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Flooding help for Anglesey estate

THE risk of flooding for people living on a small housing estate will be reduced after the Environment Agency promised to help.Read

OAPs' Christmas money stolen from Moelfre school

THIEVES almost ruined Christmas for a group of elderly people, when they took money intended to pay for a Christmas dinner and presents.Read

Backlash against changes to Coleg Menai art department

A FACEBOOK group against changes at Coleg Menai’s art department has attracted 300 members.Read

Bangor teenagers form community group to bring about change

FIVE teenage girls who attend Ysgol Friars have formed a group aimed at improving facilities for young people living in Bangor.Read

Holyhead child porn accused also faces assault charges

AN ex-rugby referee accused of downloading child porn is also accused of indecently assaulting three girls, it emerged last week.Read

Job hopes high with plans for £10m Holyhead development

ANGLESEY is bracing itself for a much-needed jobs boost as a major employer seeks to expand.Read

Bangor special needs school to be relocated

A SPECIAL needs school in Bangor is to be relocated after Gwynedd Council announced its anticipated budget cuts last week.Read

Anglesey methane power station is given go-ahead

PROTESTORS will be seeking a judicial review after plans for a methane burning bio-digester were given the green light.Read

Yobs attack Holyhead playground

VANDALS have smashed up a children’s playground in Holyhead.Read

Holyhead Mail reporter scoops award

THE Holyhead and Anglesey Mail beat off strong opposition from two national newspapers to win a media award.Read

Ogwen Valley beauty clear in mountain rescue calendar

TWELVE photographs depicting the country’s most stunning scenes have been chosen to appear in an exclusive calendar to raise awareness of one of the Ogwen Valley’s most vital emergency services.Read

Bangor mum to sue pushchair manufacturer

THE parents of a Bangor toddler are among a group who plan to sue pushchair firm Maclaren, claiming their children’s fingertips were sliced off by unsafe buggies. Read

Benllech man's Snowdon trek in memory of wife and child

A WIDOWER whose wife and child were killed in a car crash walked up Snowdon with his stepson on his back for the hospital that battled to save his daughter’s life.Read

Anglesey man's anger at hospital blunder

A MAN wants to know if a hospital blunder has left him with excruciating back problems for the rest of his life.Read

Bangor wild gardening project gets £49,500 boost

A GARDENING project based at the North Wales Wildlife Trust in Bangor is celebrating after winning £49,500 from the Big Lottery Fund’s People’s Millions.Read

Anglesey woman's campaign for heart screening in Wales

A YOUNG mum is calling for tests – identifying the hereditary disease which causes heart muscles to thicken – to be made free in Wales, as they are in England, following the death of her brother.Read

Street entertainment in Bangor over Christmas

AN exciting programme of Christmas entertainment in Bangor city centre has been taking place in recent weeks.Read

Holyhead youngster in international art competition

AN artistic pupil is hoping her work portraying the Power of Peace, is chosen to go to New York.Read

Mission to tackle knife crime after Holyhead stabbing

A MEETING to discuss tackling knife crime on the island began with a minute’s silence for Leon Jones, who was fatally stabbed just yards from his home in Holyhead.Read

Christmas shoppers urged to back Bangor

RETAILERS in Bangor have launched a campaign to encourage shoppers to support the High Street this Christmas.Read

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