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Ysgol Glanaethwy senior choir off to compete in China

Choir’s China boundRead

Retired Bangr University lecturer helps aid effort in Afghanistan

Despite working in the relatively safe Northern area of Afghanistan Mr Smith’s work was still fraught with danger.Read

Mock manifesto for the people of Anglesey

ISLANDERS have helped create a mock manifesto of what needs to be done by the county council.Read

Fire at Octel plant in Amlwch “could be seen from Isle of Man”

ONE of the biggest blazes on Anglesey since the fire which destroyed the Britannia Bridge started at the Octel chemical plant in Amlwch 15 years ago.Read

Ysgol Llanfawr cook wins cake decorating competition

A CAKE has been created in Holyhead with sausages, bacon and a pork chop or two and even a slab of beef, on its crown.Read

Prince William’s £1.4m security bill

PROTECTING Prince William is believed to be costing police around £1.4m a year because he has moved out of accommodation at RAF Valley and into a country cottage.Read

Holyhead pupil wins national aquathlon

A HOLYHEAD schoolgirl has taken first prize in a national aquathlon.Read

More ticket sales needed for Bryn Terfel's Faenol Festival

UNLESS ticket sales pickup in the next two weeks Faenol Festival organisers may have to reconsider their plans.Read

Pupils take to the green for Llanfairpwll bowls competition

A NEW generation of bowls players competed at Llanfairpwll bowling club recently.Read

Llanrhyddlad Flower Festival attracts hundreds

LLANRHYDDLAD’s annual Flower Festival went down a storm over the weekend.Read

Councillors to be kept in dark over new tenants

COUNCILLORS will no longer be able to find out which new tenants will be moving into council houses on their ward.Read

Anglesey widow tells of moment her husband was fatally injured

A WIDOW wept as she described the moment her husband was fatally injured after rowing with his brother.Read

Anglesey school to remember boys tragically killed in fire

PUPILS at Ysgol Goronwy Owen have started discussions on how best to remember their late fellow pupils, Felix and Oscar Bickley.Read

Community bids farewell to Ysgol Ty Mawr

THE usually peaceful road running through Capel Coch was filled with cars last week, as local people arrived to mark the last hours of a school which has served the community for almost a century.Read

Assembly Government seeks new tenders for North-South air link

THE search for an airline to link North to South Wales for the next four years is under way.Read

Rebranded Menai Heritage Experience opens its doors for summer

A HERITAGE experience featuring some of the island’s most famous landmarks has opened for the summer.Read

Former fishing trawler becomes Holyhead A Team’s floating base

MAIL reporter Rhodri Barker visited the floating base of youth activities group, The A Team.Read

Community project Tyfu have thanked Bangor residents for their support

ORGANISERS of a community project, which wants to transform 16 acres of land into a self-sustaining environmental park, want to thank the public for all their support so far.Read

In the Spotlight: Young entreprenour Rhys Morris

YOUNG entrepreneur Rhys Morris, from Llanddaniel, opened Oriel Daniel art gallery in Llangefni less than a year ago. Despite initially graduating in building studies, he then turned to art and took the brave step of starting his own business, and now the sky is the limit. Ffion Williams talks to Rhys, 29, about getting his dreams off the ground, his connections with Sir Kyffin and why artist Karel Lek is his hero.Read

Holyhead Festival set to be another record breaker

THE world record set at last year’s Holyhead Festival could be smashed this year by a party of zombies.Read

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