Wrexham County, Wales News

Andy Hunter, regional co-ordinator for the National Metal Theft Taskforce, said: "I would like to express my gratitude to those who assisted the police.

RAIL LINES along the North Wales Coast closed by a large factory fire in Greenfield have re-opened. A statement from Network Rail, issued after 3pm, said lines had been re-opened, and trains cautioned past the site of the fire.

A MAN who attacked his ex-partner and her friend has been given a restraining order forbidding him from contacting either woman after both said they were afraid to even pass his house.

The 51-year-old, who owns Hardy's Cottage Garden Plants, in Freefolk Priors, near Whitchurch, found out on Tuesday morning that she had secured the top prize for her 108 square metre display in The Great Pavilion at the London flower show.

A CHOREOGRAPHER who danced for the Queen is championing an unlikely combination of Welsh clog dancing and Brazilian martial arts.

An "exemplary" soldier who had served in Afghanistan assaulted a man after some "banter" about Wrexham and Chester football clubs, a court was told today.

Staff members from a Flintshire company were sent on a charity dash to get their hands on as many toiletries as possible with just 20 to spend.

'Mergers don't just happen. They do take up a huge amount of your time and are unsettling for staff, learners and others' David Jones believes Wales' new-look further education system will be stronger than its predecessor - a collection of 25 colleges A college leader has warned that Wales' further-education sector could take five years to "settle ... (more)

FLINTSHIRE patients soon won't be able to use the Countess of Chester Hospital unless it's an emergency or for specialist treatment, it is feared.

A SINGER from Mynydd Isa who has first-hand experience of the difficulties experienced by those living with dementia is helping raise funds for the Alzheimer's Society.

A SCHOOL library will be left bare after thousands of on-loan books were recalled - in a move described as a 'punishment' to students.

Albert Evans, 68, admitted deliberately starting a fire outside Wrexham's YMCA store in the doorway where he had been sleeping rough.

Rhubarb, a six-year-old Jack Russell terrier still in need of veterinary attention, was taken from Capricorn animal rescue in Padeswood, near Mold.

The man accused of murdering April Jones has been quizzed over his criminal past, and viewing images of young girls on his laptop during first day in the stand Head of Sport Paul Abbandonato takes his weekly look at life at the Cardiff City Stadium and says Fraizer Campbell is the key to the Bluebirds' success Legendary rocker Brian May has ... (more)

TALENTED members of the Wessex Male Choir are celebrating after winning the Gold Cup for most outstanding adult choir at the Cheltenham Festival of Performing Arts.

RESIDENTS in a village say they are afraid to go out at night because of a significant increase in anti-social behaviour.

In the final week of the 'Loss of Innocence' Exhibition of Children's Art from Gaza at Wrexham Cathedral, Rod Cox came to speak about how he collected this artwork in early 2009 as part of the Aid Convoy in the wake of the 'Operation Cast Lead' bombardment of Gaza by Israel, about the children who created the artwork, their trauma, injuries, lost ... (more)

Telephone wires were brought down when two youths who had taken it from a building site saw the police and panicked.

That was the message from more than 100 residents at a public meeting to gauge opinion on a proposed gas-fired plant on the edge of Wrexham Industrial Estate.

THERE will be plenty to keep families busy in Chester on Sunday with both the Brook Street Carnival and the first Northgate Quarter festival of the summer taking place.