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This winter, we expect to see both flu and Covid viruses circulating at potentially high levels. With the UK experiencing its first flu season since…

THE WINNING schools have been chosen from a competition designed to tackle climate change back from the future.

Demolition of the old Vicarage in Rhosddu is underway despite efforts from members of the public and councillors to safeguard the future of the building. The building, also known as Centre 67, has been mothballed for several years – despite assurances in 2013 from Wrexham Council that it was “not the intention to keep the […]

As Barrow gears up for a final weekend of festivities before Christmas, tourism chiefs say it’s fantastic to see people from across the county…

A report before councillors this morning should see young people not suffer from “unnecessary state intervention in their lives which is not necessary or proportionate”, and hosts getting a long overdue fee increase. Supported Lodgings placements provide a young person with a room of their own in a private home where they are a member […]

A Scrutiny Committee looks set to spend at least two meetings next year looking at council housing, on how empty properties are turned around as well as how repairs take place. The council’s Homes and Environment Scrutiny Committee is set to examine ‘voids’ in the local authority’s housing stock, and look at the current processes […]

A BIODIVERSITY project is moving forward to secure the future of a rare tree in Denbighshire.

Funding has been secured educate youngsters on climate change and carbon emissions. A partnership collaboration of Wrexham Council, Xplore! Science Discovery Centre and Groundwork North Wales has secured £75,215 from Natural Resources Wales’ Resilient Communities Fund for a project aimed at young people across the county borough. With a share of the funding Groundwork North […]

A local business is working to create specialist beds for children with disabilities as they continue to develop products for patients.

Funding has been secured to install solar PV panels on leisure centres in Wrexham. Working in partnership with Freedom Leisure the local authority has been awarded £180,000 by Welsh Government’s Assets Collaboration Fund to advance plans for the decarbonisation of public buildings and reach the net zero by 2030 targets. Freedom Leisure, which operates Waterworld, […]