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A new campaign calling on the public to challenge assumptions about harassment against women – often wrongly seen as ‘harmless’ – has launched across Wales. ‘Call out only’ aims to highlight how down-played actions like “I ‘only’ wolf-whistled at her” or “I ‘only’ slapped her bum” become much more sinister and the seriousness of the […]

Young people and organisations across Wrexham recently came together to celebrate World Children’s Day. Established in 1954 as Universal Children’s Day and is celebrated on November 20 each year to promote international togetherness, awareness among children worldwide, and improving children’s welfare. This year Wrexham County Borough Council marked the event with a free event for […]

The UK Government has rejected calls for a St David’s Day Bank Holiday after claiming too many people commute across the Welsh and English border to make the idea feasible. A North Wales council sent a letter to ministers calling for an end to the “embarrassing” anomaly of the Scottish and Northern Irish Governments being […]

North Wales Police are urging all homeowners to be “vigilant and security conscious” after a spate of residential burglaries in recent weeks. These incidents have occurred at addresses across several force areas, including North Wales as well as Cheshire and West Mercia. Primarily the north Wales burglaries have been committed in Flintshire and Wrexham, though […]

The construction works on Crown Buildings are now complete and internal works are taking place ready for staff to move in early next year. Wrexham Council, with the help of funding from the Welsh Government, have totally refurbished the 1960’s building to provide a base for social care staff helping to deliver children’s and adult’s […]

Wrexham’s Science Discovery Centre has had its long-awaited official opening, marked with a special ribbon-cutting ceremony. Xplore!, which is now based at the heart of the town centre on Henblas Street, has been open to the public for some months however, due to the pandemic, December 7 was the first opportunity staff, stakeholders and dignitaries […]

Gareth Baines, who sits as an independent on Chirk Town Council, was initially sanctioned by Wrexham Council’s standards committee at a meeting in June. v.1

That was the message at Wednesday’s meeting of Wrexham Council’s homes and environment scrutiny committee. The local authority introduced cameras at several fly-tipping hotspots across the county borough in a bid to target repeat offenders and reduce the volume of waste being illegally dumped. Figures released by Wrexham Council shows 15 people have been hit […]

College students in north Wales have raised more than £9,000 in a matter of weeks for the Royal British Legion’s Poppy Appeal. The pandemic could not stop Uniformed Public Services learners at Coleg Cambria achieving the staggering total of £9,157 for the charity campaign. And that takes the college’s overall figure to £24,474 since 2015, […]

A man has appeared in court charged with causing criminal damage to two vaccination centres in North Wales. Paul Leonard Edwards of Mill Street, Llanddulas, appeared this morning in relation to an incident at the OpTIC centre in St Asaph on Wednesday (December 15) where 17 windows were smashed. The 58-year-old has also been charged […]