Gwynedd News

Police in North Wales are having to find 18,000 to refund motorists after issuing speeding tickets for people driving more than 30mph - in a 40mph zone.

Four new faces have been on patrol around Anglesey and Gwynedd this week, to help promote greater exchange of road safety.

TESCO has once again withdrawn its bid to build a super-sized store in Caernarfon.

THE future of five primary schools earmarked for closure in the Tywyn area will be discussed by Gwynedd council's board today.

GWYNEDD's grappling hero said goodbye to his hometown fans on Tuesday after signing with the world's biggest wrestling company.

BUSINESSES lost thousands of pounds after a company organising hospitality at prestigious golf competitions went bust.

FOUR historic North Wales buildings have had their futures protected thanks to a 600,000 cash handout from the Welsh Assembly Government.

The wife of a Reading businessman who owns a shuttered Asian massage parlor that police said was a front for prostitution was found murdered in the couple's Montgomery County home, authorities said Tuesday.

A 39-year-old Montgomery County woman was found stabbed to death at a luxury apartment complex in Upper Gwynedd Township.

A 4.5m scheme to revitalise Blaenau Ffestiniog will be announced by deputy first minister Ieuan Wyn Jones today.

SENIOR officers at a cash-strapped North Wales council are to receive more money.

A 36M arts and science centre in North Wales could be open by spring 2012 after a major cash injection was confirmed by the Welsh Assembly Government yesterday.

ANGLESEY has been hit with the lowest funding settlement in Wales for 2010 with Gwynedd not much better off.

THE HEAD of education in Gwynedd is in line for a near 11% pay rise - that's nearly 7,000 a year of public cash.

ALAN Jones is a lucky man. Three years ago aged 60 he suffered a cardiac arrest at the Faenol Festival near Bangor which all but killed him.

A CARPENTER has been ordered to lower the height of his new 70,000 workshed... and not to disturb the bats roosting in its roof.

THE FAMILY of a young cyclist killed in a horrific crash at an accident blackspot have paid tribute to the popular teenager.

MORE than 400 schools are still waiting to have deadly asbestos removed from their buildings.

AN 18-year-old cyclist died in a horrific smash with a car on a notorious accident blackspot.

A RETIRED gardener died when a large branch he was cutting in his own garden swung free and crashed on his head.