Â鶹Éç

- Daily Post
A total of 49 cows in appalling conditions were rescued from a farm in a major anti-animal cruelty raid, near Bwlchgwyn, Wrexham, in the two-day operation co-ordinated by Wrexham council's Public Protection Department, aided by the RSPCA and the Animal Health Agency.

- Leader
Staff at the county's young people's drug and alcohol team have been fielding countless enquiries from young people, parents, and professional about mephedrone, a currently legal drug.
-

- Rhyl Journal
Some of Denbighshire's landmark buildings, including Denbigh Castle, Bodelwyddan Marble Church and Ruthin Craft Centre, will be turning off illuminations used to highlight architectural details this Saturday as part of the worldwide, .

- The Leader
An area of land in Gwersyllt, near Wrexham, which is home to hundreds of discarded items of litter, is a massive public health risk, according to a community leader.

- Daily Post
Rural development agency Cadwyn Clwyd has announced a £300,000 bonanza to fund projects that will help improve the quality of life in the county's rural areas including St Asaph, Denbigh, Ruthin, Corwen and Llangollen.

- Flintshire Chronicle
Flintshire Council chairman Cllr Colin Legg officially opened the new-look Connah's Quay Library and Learning Centre.
- - Â鶹Éç Local

- Denbighshire Visitor
People expecting to be buried in their local cemetery could be laid to rest miles away. The few remaining burial plots in Rhyl and Ruthin are already subject to a strict eligibility criteria, causing problems for surrounding graveyards.

[If you want daily updates, follow us on or use our ]

• Bookmark with:
• |
• |
• - What's this?

There's a great film from Wrexham band via their as it gives a flavour of their experiences at the festival.

Plus, Â鶹Éç Radio 1's Bethan Elfyn filmed them in Texas where they recounted stories, including bumping into a Hollywood comedy legend.

Whilst they've only just arrived back in Britain, they're already planning more gigs, according to , one of which is May's - where they're in .

• Bookmark with:
• |
• |
• - What's this?

Special thanks to Wrexham for sharing a from Sunday's men-only organised by to raise funds.

The turn out was great considering the event was held on the same day as the UK-wide which included . [Here's more ]

• Bookmark with:
• del.icio.us |
• Digg |
• Reddit
• - What's this?

Here's a page of quick links to give you the low down on Wales' most capped rugby player and new favourite at rugby league's who play at stadium.

Use this as a link to all sources of latest stories about Gareth from the Â鶹Éç and elsewhere. It's an aggregation of news gathered in real-time by Google. Alternatively, here's an of this search to add to your reader []

A round-up of his interviews on Â鶹Éç News & Sport. Plus, .

Web & chat: Gareth uses the social media site Twitter to chat to fans. You'll find him as . Plus, here's

"Gareth is often referred to by his nickname 'Alfie' owing to a supposed resemblance to a character in a TV sitcom." [via ]

• Bookmark with:
• del.icio.us |
• Digg |
• Reddit
• - What's this?

- Flintshire Chronicle
A meeting was held to discuss the possibility of buying The Royal Oak in Water Street with people buying shares.
- - Â鶹Éç Local
- - Guardian

- Daily Post
Traders are launching a campaign to secure city status for Wrexham as part of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee in 2012. Meanwhile, the 'paper wants your thoughts.

- Your Vale News
Nine years older and preparing for retirement, the 71-year-old has lost none of his vigour, and as the theme tune from Rocky played over loud speakers aboard the Prescott Express, he cried: "This is John Prescott, back in Rhyl again".

- Daily Post
Work will finally begin on a multi-million pound retail and supermarket development in Denbigh this summer.
-

- Leader
Welsh Secretary Peter Hain is backing plans for a 125ft tower topped by an enormous Welsh dragon on Wrexham's border. And we've been asking for your views with contributors, so far, liking the idea. Over to you!

Read the rest of this entry

• Bookmark with:
• |
• |
• - What's this?

The are finalists in an environmental award to win £10,000 to help further their work.

Their projects include adopting more than one mile of the River Gwenfro - which runs through the estate - to keep it litter free and in good shape and they run a community allotment as well as working with the Wrexham estate's school children on environmental schemes such as tree planting and litter picks.

Plus, they run a free bike scheme, taking in unwanted bikes, cleaning them up, ensuring they are safe before giving them out to the community.

Finalists in the need people's votes to win.

Caia Park Environmental Group and the will find out how they got on at a special ceremony in London (8 April).

• Bookmark with:
• |
• |
• - What's this?

The colour of the stonework should give you a clue!

Early answers received via suggested it could be somewhere within the grounds at or a property in Acton.

Well, you may be surprised to know, it's somewhere off Regent Street near Wrexham town centre.

If you want to know the answer, then .

