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Alfie the Canine Arsonist

Posted by Miss Cellania in Animal , Odd News on November 12, 2009 at 12:37 pm A hungry dog in Llanfairfechan, Wales set fire to a home and caused 6,000 in damage.

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Related Topix: Fire, United Kingdom

Thu Nov 12, 2009

IcNorthWales

An armed policeman outside the Dovey Inn pub in Aberdyfi

ARMED police threw a cordon around a pub amid fears a gunman was inside, on the eve of a Royal visit to the area.

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Related Topix: United Kingdom, Gwynedd, PA

IcWales

1,200 in Wales still hold a black and white TV licence 40 years after colour came in

"FOR those of you watching in black and white, the pink ball is just behind the green." With those words in the early 1970s, snooker commentator Ted Lowe made light of the plight of people watching some of Britain's early colour broadcasts on their black and white television sets.

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Related Topix: TV, Electronics, World News, United Kingdom

IcNorthWales

Tories: North Wales prison site search a cosmetica

THE government's search for a site in North Wales to hold a 1,500 capacity prison is little more than a "cosmetic exercise" launched in the wake of the collapse of the Caernarfon scheme, the Tories claimed last night.

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Related Topix: Prison, World News, United Kingdom

Wed Nov 11, 2009

IcNorthWales

Pet dog sets fire to kitchen in Llanfairfechan

A HUNGRY pooch looking for food set fire to his owner's kitchen - causing 6,000 damage.

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Related Topix: Fire, United Kingdom

Tue Nov 10, 2009

BBC News

Mountain rescues double in a year

Members of a mountain rescue team say the number of call-outs they will handle this year will almost double.

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Related Topix: United Kingdom

Mon Nov 09, 2009

IcWales

How a company director and MP survived on a basic state pension

A MP was forced to think twice about buying a Remembrance Day poppy after she pledged to live on the basic state pension for a week.

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Related Topix: Personal Finance, Pension, Cardiff County, Wales, United Kingdom, World News, Rhondda Cynon Taff County, Wales, Vale of Glamorgan County, Wales, Newport City County, Wales,

BBC News

Level crossing crash fine anger

A 40 fine imposed on a motorist who collided with a train on a level crossing has been criticised by a group representing the railway.

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Related Topix: Train Disaster, Gwynedd, PA, United Kingdom,

Sun Nov 08, 2009

IcNorthWales

I wona t pay shops I vandalised says Welsh language protestor

A WELSH language protester vowed he won't give a penny compensation to two superstores after he painted them with slogans.

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Related Topix: World News, United Kingdom, Anglesey County, Wales,

Sat Nov 07, 2009

IcWales

Man set himself on fire after doctor call

A SCHIZOPHRENIC who rang an out-of-hours doctors service saying he'd run out of medication died with 93% burns after setting himself on fire, an inquest heard yesterday.

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Related Topix: United Kingdom, Powys County, Wales

Fri Nov 06, 2009

Denbighshire Free Press

A sex-change, bankruptcy and rejection, but Stephanie Booth has the last laugh

STEPHANIE Booth has a life story that TV and film companies are queuing up to tell and get a slice of.

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Related Topix: Denbighshire County, Wales, United Kingdom, Hertfordshire County, England,

BBC

Butcher pens in date with Queen

A butcher from Powys rewrote the rules of etiquette when he met the Queen to receive an honour - by wearing a pen behind his ear.

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Related Topix: Powys County, Wales, United Kingdom

North Wales Chronicle

Tesco's Caernarfon housing plan approved - but bid for new store is withdrawn

PLANS for a Tesco superstore in Caernarfon that could create 275 new jobs have been withdrawn.

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Related Topix: World News, United Kingdom

Thu Nov 05, 2009

Denbighshire Free Press

North Wales firefighters called to large scrap car fire blaze

FIRE FIGHTERS were called to a blaze involving a large number of scrap cars at a metal recycling plant near Corwen late on on Wednesday afternoon.

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Related Topix: Denbighshire County, Wales, United Kingdom, World News,

Wed Nov 04, 2009

IcNorthWales

Hero cops help stricken driver on A487 near Felinheli

TWO hero cops rushed a crash victim to hospital in their squad car after they found him staggering with blood pouring from his head.

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Related Topix: World News, United Kingdom

Tue Nov 03, 2009

BBC

'Too few' prisoners for new jail

A Conservative MP says the UK government is more likely to build a prison in England than north Wales, where there are too few inmates.

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Related Topix: World News, United Kingdom

Mon Nov 02, 2009

IcNorthWales

Van in 20FT Plunge

AN elderly woman was rescued by fire fighters after her car plunged 20-feet off a North Wales road.

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Related Topix: United Kingdom,

BBC News

Man dies after crash at junction

One man has died in a collision at Sully in the Vale of Glamorgan, say South Wales Police.

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Related Topix: United Kingdom, Vale of Glamorgan County, Wales, World News

IcNorthWales

Pwllheli soldier tells of his pain over death of North Wales comrade

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

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Related Topix: United Kingdom, World News, Asia, Afghanistan, US Military, US Marine Corps, Conwy County, Wales,

Sun Nov 01, 2009

Aberystwyth Today

Victory for families as recycling centre scrapped

RESIDENTS on a housing estate in Porthmadog are celebrating after Gwynedd councillors threw out plans for a recycling unit to be built near their homes.

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