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A Flintshire bowling club has been faced with senseless vandalism over the weekend following a break-in.

Plans to build a Costa Coffee drive-thru on the site of a hotel in Flintshire which was destroyed by fire have been placed on hold.

PLANS to build a Costa Coffee drive-thru on the site of a hotel in Deeside which was destroyed by fire have been placed on hold.

PLANS to build a new drive-thru KFC and Starbucks at the side of the A55 in Flintshire have been given the green light on appeal. An application for the fast food and coffee giants to move onto a piece of land next to a branch of McDonald’s at the Singing Kettle services in Lloc, near Holywell, was rejected by councillors in September last year. It followed concerns being raised about the impact on the surrounding countryside, as well as regarding traffic and parking problems. Franchise firm Gastronomy Foods later appealed as it said the scheme would result in the creation of 60 jo...

Flintshire Council said they were saddened to hear of the death of Councillor Kevin Hughes of Gwernymynydd. Mr Hughes joined the council in 2017, but in his previous career had been a police officer with Cheshire Constabulary and a journalist covering Ellesmere Port and Flintshire. As a keen and gifted photographer, he had offered his services to Flintshire council on a number of occasions. Most recently, he had documented the demolition of Phases 3 and 4 at County hall, attending regularly to take photographs. This archive will now form one of many lasting tributes to his skill a...