Daily Post (North Wales)

‘STUCK FOR 6 HOURS’ IN A55 FIRE JAM

A55 drivers have spoken of their fury after a vehicle fire left motorists stuck in queues for as long as six hours. Emergency services were called to the eastbound carriageway of the Expressway between Caerwys and Holywell in Flintshire at around...

FOOTBALL MANAGER GROOMED THEN ABUSED BOY, 13

A PAEDOPHILE living in North Wales has been jailed for child sex offences committed in Wirral. Daniel Connelly, 34, appeared at Liverpool Crown Court on Wednesday, where he was sentenced to eight years in prison. Connelly, of East Parade in Rhyl, but...

GUILTYOF ‘UTTERLY RANDOM’ MURDER

A NORTH Wales arsonist who targeted the house of an elderly couple “utterly randomly” and set a fire that left a man dead has been found guilty of murder. Andrew Gorrell, 54, was wearing a Nightmare on Elm Street T-shirt, a horror film in which the...

RESCUERS BLOCKED

A MERCEDES had to be “bounced” out of the way after two cars parked in a restricted area - blocking a path up Yr Wyddfa (Snowdon) during a rescue. Yesterday morning, two Mercs were parked in a restricted zone at the Pen-y-Pass car park - stopping...

SHOCK AS JOBS LOST IN FIRM’S SUDDEN COLLAPSE

AN MP says she is “deeply concerned” at the loss of around 30 jobs on Anglesey after a company collapsed. Electrical and mechanical engineering company Gilks has gone into liquidation. It is owned by Deeside based Ethikos Group - who bought the...

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LIFE-SAVING COPTERSIN NOISEROW

FURIOUS residents have threatened legal action over a proposed air ambulance station on the edge of their rural village in Denbighshire. A greenfield site near homes and businesses in Rhuallt has been identified as the preferred location for the new...

POLICERAIDS OVER‘FAKE’ WEIGHT-LOSS MEDICATION

A POLICE investigation has been launched into illegal weight-loss medication allegedly being advertised online and sold at beauty salons across Wrexham and Flintshire. Raids have been carried out at three premises to date, where suspected Retatrutide...

TRAGIC DEATH OF TEEN AFTER A NIGHTOUT

A TEENAGER who tragically died following a night out in Bangor was described as a “friendly and kind person who touched the souls of everyone she met”. Cadi Sue Mair Parry, 19, died in hospital days after being found unresponsive following a Halloween...

OUR WORLD TORN APART BY CRASH

THE devastated family of a man who died following a two-vehicle crash on Anglesey have paid an emotional tribute to him. Arwyn Jones, 29, from Llanfairpwll, sadly died following the collision on the A5025 Pentraeth Road, near Pentraeth, on Sunday,...

STUDENTS PUTBANON REFORMUK

A DEBATING society based at Bangor University has refused a request by Reform UK to hold a question-and-answer session with students. The Bangor Debating & Political Society is the oldest student society in Wales, founded in 1849. It says it is home...

MAN FACES MURDER BID CHARGE AFTER COLLISION

A Flintshire man who was arrested at the weekend following a serious collision which injured a pedestrian from Wrexham has now been charged. Paul Rudd was arrested during the early hours of Saturday, February 7, following the collision on Church Road,...

STAIRWAY TO HAVEN

A GIANT 6ft “cliff” has appeared on a well-known North Wales beach. Winter storms have played havoc with some of the region’s best known sandy spots this year. Last month the Daily Post reported on a 2ft drop on the £14m beach at Rhos-on-Sea. Now an...

TEEN ADMITS MURDER OF HIS MOTHER

A TEENAGER has pleaded guilty to murdering his mother. Tristan Thomas Roberts appeared at Mold Crown Court yesterday to admit the charge of murdering Angela Jane Shellis. The 18-year-old, of Coniston Drive, Prestatyn, murdered Ms Shellis, 45, on...

WOMAN , 39 , DIEDAFTER 14HOUR WAITFOR AMBULANCE

A WOMAN died at home after waiting more than 14 hours for an ambulance. Heather Louise Parkhill, 39, fell ill at her Garden City home on Deeside due to a condition associated with the chronic excessive consumption of alcohol. A 999 call was made at...

BATTERED &BURIED

IT is one of Wales’s most expensive pieces of real estate - with beach huts dotted along the coast sometimes fetching more than £200,000. Those huts come with some of the best coastal views in the country and provide a perfect changing and relaxing...

MANINHORROR FILM SHIRT ‘STARTED FATAL HOUSE FIRE’

A FLINTSHIRE man targeted the house of an elderly couple and their adult children “utterly randomly” and set a fire that left one person dead, a court has heard. Andrew Gorrell, 54, was wearing a T-shirt depicting the name of a horror film in which...