Conwy County, Wales News

A PSYCHIATRIST stabbed himself to death with a knife wrongly believing he had a serious disease.

Chef Laurie Gear at the Artichoke restaurant in Amersham, with homegrown produce brought in by a cusomer.

A TERRIFIED wife yesterday described how she feared her husband was dead after a gang of youths beat him up in the street outside his shop.

THIEVES stole five Poppy Appeal collection boxes just days before Remembrance Sunday.

HUNDREDS of HGV operators are driving unsafe vehicles on the A55 and failing to take adequate breaks - because they think it's "worth the risk". That's the view of Nick Jones, Traffic Commissioner for Wales, who is overseeing a new fixed penalty crackdown on the expressway.

THE Conservative Party's fight to win election seats in North Wales began yesterday as David Cameron arrived to draw battle lines across the region.

CALLS for a new 150,000 jetty to help boat users get to and from their craft in silt-clogged Conwy river are to be considered by councillors.

Thieves pinched it from a plinth above the door of the Old Franciscan Friary on Graiglwyd Road in Penmaenmawr.

A VICIOUS killer who stabbed his wife to death claiming he was provoked by her taunts about his impotence, will "rot in jail," his stepson said last night.

TWO young heroines rushed to save a teenager after they found him collapsed in a street.

VICTIMS of road accidents will be remembered in a special church service later this month.

THE family of a man who survived a horror smash last night said he is lucky to be alive.

ONE of the rarest Welsh clocks ever to reach the market will go under the hammer in Chester this week.

The number of people suffering from swine flu is continuing to rise. Six months after the first case was confirmed in Wales, Health Editor Madeleine Brindley examines the impact of the new H1N1 virus 1 - The number of injections most adults in the at risk groups will need of the Pandemrix vaccine to be protected against swine flu.

A WELSH Guard has spoken of his despair after seeing a fellow North Wales soldier killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan.

ANOTHER person has died after contracting swine flu in Wales. The Welsh Assembly Government last night confirmed the death but would give no more details about the person.

UP caused rush hour gridlock on the A55 and around Conwy last night. Motorists faced lengthy delays after eight vehicles crashed just outside the Conwy Tunnel.

FIVE North Wales soldiers and two from Powys lost their lives in the Iraq conflict.

Police are appealing for witnesses and information after a substantial amount of cash was stolen from a cash machine in a Denbigh garage over the weekend.

ENTERTAINING and original songs, top class musicianship and a perfect venue combined to make Cerys Matthews' 'Don't Look Down' tour gig at Theatr Colwyn a totally enjoyable experience.