• Bookmark with:
• del.icio.us |
• Digg |
• Reddit
• - What's this?

- Denbighshire Free Press
Memories sought amid news Corwen's Pavilion building, which has hosted hundreds of concerts and other community events over the years, has had to close due to health and safety issues.

- The Leader
Traffic through Flint will grind to a halt if a radical new bypass is not built soon, say community leaders. Traffic problems along the A548 Coast Road are only going to get worse, said Flint Oakenholt councillor Rita Johnson.

- The Leader
The family of a youngster killed in a road tragedy in Wrexham are backing a new safety campaign.

- Daily Post
Welsh secretary Peter Hain said he had been assured the Deeside Toyota factory had a "bright future" in the wake of 150 job cuts.

- Denbighshire Visitor
A barn owl called Whisper is flying into weddings to deliver couples' rings.

Read the rest of this entry

• Bookmark with:
• |
• |
• - What's this?

Today, Â鶹Éç News gives itself over to high school pupils around the country who have been researching, interviewing, filming, writing and reading the news for [

And include ; , Rhuddlan; , Mold; and , Wrexham.

As well as producing and then broadcasting their stories and bulletins on their own websites, some of the 'news' is used by Â鶹Éç News.

And among those are a on Wrexham's new rugby team, and Rhyl High School pupils feature the story of fellow student - courtesy of her mum.

The 13-year-old's story inspired fellow Year 9 pupils to base their news package on Rebecca's experience and the issue of organ donation.

Alison Goldsworthy from the took part in the documentary, which will be shown on the throughout the day, and was interviewed by the young reporters.

• Bookmark with:
• del.icio.us |
• Digg |
• Reddit
• - What's this?

A film crew of people from around north Wales and beyond is preparing to move their cast to a dramatic location on a remote and isolated Scottish island to start shooting their homage to cult horror films of the 70s.

The cast and crew has largely come together because of their shared interest in film-making as well as using social media website to spread the word.

The story, Wraith Island, was conceived and written by director Marc Brimfield who approached his friend, producer Tim Cowell, with the idea following their first collaboration on a TV pilot production called , filmed in Wrexham.

Says Tim from Wrexham: "The project quickly snowballed into a multi-talented media crew and has gained a lot of interest in the north Wales area."

The premise of the story:
Six people go on a weekend break on an abandoned island that holds a dark secret. It is home to a or spirit of a vengeful pirate named Captain Blackthorn who slaughters anyone who ventures on to the island to keep safe his hidden treasure.

Some of the has already been prepared.

To keep up to date with the film, follow the fan group on .

• Bookmark with:
• |
• |
• - What's this?

Updated Tuesday 9 March Unclaimed lottery ticket now claimed! [see below]

A family is trying to raise money to bring their 21-year-old daughter home from hospital, and do you hold the winning ticket to an unclaimed £85,000 lottery win?

- Flintshire Chronicle
The Holywell family of Mia Austin, 21, who is suffering from a condition which means she can only communicate with her eyes, are hoping to raise enough money to bring her home from hospital after she suffered a stroke last November.

- Daily Post
Police are investigating a sick anti-Muslim website set up on Facebook to stir up tensions over fake claims a 'super-mosque' was being built in Wrexham.

- Leader
A boy from Connah's Quay who suffered brain damage in a crash which killed his dad has been left heartbroken after thieves stole his motorised buggy.

- Daily Post
Unchecked migration from England into north east Wales will damage Welsh language and culture, a council report says. Campaigners who want north east Wales councils to withdraw from a cross-border housing alliance say this has proved what they have been saying all along.

- Denbighshire Free Press
A lottery prize of £85,000 has yet to be claimed in the Denbighshire area and so National Lottery players are being urged to check their tickets.

Updated Tuesday 9 March

Read the rest of this entry

• Bookmark with:
• del.icio.us |
• Digg |
• Reddit
• - What's this?

What do you think of the bold plans to create our very own - a 25m (82ft) , visitor centre and viewing gallery on the Welsh border at Chirk?

It quickly found 200+ fans among online voters at the after Wrexham businessman Simon Wingett announced his vision, branding the sculpture the "eighth wonder of Wales".

We've already six of the Seven Wonders of Wales in north east Wales as came to explore on St David's Day.

We've also got a Welsh dragon and an English lion marking their territories on the Welsh-English borders on Deeside.

And then there were the plans for that failed to win approval.

So, are Mr Wingett's plans likely to be more favourable? He told , the and other assembled Press during that the £6m project would be paid for by public subscription and sponsorship.

Plus, he wants it ready when Wrexham hosts next year's .

To help the plan gather public support there's a fan group on and updates available via .

So what do you reckon to the project? Is it a bold idea worthy of support - and / or would you go as far as pledging your own money?

• Bookmark with:
• |
• |
• - What's this?