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Park Existing playground at Blagrave The new play areas will include a mix of play equipment which is accessible to all abilities. A public consultation will be starting today (Wednesday, January 13) and will last until February 3. Proposal One of the submitted proposals Cllr Karen Rowland, Reading’s Lead Member for Culture, Heritage and Recreation, said: “It is one of our key priorities that we provide high quality, accessible equipment in as many of our playgrounds as possible so th...

Households across Wrexham will soon be asked to take part in Census 2021. The census is a once-in-a-decade survey that provides the most accurate estimate of all the people and households in England and Wales. It has been carried out every decade since 1801, with the exception of 1941. Census day will be on March […]

DEMOLITION work on the town’s Queen’s Buildings in Rhyl is due to start this month. Denbighshire County Council has appointed contractor Wye Valley Demolition to start on site from January 25 to demolish unsafe areas of the buildings and remove any remaining asbestos. The contractor has worked with the council on previous sites including the demolition of buildings on Queen Street After the local authority took ownership of the Queen’s Buildings, a number of assessments made i...

DEMOLITION work on the town’s Queen’s Buildings in Rhyl is due to start this month.

Stryt Las set to be drained ahead of annual clean-up and litter removal This article is old - Published: Friday, Jan 8th, 2021 A pond in Wrexham is set is to be drained ahead of its annual clean-up and litter removal. The rangers at Stryt Las Park in Johnstown carry out the task each year to clean the lake bed and remove the fish which are netted by Natural Resources Wales and relocated to another pond or a lake that needs stocking. The fish are removed to prevent them from eating the the rare...

DENBIGHSHIRE County Council is reminding residents of Welsh Government regulations to only exercise from home. The Council has been working with North Wales Police to ensure people comply with the regulations not to travel for exercise in line with Alert Level 4 restrictions. The car parks at Loggerheads Country Park and Moel Famau, as well as the roads leading to Moel Famau, are currently closed. Cllr Tony Thomas, the Council’s Lead Member for Housing and Communities, said: “We are...

DENBIGHSHIRE County Council is closing all of its public conveniences from 4pm today. The Council made the decision to close its public toilets to keep public convenience staff and residents safe during the current increase in coronavirus cases. Councillor Julian Thompson-Hill, Lead Member for Finance, Performance and Strategic Assets, said: “Due to the recent increase in Covid-19 cases in Denbighshire the decision has been made to close all public conveniences until the end of this cur...

Reading Borough Council (RBC) started local contact tracing on October 26, 2020. The team have received 480 cases of people who had tested positive for Covid-19 who the National Test and Trace had attempted but not been able to make contact with. A spokesperson said: "Our local contact tracing team were able to contact, give advice and details of contacts were taken for over 50% of cases, 242 people. "Reading Borough Council’s local contact tracing performance taken together with Nati...

Massive chunk of Stanton Ironworks site sold in major breakthrough for development plans Part of the site would be renamed New Stanton Park under the plans The Stanton Ironworks site has been derelict for 13 years (Image: Derby Telegraph) Never miss another Nottinghamshire story by signing up to our free email updatesInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll i...

All parking charges and most enforcements have been suspended in a bid to help key workers and residents during Tier 4 restrictions.