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Government minister Lesley Griffiths won the constituency by 1,350 votes, beating Tory candidate Jeremy Kent. It meant Labour was able to avoid a repeat of the 2019 general election, where the Conservatives pulled off a historic victory in the area. Lesley Griffiths AM Welsh Government Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs. Wrexham was again a hotly contested seat in the Welsh Parliament with both Prime Minister Boris Johnson and UK Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer visiting...

Menu   WREXHAM: ‘Excitement’ for independence in North East Wales could see more voters backing Plaid Cymru, says party leader Pictured from left to right are: Plaid Cymru\s Clwyd South candidate Llyr Gruffydd, party leader Adam Price and Wrexham candidate Carrie Harper outside Wrexham AFC\s Racecourse Ground. THE level of “excitement” for independence in North East Wales could see more voters backing Plaid Cymru, the party’s leader has claimed. Adam Price said ...

Updated: Wed 5th May Wrexham inundated with political visits ahead of the election on Thursday Wrexham has seen many senior figures from a range of political parties rock up over the last few weeks, each wanting to highlight why their favoured candidate will do a better job in the Senedd than anyone else. Polling day is on Thursday for both the Senedd – and the next Police and Crime Commissioner for North Wales. A lot of work has gone into making sure polling stations are as safe as possibl...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson on a visit to the Net World Sports factory on Wrexham Industrial Estate. Source: Liam Randall (LDR service) BORIS Johnson has dismissed the suggestion that allegations over his conduct could harm his party’s chances of making gains in the Senedd elections. The Prime Minister was speaking during a visit to a factory in Wrexham, which was foreshadowed by claims he said he would rather have “bodies pile high in their thousands” than implement a third coronavi...

The Prime Minister was speaking during a visit to a factory in Wrexham. His visit was part of a whistlestop tour of the region which saw him visit Prestatyn and Llandudno. His tour was foreshadowed by claims he said he would rather have “bodies pile high in their thousands” than implement a third coronavirus lockdown. He described the allegations as “total, total rubbish” after details of a discussion, which was said to have been held in Downing Street in the autumn, were report...

The latest case count comes as some family doctors begin administering COVID-19 vaccinations in six regions today and a pilot project to offer vaccines at pharmacies expands. Some family doctors in Toronto, Peel Region, Hamilton, Guelph, Peterborough and Simcoe-Muskoka have been shipped some 29,500 doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine to administer to people aged 60 to 64 years old. People are being asked not to call their doctors office as physicians will reach out to those who are eligib...

Ontario appears to be standing on the edge of a third wave of COVID-19, some experts say — but because of virus variants, vaccinations and the promise of warmer weather on the horizon, it’s unclear how severe it could be.

As public-health orders are loosened to allow the sale of non-essential items per "cautious&quo...

The fraught, often frightening year of 2020 may be over, but experts warn the dawn of a new one doesnt leave behind the troubles caused by the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The fraught, often frightening year of 2020 may be over, but experts warn the dawn of a new one doesnt leave behind the troubles caused by the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Patients in multiple Canadian hotspots are flooding hospitals at an alarming rate and expected to arrive in even greater numbers in the weeks to come, doctors and health centres said Friday. “If these rates of increase continue the way they are, the months of January and February are absolutely going to be brutal. ...