Daily Post (North Wales)
Black bins size to be cut to boost recycling
COUNCILLORS on Anglesey have backed plans to cut the size of islander’s black bins rather than move to collections every four weeks. The local authority is under pressure to increase recycling rates to over 70% - with the council currently recycling...
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Island agrees to hold off on ‘tourist tax’
NEWS that Anglesey will hold off a decision over the introduction of a £1.30 a night Visitor Levy for now has been welcomed. The recommendation from officers not to adopt the Visitor Levy at this stage was supported by the county council’s executive...
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Bidders find beauty in the Ugly House
A PROPERTY in Eryri proudly revels in being one of the country’s ugliest. Ty Hyll (The Ugly House) is famous for its distinctive stone facade that looks like a weird and wonderful woodland fairytale house. The property near Betws-y-Coed is one of the...
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Plaid Cymru to formally request independence referendum power
THE Plaid Cymru-led Welsh Government is set to formally request the UK Government devolve to Wales the authority to hold an independence referendum. The minority administration has unveiled its legislative agenda, which includes a series of devolution...
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Air Ambulance called to track as motorbike racers injured
A STATEMENT has been released after two air ambulances were called to a race event on Anglesey. North Wales Live reported over the weekend that two Wales Air Ambulance helicopters landed near Anglesey Circuit/Trac Môn on Sunday morning. One then flew...
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‘His defining legacy to motorsport is Anglesey Circuit’ Tribute to racing driver after death aged 78
TRIBUTES have been paid to a racing driver who was instrumental in creating Anglesey Circuit. Richard Peacock enjoyed a distinguished motor racing career spanning more than three decades. He was also the driving force behind the creation and...
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PC filmed punching man he was arresting acquitted of gross misconduct as force deputy chief speaks of ‘challenges officers face keeping public safe
A POLICE officer was acquitted of all allegations he used excessive force after punching a man nine times during an arrest. PC Richard Williams held Steven Clark in a headlock on the floor outside an address in Porthmadog, as he and fellow officer PC...
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LEGAL BATTLE OVER HYDRO PLAN
A CAMPAIGN group has applied for a Judicial Review of Eryri National Park Authority’s controversial decision to approve a hydroelectric scheme. In June, the authority’s planning and access committee narrowly approved the scheme on the Afon Cynfal,...
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ILLEGAL MIGRANT GANG USED N.WALES NAIL BAR
A WREXHAM nail bar was used as part of a network, involving an illegal migrant smuggling and money laundering crime gang. Five members of the organised crime group, responsible for facilitating illegal entry to the UK of Vietnamese migrants and...
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YOU’VE GIVEN US HOPE
THE £1.5m target for a North Wales toddler’s life-changing treatment now seems “achievable” after another £4,000 was raised at a charity football match. Dave and Siobhan Smith say they are now around £400,000 into their fundraising campaign to get...
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I’ve had no bin collection for six months... I want 100% council tax rebate
A RESIDENT on a new-build housing estate which has not had a single bin collection for six months has requested a 100% council tax rebate as compensation. Last month the Local Democracy Reporting Service revealed how residents of Hawthorn Meadows off...
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WE CAN’T CARRY ON LIKE THIS
POLICE requested rescue team support after a biker was injured in a North Wales forest. The incident happened on Wednesday evening last week in woods at Llandegla - with the mountain bike rider suffering a serious leg injury. The North East Wales...
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Eatery crowned as Wales’ best Asian restaurant
A CAERNARFON restaurant has been crowned the best Asian eatery in Wales at an award ceremony. On Monday the winners of the 10th International Asian Restaurant Awards were announced. Among this year’s winners were Seaview Indian Restaurant in...
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WISHLIST TO TRANSFORM A55/P4&5 RSPCA JOINS DOG BAN DEBATE/P8 EX-PONTIN’S SITE OWNERS QUASH ASYLUM RUMOURS
RUMOURS the former Pontin’s holiday camp at Prestatyn will be used to house asylum seekers have been quashed. Misinformation has been spread on social media over recent days suggesting the site could be used as accommodation for asylum...
