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Wrexham.com has invited Wrexham & Clwyd South Members of Parliament and Assembly Members to write a monthly article with updates on their work in their respective Parliaments and closer to home – you can find them all here. In her column for October, Wrexham’s MS writes: It has been a busy few weeks in the constituency. […]

WREXHAM fans have been praised for their generosity after raising over £2,000 for the Miners Rescue Station.

The memorial wall paying tribute to the 266 miners who lost their lives in the Gresford Colliery disaster 88 years ago was unveiled today at the…

Residents from across Wrexham will gather tomorrow (Thursday 22 October) to remember the 266 men and boys who tragically lost their lives in the Gresford Mining Disaster. No village in the area was left unscathed by the disaster, which took so many lives 88 years ago. Tomorrow will see annual service of remembrance will take […]

A service to remember the 266 men and boys who tragically lost their lives in the Gresford Mining Disaster will take place this month. No village in the Wrexham County Borough was left unscathed by the disaster which took so many lives 88 years ago. An annual service of remembrance will take place at 11am […]

THE MOMENT all Wrexham AFC fans have been waiting for has arrived as the club announces its new home kit for the 2022/23 season.

A list of the key historic British anniversaries taking place during September 1959

Coroner questions care home staffing levels after Colliery disaster survivor died following fall Albert Rowlands passed away nine days after being found on the floor of his room at Gwern Alyn House Ruthin County Hall (Image: Reach plc) Sign up to our free newsletter for the top North Wales stories sent straight to your e-mail Invalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up now! We use your sign-up to provide content in ways youve consented to and to improve our understanding...

On the 77th anniversary of the D-Day landings, two Second World War veterans from Wales remember their experiences of landing in Hitlers Fortress…

Herbert and Mary Hampson. Photo courtesy of Fay Hampson Family memories with Fay Hampson... I love these photographs of my grandparents, Herbert and Mary Hampson, taken when grandad was the Mayor of Wrexham in 1933/4. The photographs are hand-coloured monochrome prints. The golden age of hand-colouring was between 1900 and 1940, and I feel lucky that these portraits were taken in 1933/4 just before the advent in 1935 of Kodachrome colour processing, which surely would not have resulted in s...