Gwynedd County, Wales News

A mother had told an inquest how she left her young son for just a few minutes only to find him strangled by the cord of a window blind.

MINISTERS were told the proposed site of a new prison in North Wales had a "negative" land value despite its owners suggesting it was worth as much as 24m, it emerged yesterday.

A DAD who kept his two children living in squalor "almost beyond imagination" was jailed for 16 months yesterday.

The North Yorkshire organiser of controversial student pub crawl firm Carnage UK has appeared in court charged with assault.

A FARMER drove at a woman vet and an animal health officer who made an unannounced visit to his farm, it was claimed yesterday.

One person has been killed and five others injured in two separate crashes across the region.

A MAN accused of two robberies last month appeared before a judge yesterday. Paul Roberts, 36, is alleged to have threatened a female member of staff at Holyhead Travelodge Hotel on November 12 and made off with a cashbox containing 142.

THE tale of a dog believed to have been hurled 300ft into a Gwynedd quarry looks set to have a happy ending as he recovers from his ordeal.

JOBS which would be created if a new prison was built in Wrexham could be safeguarded for local people.

TRIBUTES were paid to a mum-of-four killed in a four-car pile up. Carys Wyn Roberts, 59, was driving a Citroen on the A487 just south of Penygroes when the crash happened.

THE sisters of a girl killed in a horrific car smash said yesterday they will never get over their loss.

A VITAL kidney dialysis unit will be set up in a Gwynedd hospital to cut the time patients spend travelling back-and-to for treatment.

A teenager who was paralysed following a crash which killed three other teenagers has warned against the dangers of drinking and driving.

A WOMAN died yesterday after a four-car pile up at Penygroes, near Caernarfon. The accident happened on the A487 just after 4.30pm. The woman, who has not yet been named, was pronounced dead at the scene.

The North Wales force-wide operation, called 'Impact Day', saw raids of households in Dolgellau, Tywyn, Barmouth and the Blaenau Ffestiniog areas last Wednesday.

A WOMAN lay dead in her home for two months before anyone noticed she'd passed away.

A MAN accused of murdering a 21-year-old in Holyhead appeared in court on Tuesday morning.

An inquest will take place today into the deaths of a father and his young daughter who died after falling 50ft from a waterfall into a river.

A man has been charged with the murder of a 21-year-old man who died following a stabbing in Holyhead, Anglesey, early on Sunday, say police.

AN AIR paramedic from Wrexham saved the life of a premature baby during a dramatic mercy mission.