Gwynedd News

SCREEN televisions, tablet computers, yo-yos and thousands of pounds worth of cash and cheques were given away by Welsh councils as competition prizes last year.

THE debate over a new nuclear power station in North Wales exposed a rift in the Plaid Cymru leadership battle yesterday.

Arllechwedd Plaid Cymru Cllr Dafydd Meurig's proposal to limit the rise to 3.5% defeated an amendment by Llanengan Independent and council chairman John Gwilym Jones who wanted to raise it to 3.9%. It will go before the board and full council for decision.

DENBIGHSHIRE Council has agreed a 2.8% rise in council tax while Anglesey warns of a hike of almost double at 5%. Last night Denbighshire announced its budget process for the next financial year in a bid to make 3.2m savings and reinvest 1.3m in priority areas.

It is believed the tyres were illegally dumped some time last week and are now being cleared by the landowner near the village of Llangybi, in the Eifionydd area of Gwynedd.

THE coldest place in Wales was braced for temperatures to plummet even lower today as the freezing weather continues its grip.

HUNDREDS of new jobs are on the cards when a former nuclear power station becomes an enterprise zone, it was announced yesterday.

A pint of beer being served in a pub: 1,100 pubs closed in North Wales between 2002 and 2010 MORE than 1,100 pubs called last orders for the final time in North Wales in the last decade, shocking figures have revealed.

Machynlleth, Wales.- The Museum of Modern Art is proud to present "TIR - Land; Terrain; Earth; Territory", on view at the museum from January 23rd through February 29th.

AN ENTREPRENEURIAL farmer is aiming to cash in on one of Wales' most recognisable emblems - by selling innovative sheep wool duvets in the Far East.

The think-tank IPPR found a postcode lottery across North Wales, with some places doing twice as badly as others.