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Russell Watson to headline Llangollen 2011

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Nick - Web Team Nick - Web Team | 10:06 UK time, Thursday, 27 January 2011

Singer Russell Watson is the first headline act confirmed at this year's .

It will be the tenor's debut at the Llangollen world music summer festival.

He will be performing with special guests including singer Faryl Smith and the National Symphony Orchestra.

He said: "I am absolutely thrilled to be following in the footsteps of so many international stars at what is known as the most famous eisteddfod in the world.

"This festival really 'keeps a welcome in the hillside' and I cannot wait to step foot on the pavilion stage and perform."

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Recycling in art and life

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Alys - Web Team Alys - Web Team | 15:12 UK time, Friday, 14 January 2011

Denbighsire council were narrowly beaten to the top of the recycling league by Anglesey Council according to a recent report.

The news comes as the county mounts a number of exhibitions of art using recycled materials.

An made from recycled materials by Lois Walpole is currently on at Denbigh and Ruthin Libraries.

Meanwhile, artist Maxine Hendy uses a variety of materials including newspaper, cardboard, sand, grit, slate, found glass and CD fragments in her exhbition at .

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Denbigh's Stargazing pioneer

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Alys - Web Team Alys - Web Team | 14:07 UK time, Tuesday, 4 January 2011

The Â鶹Éç's Stargazing Live series has been encouraging viewers to become amateur astronomers by showing us what we can see in the night sky.

An amateur astronomer who became a pioneer of astrophotography, , came from Groes, near Denbigh.

Born in 1829, he spent his early years near Denbigh before moving with his family to Liverpool, but despite never returning to the area he didn't forget his Welsh roots.

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