe they have uncovered the remains of a 4,000 year old Neolithic (New Stone Age) settlement at Tarmac's Borras quarry in Wrexham.

They noticed dark areas resembling cooking pits appearing whilst topsoil and subsoil was being removed for sand and gravel extraction. Tarmac has suspended work in the area of the finds whilst experts from Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust (CPAT) excavate the remains.

The only other similar Neolithic site is at St George's Quarry, Abergele.

Related: Meet Brymbo Man, Wrexham's oldest resident, some 3,500 years old

Audience scoop Hippodrome fire story and technology gets it out there in real-time

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Nick - Web Team Nick - Web Team | 09:44 UK time, Tuesday, 17 June 2008

How journalists tell the story is changing due to technology in the hands of the man and woman in the street - and this was highlighted yesterday as a drama unfolded in Wrexham town centre when the old Hippodrome Cinema building went up in flames.

Within minutes we were receiving calls and texts from passers-by caught up in the incident as they stood around the cordoned off Henblas Street, and soon after we were being offered photos and video as nearby office and shop workers used their mobile phones to capture the unfolding drama from their roof-top vantage points.

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Photos: Fire at old Wrexham Hippodrome Cinema

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Nick - Web Team Nick - Web Team | 14:50 UK time, Monday, 16 June 2008




Mentioned in dispatches - stories from the frontline

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Nick - Web Team Nick - Web Team | 13:02 UK time, Monday, 16 June 2008

Website contributor Jonathan Gammond, the interpretation officer for , has just shared extracts from his latest exhibition, Mentioned in dispatches, which uses letters sent home by soldiers, sailors and airmen fighting on the frontlines in wars throughout the 19th and 20th centuries.

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Dozy parkers WILL be booked

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Nick - Web Team Nick - Web Team | 10:35 UK time, Monday, 16 June 2008

The has been listening to your concerns about motorists obstructing pathways for pedestrians and he warns: 'Park on the pavement and you will be booked'.

No doubt there will be hope from people in Connah's Quay that police will turn attention their way with Andrew, Steve and Doris all raising concerns.

Photos: Woodpeckers, sunsets and Tin Tin Lady

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Nick - Web Team Nick - Web Team | 13:56 UK time, Friday, 13 June 2008

Here's a batch of the latest photos added to bbc.co.uk/northeastwales and our photo pools:

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Newsletter [13-06-08]

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Nick - Web Team Nick - Web Team | 13:45 UK time, Friday, 13 June 2008

A copy of the weekly highlights sent by email to subscribers of bbc.co.uk/northeastwales

Wildlife on the doorstep - A55 fuel protest backlash - Sunset photos - Colliery's last hero dies - Talacre Lighthouse's ghost - Wrexham FC forum - Rants and Raves - Memoryshare - Town Talk - and much more...

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Podcast, Wrexham, Euro 2016 and a midnight walk

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Nick - Web Team Nick - Web Team | 13:40 UK time, Friday, 13 June 2008

Listen to the podcast: NE Wales Update
This week, Good Evening Wales speaks to a father whose daughter was killed by a drink driver; Sunday Edition hears from Wrexham AM Lesley Griffiths about hopes for staging Euro 2016 in Wales and reporter Tom Singleton talks to the owner of a Flintshire animal sanctuary, who's blaming Harry Potter for a rise in abandoned owls. Reporter Brendon Williams visits the Llangollen Garden Show where a £17,000 Dali sculpture was up for sale and Jamie and Louise join the Wrexham ladies planning a midnight walk.

Denbigh OAP home gets grannies fit with games console

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Nick - Web Team Nick - Web Team | 15:17 UK time, Thursday, 12 June 2008

We've just heard that and Day Centre in Denbigh is the latest to "promote the health and wellbeing of older people through gentle exercise" - by using a game console.

They're at it all over the UK, according to and comes after the Â鶹Éç asked


Fuel protesters - 'A55 go-slow is not the answer'

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Nick - Web Team Nick - Web Team | 10:57 UK time, Wednesday, 11 June 2008

More than 4,000 people have now officially registered support for the [you'll need to be a site user to view]. But, by the social networking site's nature, only supporters of the cause are having their say.