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SERIOUS FEARS FOR PATIENT SAFETY AT A&E
A DAMNING report has laid bare the “sustained and significant pressure” faced by staff in a North Wales hospital’s A&E department. The Health Inspectorate Wales [HIW] inspection found packed waiting rooms, a risk to the dignity of patients, missing...
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LOLITA WAS ‘A JOY TO BE AROUND’
A WOMAN found dead off the coast of Llandudno has been named. Lolita Visa, aged 32, was found dead off the Great Orme on August 22. A GoFundMe launched by family member Wiktoria Januszewska described Ms Visa as “bubbly and a joy to be around”. On...
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THUG JAILED OVER ATTACK ON HOMELESS VICTIM
A HOMELESS man was attacked and robbed in Llandudno by thugs who wrongly suspected him of being a sex offender. The victim was punched and kicked during the “nasty” incident in the seaside town. A judge yesterday jailed David Hayward, 41, for 12...
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MAN JAILED FOR LIFE OVER SHOTGUN MURDER BID
A RHYL man has been jailed for life for his part in a conspiracy to murder. Alyxander Fraser joined Mohammed Khan, Nicholas Buckley, and Adam Bhayat in a plot to shoot an 18-year-old man in a car park in Gosford Street, in Coventry, in September last...
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WELSH ‘NO LONGER HEARD IN SEASIDE VILLAGE’
A COUNCILLOR claims a seaside village has been “taken over by outsiders” with Welsh no longer heard in shops and cafes. Veteran Holyhead councillor Robert Llewelyn-Jones made the comments during a planning meeting about a retrospective application to...
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GILL MUST PAY £22K OR SPEND ANOTHER 9 MONTHS IN JAIL
THE former leader of Reform UK in Wales has been ordered to pay more than £22,500 after accepting bribes to make pro-Russian statements in the European Parliament. Nathan Gill, 53, of Anglesey, was given six months to sell his rental property to pay...
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Airlift for Wrexham walker wrap up critically deals to injured bolster in fall/ P4 defence HE STOLE A TAXI, HIT CYCLIST AND WENT WRONG WAY ON A55
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NO PASSPORT, NO SAILING
THE first blind runner to complete Ras yr Wyddfa (the Snowdon Race) has handed over the money he raised for the benefit of members of the North Wales Society for the Blind. Gareth Davies, 52, from Abergavenny, successfully completed the challenging...
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Plain-clothes cops target e-scooters and bikes
OFFICERS have carried out a targeted crackdown against the antisocial use of e-scooters, e-bikes, and off-road motorcycles across communities in Wrexham. The weekend operation, conducted by members of the North Wales Police Wrexham Rural Neighbourhood...
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BEACH DOG BAN REVOLT
HUNDREDS of people turned out to protest against a proposed ban on dogs on a popular beach. A permanent dog ban on additional parts of the beach at Rhos-onSea has been proposed. Opponents claim the exclusion of dogs from the most popular section of...
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BEAUTY SPOT SUFFERING IN ILLEGAL CAMPING NIGHTMARE
ONE of Wales’ most beautiful areas is being scarred by the behaviour of illegal campers, it’s been claimed. As well as littering, groups of aggressive visitors are lighting fires, damaging trees and using Llyn Gwynant as a toilet, according to the...
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MAN JAILED AFTER DOG INJURED 3 INCLUDING POLICEMAN
A MAN was jailed after his dog injured a police officer and two other victims in Wrexham. The incident happened at Ruabon Services. Philip Hughes, 40, appeared at Wrexham Magistrates Court on Tuesday. He pleaded guilty to three counts of owning or...
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RIVER ON BRINK North Wales water supplies could be reduced to prevent the Severn drying up as fears grow despite heavy spells of rain
BRITAIN’S longest river is at risk of running dry as regulators seek interventions designed to safeguard ecosystems and drinking water supplies. As part of the proposed measures, households in northeast Wales could see abstracted water supplies drop...
