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Flintshire council backs healthcare emergency motion and calls for health board chief to face councillors
12+ hour, 51+ min ago (1038+ words) Flintshire County Council has backed a motion declaring a "healthcare emergency" in North Wales. The authority will invite the chair and chief executive of Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board to present a recovery plan for the region after unanimously supporting…...
Flint RNLI volunteer named Flintshire Young Volunteer of the Year |
5+ hour, 53+ min ago (288+ words) A Flint RNLI volunteer has been named Flintshire Young Volunteer of the Year at an awards ceremony held during National Volunteer Week. Erin Brown received the award at the Flintshire Local Volunteer Council Volunteer Awards on Friday, 5 June. She was…...
Welsh Affairs Committee to hold evidence session on abandoned mine pollution in Wales
1+ day, 11+ hour ago (433+ words) MPs are to hold a formal evidence session on metal mine pollution in Wales, as a parliamentary inquiry examines what has been left behind by the country's industrial past. The Welsh Affairs Committee, which scrutinises matters affecting Wales at Westminster,…...
Appeal to find missing 15-year-old Rhys from Connah's Quay
3+ day, 18+ hour ago (152+ words) North Wales Police are appealing for information to help find a 15-year-old boy missing from Connah's Quay. Rhys was last seen at 1. 30pm on Thursday 4 June. He was wearing a black t-shirt, black jacket, dark grey or black Karrimor cargo pants,…...
Flintshire Council begins second round of cycle barrier removals next week |
4+ day, 16+ hour ago (355+ words) Work to remove barriers from cycle paths in Sealand, Connah's Quay and Garden City is set to begin next week, as Flintshire County Council acts on the results of a public consultation. Eight barriers are scheduled for removal at four…...
Geotechnical firm Betts Geo moves into larger offices at Deeside Industrial Park
6+ day, 13+ hour ago (276+ words) A specialist geotechnical and environmental company has moved into larger offices at Deeside Industrial Park, taking on space roughly four times the size of its previous base. Betts Geo has taken Suite D at Parkway Business Centre on Deeside Industrial…...
MPs to question North Wales Police Commissioner over UK Government's policing shake-up
1+ week, 5+ hour ago (418+ words) North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner Andy Dunbobbin is among four Welsh PCCs to be questioned by MPs next month over government plans to abolish elected police commissioners by May 2028. The Welsh Affairs Committee has announced a session on 8 July…...
Indoor darts venue with shop and spectator gallery planned for Connah's Quay industrial unit
1+ week, 12+ hour ago (361+ words) An industrial unit on Dock Road in Connah's Quay could become an indoor darts venue under plans filed with Flintshire council. The application proposes converting part of a vacant unit at 1 A Dock Road Industrial Estate into a leisure facility,…...
A new Lidl could be coming to Broughton. Here's what's been proposed
1+ week, 2+ day ago (432+ words) Plans for a new Lidl store on vacant land next to Broughton Shopping Park have been submitted to Flintshire County Council. The application seeks permission to build a food store on 1. 3 hectares of unused grassland at the junction of Chester…...
Nearly half of young drivers admit to using a handheld phone at the wheel, RAC research finds
1+ week, 2+ day ago (598+ words) Almost half of drivers under 25 say they have made or received a phone call without a hands-free kit while driving in the past year, new research from the RAC shows. The figure stands at 49 per cent among under-25s, compared to…...