Others, however, are starting to present an opposing view on sites elsewhere like rwlh1950 and zammo06 who posted the following comments:

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Bike Week: An opportunity to beat fuel protests?

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Nick - Web Team Nick - Web Team | 07:44 UK time, Wednesday, 11 June 2008

With [June 14-22]coming up, would you consider giving it a go to cut back on your car's fuel bill - and to escape any ?

Here are some highlights of events being held around our region [Let us know of others]. And we should point out that employers seem to be actively encouraging staff to [event organised by Welsh Water, St David's Park, Ewloe] and then there's the [JobCentre Plus, Wrexham].

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Links and stories of interest [10-06-08]

Nick - Web Team Nick - Web Team | 14:03 UK time, Tuesday, 10 June 2008

Quick links to the stories and blogs we're following today using our [what's this?], including:

- Wrexham sign junior players
- Flexsys workers to meet minister
- Ewloe pals go 'Full Monty' for Brooklyn
- Two assaulted and another stabbed in Wrexham
- Two owners pay for pets' mess in Llangollen

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Newsletter [06-06-08]

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Nick - Web Team Nick - Web Team | 09:58 UK time, Friday, 6 June 2008

A copy of the weekly highlights sent by email to subscribers of bbc.co.uk/northeastwales

A55 fuel protest - Travellers hit back - Watch: Not in my nature - Rants and Raves - History shared - Seaside scenes - Listen: NE Wales Update - and much more...

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Support grows for A55 go-slow fuel protesters

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Nick - Web Team Nick - Web Team | 12:17 UK time, Thursday, 5 June 2008

The campaign group Fuel Protest 2008 North West UK and Wales is now up to 500+ members on the social networking site, , which suggests an endorsement of their plans to bring traffic to a halt on the next month.

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Web tips: I wanna tell you a story

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Nick - Web Team Nick - Web Team | 10:27 UK time, Wednesday, 4 June 2008

Here's an aside to our blog, How we bring stories to you, as more and more contributors have been contacting us of late asking how best to get publicity for their stories, campaigns, adventures and ideas for local action.

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Links and stories of interest [04-06-08]

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Nick - Web Team Nick - Web Team | 10:10 UK time, Wednesday, 4 June 2008

Quick links to the stories and blogs we're following today using our [what's this?], including:

- 150 posties 'bitten' on rounds
- Cerys Matthews in Llangollen
- Wrexham schoolgirl saves dad
- 'Lost generation' in rural Wales
- Plans for huge rise in wind farms

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Education for everyone!

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Nick - Web Team Nick - Web Team | 09:37 UK time, Wednesday, 4 June 2008

Further to our learning related blogs like Education's wasted on the young, NEWI, Wrexham, is today hosting the convention, .

Whilst the title might not sound the most riveting, the aim is to find ways to show people that higher education is open to everyone:

"Ensuring that university is open to all continues to prove challenging. This conference will bring together individuals from diverse perspectives to examine the perceptions, attitudes and expectations associated with a higher education experience".

Listen: Tim's back

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Nick - Web Team Nick - Web Team | 11:12 UK time, Tuesday, 3 June 2008

TV personality and local boy made good Tim Vincent is standing in for Jamie Owen on Radio Wales's Jame and Louise show this week.

Wrexham's loss could hit Wales's future in football

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Nick - Web Team Nick - Web Team | 10:27 UK time, Tuesday, 3 June 2008

Did you know Wales's current football captains in the age groups U16, U17 and U19 all come from Wrexham?

And they've risen through the ranks at Wrexham FC youth academy - the Collier's Park training centre which is nuturing the talent of possible future stars like Ryan Giggs. However, and as you may have heard, the centre's future is now in doubt after losing half its funding when Wrexham lost League status.

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Is 'nature' your cup of tea?

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Nick - Web Team Nick - Web Team | 12:47 UK time, Monday, 2 June 2008

Two Denbigh women, beauty salon owner Julie Howatson-Broster and Dolhyfryd Estate cook Kate Foley, are taking part in Â鶹Éç Wales TV series, Not in my Nature and viewers will be able to watch as they ditch their creature comforts to get closer to nature.
Julie and Kate

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