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Nationwide relocated from its branch on the corner of Wrexham\'s High Street to a larger unit on Regent Street back in January. Source: Google PLANS to create six flats above a former building society in Wrexham have been recommended for approval. Nationwide relocated from its branch on the corner of the town’s High Street to a larger unit on Regent Street in January last year. The property has stood empty for the last 12 months and proposals were entered in October to convert the upper floors into living accommodation. It would also see the ground floor refurbished and retained for...

Plans to convert office space above a former building society in Wrexham could be given the go ahead next week. The proposals for Nationwide on High Street were submitted in November 2020. The company relocated from its branch on the corner of the town’s High Street to a larger unit on Regent Street at the […]

WREXHAM remains the worst county in Wales for its rate of coronavirus - but the latest update from Wrexham Council says the virus has peaked. The rate in Wrexham is now 551.6 per 100,000 people, which is down from 660.5/100,000 on Friday. In his latest update, Lawrence Isted, Wrexham Council's Chief Officer Planning and Regulatory, said: "The trend over the last few weeks confirms that the virus has peaked." The Chirk and Ceiriog Valley area now has the highest rate in Wrexham and tops the list of the five coronavirus hotspots in the county. If follows a sharp rise in cases in the a...

WREXHAM remains the worst in Wales for its rate of coronavirus. The latest update from Wrexham Council on January 18 confirmed that Wrexham is still the highest in Wales for the rate per 100,000 population (792.2) and positivity (28.9% today) and second for new cases. However, the rate is lower than reported on January 14 (867.9) and positivity about the same (28.8%). Lawrence Isted, the council's Chief Officer Planning and Regulatory, said the key driver for the spread of the virus is the ‘UK’ variant, which now accounts for most, if not all, ofnew cases in North Wales. Hospital ...

WREXHAM is now the worst region in the whole of Wales for its rate of people testing positive for coronavirus among the population. The latest figures show that the rate in the county is 904.7 positive cases per 100,000 people in the community in a week that has seen the highest number of new cases since the pandemic began. Almost all of the 18 sub-areas of Wrexham, designated by Wrexham Council, have seen worsening figures since the last update from the council on January 4. There are now 11 coronavirus hotspots in the county which are in the worst centile in Wales, with ten having m...