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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

Plans to reopen Bangor-Llangefni rail link back on track

HOPES are high that trains could once again be transporting people between Llangefni and Bangor.Read

Bangor special school may have to move

A SPECIAL needs school in Bangor is set to be relocated as part of Gwynedd Council’s proposed budget cuts.Read

Bangor teen nearly killed in three-death crash speaks out

A TEENAGER who was paralysed following a crash which killed three other teenagers said her life had been ruined.Read

People of Anglesey warned over leisure centres

ANOTHER warning has been issued to Anglesey residents about the future of the island’s leisure facilities.Read

Tregarth environmental centre given £45,000 boost

AN environmental centre in Tregarth is celebrating after receiving a grant of £45,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF).Read

Drink-driver ruined my life says North Wales teen paralysed by crash

A TEENAGER left paralysed after a drink-drive crash that killed three of her friends has spoken for the first time of how the accident ruined her life.Read

Bangor community group reaches out to students

RENEWED efforts have been made to improve the strained relationship between students and residents in Bangor.Read

People of Anglesey must prepare for three school closures

THREE rural Anglesey schools are set to close by the end of August 2011.Read

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