Deeside, Wales News

GOVERNORS at two of North Wales' leading colleges have signed an agreement to merge.

DEESIDE has seen almost 180 fewer victims of crime in the last 12 months than in the previous year.

Carl Sargeant AM, Mark Gunter, group retail director at Morrisons and Michelle Taylor, regional director of St Modwen cut the first pile of earth on the new shopping centre project WORK on a multi-million pound shopping centre in Flintshire has officially begun.

FESTIVE cheer was in the air at Deeside College's Northop Campus this month when the Floristry department opened its doors for their annual Christmas Floristry Demonstration.A Students from the Floristry department entertained the local community, staff and College students as well as floral enthusiasts in a night of step by step demonstrations.

THE plight of a rock star and a young boy who have both battled leukaemia was raised in a parliament to highlight the need for more bone marrow donors.

TWO North Wales AMs were promoted as First Minister Carwyn Jones unveiled his cabinet last night.

Ronald Jones, 75, managed to roll out of bed and onto the floor as fire gutted the room at the semi-detached room on Albert Avenue, Flint, on Saturday afternoon but suffered serious burns before being rescued.

An elderly man has been taken to hospital with burns following a fire at a house in Flintshire on Saturday.

NORTH Wales Fire and Rescue Service is once again highlighting the dangers of chip pans after an elderly couple had a lucky escape from a fire at their home in Saltney this afternoon .

A FATHER told how he heard his daughter screaming when the body of her infant son who had just fallen in the garden pond was carried into the house.

A DEESIDE teenager has been named one of Wales' top students. Deeside College A Level student 19-year-old Scott Garwell from Hawarden is Wales' best Welsh Baccalaureate student.

NEW First Minister for Wales Carwyn Jones has announced his new Cabinet today , within hours of being sworn in to his new role.

A RADICAL scheme to re-open Mold Railway Station has sparked a lively debate among Leader readers.

PRESENTS galore will be top of the list for Santa as he sets up his grotto this festive season in support of the Hospice of the Good Shepherd at Backford.

A STUDENT from Deeside College has her sights set on running success. Sports studies student Abbie Oliver came first in the under-20s category of the Abergele 5km race and will now represent Welsh Colleges at the British Colleges Championships next year.

THREE Flintshire post offices are to receive a share of 1.55m in approved grants.

A BUSINESS leader who's shown he has the golden touch when it comes to promoting his company's brand globally last night won a top accolade in the Daily Post's Achievement Wales 2009 Business Awards.

EIRGRID, the company constructing the crosschannel electricity interconnector, is to be pursued by the council in relation to its commitment to make a financial contribution in lieu of the impact the works will have in Rush.

Ice dancing duo Josh Whidborne and Charlotte Aiken who train at Flintshire County Councila s Deeside Leisure Centre Ice Rink, have become the British Junior Ice Dance Champions.

FIREFIGHTERS were called to a blaze in a warehouse at Deeside Industrial Park late last night.