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Thunderstorm and local flood warning issued
THE Met Office yesterday issued a 15-hour thunderstorm warning for North Wales, which remains in force until 10am today. It covers part or all of all six North Wales counties (see map). A Met Office spokesperson yesterday said: “Heavy showers will...
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ANGER AT STUNT ON SCORCHED HILLSIDE MESSAGE TO PM PAINTED ON MOUNTAIN
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WOMAN IN A WHEELCHAIR SERIOUSLY HURT IN HIT-AND-RUN
A WOMAN in a wheelchair has been seriously injured in a hitand-run. The collision, involving a flatbed van, happened in Caia Park, Wrexham, on Saturday. North Wales Police said the driver of the van has not yet been identified. They are urging anyone...
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TWO DEAD AS PLANE CRASHES IN REMOTE AREA
TWO people have died following a light aircraft crash in Gwynedd. North Wales Police were alerted that a light aircraft departing from an airfield in England had failed to reach Caernarfon Airport at the expected time. A multi-agency air and ground...
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JELLYFISH SHOCKER
COASTAL visitors, swimmers and dog walkers on Anglesey have been warned to be vigilant after a spate of nasty jellyfish stings. Multiple sightings have been made of a late-season arrival with a fearsome reputation for delivering painful stings when...
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TRAGIC FIND IN TOWN CENTRE
POLICE searching for a missing man have found a body in the centre of Holyhead. North Wales Police yesterday put out an appeal amid concerns for the missing man. Martin Maguire, 60, had been missing from the Holyhead area. They said there were...
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BAILED AFTER TELLING POLICE HE’D CHOP UP ACCUSER
A JUDGE has demanded an explanation after a “very dangerous” man accused of rape by a woman was bailed by police – despite his threats in custody to “chop her into little pieces”. Judge Simon Mills, the senior circuit judge in North Wales, declared at...
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FAMILY ‘RIPPED APART’ BY DOUBLE TRAGEDY
A MUM died on her way to North Wales to identify her son’s body in a heartbreaking double tragedy. Dad-of-three Andrew Tinsley, 46, died in what was described as “a tragic accident” in the River Dee in Llangollen on July 10. His mum Carol Tinsley,...
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TRAGIC FIND IN HUGE LAKEmissing/ SEARCH
THE body of a man has been recovered following a major search of an Eryri lake. The alarm was first raised on Sunday evening at Llyn Geirionydd, a 45-acre lake above Trefriw. Emergency services were called at approximately 7.10pm that evening after...
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‘SEND IN COPTERS NOW TO FIGHT FIRE’
ANGER is welling across North Wales over the absence of aerial support for firefighters tackling wildfires in difficult mountainous terrain. A water-bombing helicopter was approved last week but so far there have been no signs of it arriving in the...
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CLOSE CALL ON RUNWAY
TWO occupants of a light aircraft escaped unharmed when their plane reportedly “flipped” at a North Wales airport. The pair walked away relatively unscathed from the crash at Hawarden Airport, Flintshire. Emergency services swarmed the facility on...
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THE LONELY ‘TREE’
A MYSTERIOUS tree has seemingly sprouted on a beautiful sandy beach acclaimed as one of the best in North Wales. For several weeks, its strippedbare trunk has been turning heads at Rhos-on-Sea in Conwy. Standing around 8ft, it cuts an aloof figure on...
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DRIVER FACES JAIL AFTER CRASH THAT ENDED IN LYDIA’S DEATH
A DRIVER has admitted causing the death of a woman in a two-vehicle collision that left two further individuals seriously hurt. Lydia La Polla passed away in hospital after a crash in Wrexham in March last year. Her husband, Robert, and a teenage...
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WALL OF FIRE OVER 2,000 ACRES, BUT NO COPTERS TO HELP UNTIL NEXT WEEK/
A TWO kilometre-wide wall of fire is sweeping across open countryside in North Wales. The wildfire in Rhinogydd mountains near Harlech first started on Sunday but reignited on Wednesday and continued to rage through yesterday across 2,000...
