Wrexham County, Wales News Archives

OWNERS say it is not yet clear what caused a fire to break out at an Oswestry pub on Sunday afternoon.

A pathologist has told a murder trial a woman whose body was found is a shallow grave more than a year after she went missing did not die of natural causes.

A 27-year-old man has been jailed for nearly five years for an attack on a bricklayer with a broken pint glass in a pub that has left him disfigured.

A WREXHAM engineer crushed to death under a bus he was working on had narrowly escaped injury in an incident at the same depot days earlier, an inquest jury heard.

A WREXHAM man who claimed a speed camera must have been faulty has been landed with a bill for 340.

WREXHAM'S Eagles Meadow shopping centre has been nominated for a UK award alongside the likes of Liverpool One and London's Westfield Centre.

Photographs from Wrexham, Wales on Wednesday, October 28, 2009. The original Mona Lisa by Leonardo Da Vinci is about 30 inches tall by about 21 inches wide.

Wrexham Council has said it is preparing to take legal action following an outbreak of E.coli which affected four people earlier this year.

WREXHAM MP Ian Lucas has welcomed the news a North Wales location would be looked for a new prison in the region.

A FAVOURITE in the race to become Wales' first minister has pledged to look into claims Wrexham isn't fairly treated by the Assembly.

TRACES of cocaine have been found on bar surfaces, pool tables and in toilets in six pubs in the Wrexham area.

A Mona Lisa art creation that claimed the largest reproduction in the world of Da Vinci s masterpiece has been on show at a shopping mall in Wrexham, in the United Kingdom, according to media reports Wednesday.

A man accused of strangling a woman and burying her body in a shallow grave has said he returned to the site to pray many times because he was religious.

CHIRK Town Councillors vowed not to go down without a fight over the decision to axe free school transport to Ysgol Dinas Bran last week.

AN OSWESTRY teenager died when the car in which he was a passenger left the road and hit a tree on the Gobowen Road.

TENNIS courts in Wrexham which have received a 500,000 makeover have officially opened to the public.

A young man who died when a car left a Shropshire road and hit a tree has been named.

FIREFIGHTERS from across the area fought to save a building at The Marches School last Wednesday evening as fire broke out in a technology room.

POLISH cheese cutter Lukasz Respondek lied to police when first interviewed as a significant witness over the disappearance of Ermatati Rodgers, a court heard.

GANGS of young pickpockets, some from as far away as London, are targeting shoppers in Wrexham.

AN INVESTIGATION is under way today after a packed ferry nearly collided with a gas tanker on the River Mersey.

WORKERS at a Wrexham factory which will close its doors for ever in December are to record a song to mark the occasion.

A SPATE of thefts from vehicles and outbuildings in an area near Wrexham has led to increased police patrols.

POLICE have been cracking down on new dog control rules at a Wrexham country park .

After the people of Flintshire and Wrexham backed the BBC's decision to allow BNP leader Nick Griffin on the political programme Question Time, today we look at 10 more controversial TV appearances.

COUNCIL chiefs in Flintshire are demanding answers from Cardiff after the county didn't receive a penny from a major Welsh Assembly Government funding grant.

Linda Wood and Ann Hargreaves were both killed in the accident. A SIX-YEAR-OLD girl from Wrexham and four other people lost their lives as a result of a "dreadful, traumatic accident" an inquest has been told.

WREXHAM firms should be able to cope if a threatened strike by postal workers lasts just two days.

WREXHAM'S new recycling facility has been officially opened by Jane Davidson, the Assembly Government minister for environment, sustainability and housing.

A CLASSIC car enthusiast from Wrexham has thanked the Leader for helping him to get back his stolen vehicle.

THE father of young man with Down's syndrome is furious he has been forced to leave his unpaid work placement with Wrexham Council after more than three happy years.

THE day to day life of a multimillionaire businesswoman will be on show next month in a brand new fly on the wall documentary.

A WREXHAM man is convinced his property was 'cased' by thieves who broke into his garage to steal possessions, including a 2,000 motocross bike.

NINE secret cameras were installed to spy on fields where Ermatati Rodgers was buried in a shallow grave, a court heard yesterday.

THE Wrexham mother of a teenage girl who died after a mystery illness has spoken for the first time of her loss.

SOCIAL networking site Facebook accounts for one in every seven internet page hits in the UK, more than Google UK, eBay UK and YouTube combined.

A 21-YEAR-OLD man was recovering in hospital last night after an aerosol can exploded in his face.

A man who was drowning his sorrows on the day of his dead son's birthday got behind the wheel of his car and mowed down a pensioner, killing him, a court heard today.

Picture submitted by Steve Hall. "Autumn sunshine - Sun still shining on the Dee, even with the leaves falling." If you've been out in Wrexham or Flintshire photographing the start of autumn this year make sure you send your images in to our readers' picture special.

