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Holyhead's women footballers take on challenge for Amlwch sisters

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:00:00 GMT

A CHARITY football match is set to take place later this month to help raise £400 to £500 to buy new life saving equipment for two young sisters in Amlwch who suffer from a life threatening condition.

Work on £3.5m Bangor High Street project underway

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:30:00 GMT

THE first phase of a £3.5m project that will change the face of Bangor city centre has got underway this week.

Forty knives handed over in Anglesey amnesty

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:00:00 GMT

A SAMURAI sword and fighting knives were among more than 40 blades handed over to police after the fatal stabbing of an Anglesey mechanic.

Campaign to get broadband access in Rhiwlas starts

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:30:00 GMT

A PETITION has been started in a bid to ensure residents in Rhiwlas can have access to Broadband Internet.

Anglesey mum, 38, collapses and dies

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:00:00 GMT

A MUM of three collapsed and died from a brain haemorrhage after suffering headaches which she thought were caused by “a bug”.

Investigation after police speed camera van catches fire in Llanllechid

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:30:00 GMT

A SPEED detection van, which caught fire on a narrow lane, is the subject of an investigation.

Anglesey councillor thrown out of power group

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:00:00 GMT

A FOUNDING member of the Original Independents has become the second county councillor to be thrown out of the group.

Bangor youngsters plea for help to save football pitch

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:00:00 GMT

A NEWLY formed football team is calling for their home pitch to be cleaned up and protected from future development.

Area of Bangor plagued by fly-tipping cleared up

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:00:00 GMT

MORE than 130 tyres were removed from a fly-tipping hotspot.

Llangefni celebrates Fairtrade status

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

A FAIRTRADE nut producer from El Salvador attended a special ceremony to celebrate Llangefni gaining Fairtrade status.

Anglesey council to set up behaviour protocol

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

PERSONAL and petty rows by councillors on Anglesey are to be tackled with a new protocol setting out what is expected of members.

Holyhead’s first menswear store in years opens

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

A MOTHER from Holyhead is opening a menswear shop in the town centre.

Holyhead couple denied medical housing points and new home

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 10:00:00 GMT

AN elderly couple say they have nowhere left to turn after they were denied the housing points which could help them move closer to their family.

Bangor care home plans set to be rejected

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 09:30:00 GMT

PLANS to build a care home which would house up to 100 elderly residents near the hospital Ysbyty Gwynedd in Bangor are set to be turned down by county councillors on Wednesday.

Holyhead police pledge to step up patrols at crime hotspots

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 09:00:00 GMT

HOLYHEAD police are cracking down on anti-social behaviour hot spots after residents complained.

Bethesda slate bosses must pay back £250k after fraud

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 08:30:00 GMT

THREE slate firm managers jailed for inflating sales figures with more than £10m of false orders have been made to pay back nearly £250,000 of the salaries and bonuses they earned from the fraud.

Anglesey Council in care homes sell-off

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 07:30:00 GMT

CONCERNS are being raised about the possible sell-off of six care homes across Anglesey after officers were given the go ahead to meet companies willing to buy them.

New council driving range at Llangefni criticised as “unnecessary” expense

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 06:30:00 GMT

A LOCAL businessman has claimed the council’s new driving range at Llangefni is an unnecessary drain on ratepayers’ money and will threaten small businesses.

Flowers in memory of three teenagers killed in horrific Menai Bridge crash

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 06:00:00 GMT

WREATHS in the shape of a whippet and two pink hearts were laid at the scene of a fatal crash that claimed the lives of three people 12 months ago.

Crackdown on crime and CCTV bid for Newborough

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

ANTI-SOCIAL behaviour in Newborough will be discussed at a public meeting on Saturday to look at ways of tackling social problems in a rural Anglesey village.