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TO CELEBRATE Volunteers Week, Denbighshire County Council is thanking residents who help others.

The Dee Valley Picturesque Bus service is a circular route which will run every Saturday until October. It will link Llangollen and the surrounding villages to popular local attractions including Pontcysyllte Aqueduct, Wenffrwd Nature Reserve, Horseshoe Falls, Valle Crucis Abbey, Plas Newydd Historic House and the Horseshoe Pass. It is hoped that this new service will enable people to visit these key locations without the need of a car and reduce the need for parking spaces, making it eas...

Derelict mines to warm South Tyneside A district heating scheme is forecast to cut annual emissions in the area by a quarter Image: Shutterstock A district heating scheme in Holborn, South Tyneside that will harness heat from abandoned flooded mines and the River Tyne has been awarded planning permission. The £23-million project is designed to use a combination of technologies and is forecast to save around 2,436 tonnes of carbon a year. The scheme will see solar panels, both floating and mo...

Hampshire County Council apologised following an investigation SPECIAL Educational Needs services in Hampshire are under review after a pupil missed out on three months of schooling, it has been revealed. Hampshire County Council has said it will review the resources it had put into its Special Educational Needs (SEN) team to decide whether it is sufficient enough to carry out its workload within statutory timescales. It has also agreed to pay thousands of pounds in compensation. This c...

Public Spaces Protection Order to tackle use of nitrous oxide linked to antisocial behaviour approved in Cabinet   On Wednesday 28 April the Mayor of Tower Hamlets and Cabinet approved the introduction of a borough-wide Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) to deal with the use of nitrous oxide linked to antisocial behaviour. A PSPO is an order that prevents certain behaviours or actions being carried out in a specified area. Tower Hamlets already has two PSPOs in place around antisocial behav...

Wrexham schoolchildren help make the world a kinder place for people living with dementia Wrexham schoolchildren are doing their bit to make the world a kinder, better place for people living with dementia. Several schools across the county borough have been taking part in Dementia Friends sessions – learning more about the condition, and looking at ways to make life easier for individuals and families affected by it. As part of this, the children have pledged to do different things to help c...

Wrexham Council has been urged to been urged to join together with other local authorities to lobby governments for a ‘fairer’ business rate system and contact “absentee landlords” who own town centre properties. It comes after members of the council’s employment, business and investment scrutiny met earlier this week to debate the future of the […]

SPECIAL Educational Needs services in Hampshire are under review after a pupil missed out on three months of schooling, it has been revealed.

Wrexham Council has successfully maintained the status of ‘working towards being a dementia-friendly authority’ for the second year in a row. The Alzheimer’s Society confirmed the news after seeing how the local authority’s adult social care department continued to support people throughout the coronavirus pandemic. The pandemic has had a devastating impact around the world […]

Kettu Studios’ Dogs from Dogs Dales, with, from left: Sarah Smout, Beth Sculpher, Sian Laura and Virpi Kettu, from the Skipton Cultural Consortium. A £95,360 grant will help fund a series of community-led activities on Skipton High Street over the next three years. The cultural programme will aim to attract and engage young people, young adults and families and bring the town’s heritage to life. Young people will be behind the projects and events. They include a ‘Trails App’ ...