TWO men appeared at Wrexham Magistrates Court on Monday to each face an assault charge following an alleged attack on Joao Rato by the One Stop Shop in Connah's Quay during the early hours of Sunday morning.

A Polish man living in North Wales strangled a woman and buried her - but tried to dig her up again as police closed in on him, it was alleged in court today.

MORE than 500 people packed into a Wrexham church to say a fond farewell to a popular teenager who was swept to his death as high seas lashed Blackpool.

SOMEBODY is bottled or glassed every three days in North Wales, in brutal assaults that scar the lives of victims.

A HUGE majority of people in Wrexham and Flintshire have no idea who is going for the top job in Welsh politics, according to an exclusive Leader survey.

THE DEATH of Valerie Williams is not being treated as suspicious by police. The formal identification of Mrs Williams was set to take place yesterday.

A GANG of 16 Chinese people were jailed yesterday after police uncovered the largest-ever cannabis factory in the UK, in Bangor.

TWO policemen whose reputations were ruined by convictions for seriously assaulting a man at a party have had the offences downgraded by the country's top judge.

RUTHLESS burglars who posed as police and waterboard officials to rob terrified pensioners are today behind bars.

A POST mortem has revealed no suspicious circumstances after a body was found in woods.

A nurse who force-fed medicine to two elderly patients has been convicted of two counts of ill treatment and one of neglect.

HUNDREDS of family members and friends are expected to attend the funeral of an 18-year-old from Wrexham who was swept to his death by a huge wave on Blackpool prom just over a week ago.

A teenager who died when a car he was travelling in left the road and crashed into a Shropshire house has been named.

Police looking for a woman who has been missing from her home for a week say they have found a body.

TWO killed after his car swerved off the road and hit a tree could have lost control because of an underinflated tyre, an inquest yesterday heard.

LABOUR AM Karen Sinclair yesterday announced she would be the latest member of the Assembly to step down at the 2011 election.

A YOUNG man who died in a car crash was not wearing his seatbelt and was three times over the drink drive limit, an inquest heard.

ANGLESEY has been hit with the lowest funding settlement in Wales for 2010 with Gwynedd not much better off.

THE family of a teenager killed in a tragic road accident have paid tribute to their "gentle giant". Matthew Latham-Jones, 17, from Penley was the rear-seat passenger in a car which crashed in to a house near Wem, Shrewsbury, during the early hours of Saturday.

A mobile police station has been set up as investigations into the disappearance of a woman missing for five days continue.

THE red carpet will be rolled out for a talented young film director at a glitzy Hollywood-style premiere in Wrexham.

A COMMUNITY scheme to regenerate a Wrexham estate is being investigated over concerns about the way it is being run.

A WOMAN whose two sons are in the armed services in Afghanistan is drumming up support for the Poppy Appeal.

A FLEDGLING engineering consultancy launched in South Wales only 11 months ago has moved north to set up a second base in Wrexham.

THE search for Valerie Williams, missing from her Wrexham home since midday on Wednesday, is being stepped up today with members of the Police Underwater Search Team and the RAF Search and Rescue Team joining the existing search teams.

A FAMILY has paid tribute to the father-of-three who died following an alleged assault outside a pub.

RESIDENTS might in future have to pay 10 to order a new green recycling bin from Wrexham Council.

As she lay seriously ill in a coma after contracting the lethal food poisoning bacteria E.coli, Karen Morrisroe-Clutton's husband feared the worst.

Search teams with dogs have been trying to trace a woman who has been missing for more than 24 hours.

Y OUNG people in the region are living in poverty and politicians must do more to tackle the problem that is the message in a new film made by young adults from Wrexham, which will be launched at the Welsh Assembly today.

A nurse with 20 years experience force-fed medication to two patients suffering with dementia, Cardiff Crown Court has heard.

A WOMAN who says she suffered years of sexual abuse at the hands of her siblings is urging other victims to speak out.

A 35-YEAR-OLD man was last night charged with murder following the death of a man more than a week after he was assaulted.

THERE were smiles all around at a Wrexham junior school as young artists helped create a giant version of one of the world's most famous paintings.

TRIBUTES have poured in for a popular 18-year-old who died after being swept into the sea at Blackpool.

HOMES were evacuated in Wrexham after arsonists torched a garden shed with a gas cylinder inside.

Carwyn Jones is expected to announce his intention to stand for the Welsh Labour leadership.

A DECISION to sell alcohol at future youth eisteddfods threatens the health of Wales' young people, the Welsh Council on Alcohol and Other Drugs claims today.

A body was found washed up on a beach today on a stretch of coastline where a teenager was swept into the sea at the weekend.

Fears are growing for a teenager who vanished after being swept into the sea during a night out.