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COPTERS CALL TO FIGHT BLAZE
HELICOPTER support is needed to control the spread of a raging wildfire, fearful residents said yesterday. The blaze on the Rhinogydd mountains above the village of Llanbedr, near Harlech ignited over the weekend but has flared fiercely today in the...
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DETECTIVE ACCUSED OF ‘UPSKIRTING’ A CHILD
A NORTH Wales Police detective charged with “upskirting” a child appeared in court yesterday. Detective Constable Lee HarsheyJones was arrested following an alleged incident in the Colwyn Bay area on Thursday, June 11. Harshey-Jones, 45, of Rhos on...
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BLAZE SEEN FROM SPACE
A WOMAN recounted the harrowing moment she awoke to a fierce blaze raging across the mountainside above her North Wales home. A major incident was declared in Conwy on Sunday evening following a devastating fire at Sychnant Pass, which continued to...
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MAJOR FIRE SEES HOMES EVACUATED
A MAJOR incident was declared by emergency services tackling a large-scale wildfire near Sychnant Pass on Conwy Mountain. The fire, which had been raging since yesterday morning, saw homes evacuated and residents in Dwygyfylchi and Penmaenmawr told to...
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SCHOOL SORROW AS PUPIL DIES
AN Anglesey primary school says its community has been left “heartbroken” after the death of a young pupil. Ysgol Cybi - a Church in Wales school in Holyhead - posted that Evan Taylor had passed away over the weekend. They are fundraising to support...
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TRIBUTE TO MAN KILLED IN LAKE TRAGEDY
TRIBUTES have been paid to a 21-year-old man who died in a lake tragedy. Yesterday North Wales Police confirmed that a body had been recovered from Llyn Geirionydd near Trefriw on Tuesday night. This followed a major operation involving the police,...
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‘JUSTICE FOR OUR GRAN’
THE last woman to be hanged in the United Kingdom will receive a conditional pardon, though she will not be exonerated, David Lammy has confirmed. Ruth Ellis, who was born in Rhyl, was executed in 1955 after shooting dead David Blakely. The Deputy...
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‘CHILLING’ SPEEDS ON 20MPH STRETCHES
MORE than 30,000 UK motorists were caught driving at 30mph or faster on roads with a 20mph limit last year, an investigation has found. Data obtained by the RAC included cases of extreme speeding, with a driver clocked at 89mph on a 20mph stretch of...
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‘BLAST’ HOMES RIPPED APART
FIRE crews yesterday tackled a major blaze and reported “explosion” that has seen properties ripped apart. The incident happened at around 12.30pm yesterday afternoon on the Peulwys estate in Old Colwyn. Residents reported hearing police and fire...
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TINDER CONMAN FLEECED VICTIMS OF £70K
A “PSYCHOPATHIC” conman from Denbighshire claimed he was a former special forces soldier turned multi-millionaire cancer sufferer, a court heard. Joseph Gibson, 35, took tens of thousands of pounds from his victims. He met two of them on Tinder and...
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DRIVER SPED AT 167MPH IN A55 CHASE
CYNGOR Gwynedd is being asked to approve a new waste and recycling “vision” covering the next five years to reduce rubbish and up the level of household recycling - to help avoid substantial Welsh Government fines. The authority’s cabinet will...
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LIFE IN JAIL FOR ‘SENSELESS’ MURDER OF NEIGHBOUR
A MAN who murdered his neighbour on Christmas Day following a feud over noise has been jailed for life. James Hughes, 67, of The Old Palace Flats, St Asaph, murdered Harold Turner, 68, while recording the attack using a Dictaphone worn around his...
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SHOCK AS PRIVATE SCHOOL TO SHUT DOWN
RUTHIN School - one of the oldest in the UK - has informed staff that it is closing. Staff and pupils were yesterday afternoon informed that the school would shut. They were then given the devastating news that the school would shut at the end of this...
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