Wife feared gang of yobs would kill her husband in Abergele attack - North Wales Weekly News
A terrified wife described how she feared her husband was dead after a gang of youths beat him up in the street outside his shop.
Severn Trent will revisit Oswestry - Tizer
Severn Trent has set a date for its return visit to Oswestry when it will once again ask its consumers what they think of the town's drinking water.
Rhyl company hopes to create 200 jobs next year - Your Vale News
The fastest growing company in North Wales said it expects to create around 200 new jobs next year.
Tag: jobs
Flintshire couple fail in bid to sue after 'holiday from hell' - Evening Leader
A retired Flintshire couple who complained of a 'holiday from hell' have failed in their bid to sue the travel agent who sold them the sunshine break in Benidorm.
Anti social behaviour closes town car park - Denbighshire Free Press
South Denbighshire Neighbourhood Policing Team said they have received numerous complaints from members of the public in relation to anti social driving/gathering at the front of the antiques centre on Rhyl Road in Denbigh.
Work begins on £3m Northop college site - Daily Post
Work has started on a £3m new learning centre at Deeside College's Northop campus.
For once, there's some good news on the jobs front this week:
Rhyl company hopes to create 200 jobs next year - Denbighshire Visitor
Rhyl-based Total Trade Group has grown by 397% in the period 2006-2008. The company is a provider of domestic property maintenance, energy efficiency and mechanical and electrical services to social housing and other clients.
Green Oswestry firm creates 30 jobs - Border Counties Advertizer
The Big Green Book, a resource website for business, is rapidly expanding which should lead to the creation of 30 jobs.
Meanwhile Wrexham FC's chief executive has been reassuring worried supporters of the club that its future is safe:
Development will safeguard Wrexham FC future says chief executive Paul Retout - Daily Post
Supporters are worried that private investors could pull out of the Wrexham Village project at any time but the chief executive maintains that the steady stream of income generated by Glyndwr University students would prevent any financial problems.
Other stories in the local papers this week:
VIDEO: CCTV images and police interview tape used in 'Tati' murder trial - The Leader
Following the conviction of Lukasz Reszpondek for the murder of Ermatati Rodgers in Wrexham, the Leader puts online the CCTV images and interview tapes of Reszpondek.
Prestatyn supergran beats cancer... then runs New York Marathon - Rhyl Journal
Valerie Johnson, 63, who was diagnosed with bowel cancer in 2001, raised £2,000 for Bowel Cancer UK by taking part in the 26-mile run through the Big Apple.
Wrexham bingo player scoops £100,000 online prize
A lucky Wrexham person, who wishes to remain anonymous, has won £100,000 as part of an online Mecca Bingo game.
Well, to be precise, the final 50 words!
For this is a Wordle [or tag cloud] using the 50 most commonly occurring words in a debate hosted by the BBC Have Your Say section yesterday, Could the welcome in Wales be warmer?, in response to a tourism survey which accused the Welsh of being unfriendly to visitors!
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Fears for tears - Baring all - Prime Minister drops in - Llangollen on the telly - Farms go chic - Olympians run around Wrexham - Community groups clean up - And when you can judge a book by its cover
Fears for tears
A couple have spoken about a medical condition which can stop their toddler daughter's heart every time she cries.
Baring all
People are baring all, attending a group therapy session to cure phobias and swimming two miles - all in the name of Children in Need.
We've cleaned up!
Community groups across north east Wales have cleaned up in an awards ceremony today for reclaiming areas covered in tonnes of rubbish.
Llangollen on the telly
Former Strictly Coming Dancing contestant John Sergeant's new TV series sees him soaking up the fun at Llangollen's world music festival.
Brown's pledge on Airbus factory
Prime Minister Gordon Brown says he is determined the Flintshire Airbus plant will remain the UK's biggest factory.
Farms go chic
From the old image of 'pick your own' fruit farms to fashionable cafes with quality home grown food, farms have been changing.
Book artist
When you can judge a book by its cover - a profile of book artist Angela Davies's work.
Denbigh plum's future assured
After last weekend's festival, the future of Wales' only variety of plum is being assured thanks to people in the town from which it gets its name.
Athletes run around Wrexham
Find out why an Olympic gold medallist and other athletes are running around Wrexham on Monday.
Democracy Live
Keep an eye on activities in Cardiff and Westminster on the new Democracy Live website.
Hwyl am y tro - bye for now
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Stories in the local Press this week have a common theme, and show how people power is being used to oppose a number of schemes which could affect community life.
Flintshire Council traffic chiefs baffled by congestion nightmare - Evening Leader
Transport chiefs faced a grilling after admitting they still have no idea how to solve the congestion nightmare at the county's worst traffic blackspot - on the approach to Shotton.
Villagers fight to save footpath - Daily Post
Villagers turned out in force at a special hearing in a bid to keep open a footpath which they claim has been used by generations. Denbighshire council wants to officially add the path, along part of the driveway of Llanbedr Hall to the county map, but this is being opposed by the property's owner, who bought the property in 2003 and is trying to stop people using it.
Oswestry traders group back car park plans - Tizer
Oswestry's Chamber of Trade has written to Shropshire Council giving its support to plans to build a supermarket on the town's Central car park. But that's against most traders' wishes, says BBC News Shropshire.
Residents campaign against takeaway - Evening Leader
A group of residents have launched a campaign to stop a takeaway being built in the area of Brunswick Road, Buckley, raising concerns about potential problems caused by anti-social behaviour, noise, parking and litter from customers.
Rhyl sewage dumping scheme refused - Daily Post
A controversial application to discharge sewage into an important water course in Rhyl has been rejected by the Environment Agency. Anwyl Construction had applied for permission to discharge sewage into the Aberkinsey Drain, near Dyserth Road, as part of its new development, attracting opposition from residents and local politicians.
Residents protest at Abergele street traffic - Rhyl Journal
Residents are hoping research will highlight the traffic problems blighting their Abergele street. Traffic monitoring has been going on in Kinmel Avenue, after people living in the area complained that the number of cars using the narrow two-way road, along with double parking had driven them to breaking point.
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Update, Thursday, 11 November: Watch the programme here from 34 minutes [available until December]
Cast your mind back to earlier this summer and the colourful dancing parade winding its way around the streets of Llangollen during the opening day of the international eisteddfod.
And, among others, seeing former TV political reporter and Strictly Come Dancing contestant John Sergeant leading the dancers and musicians and wondering what the heck he was doing out in front.
Well, all will become clear when his new three-part TV series gets its first airing, John Sergeant on the Tourist Trail [Watch here from 34minutes].
He talks here about the programme which includes him seeing Llangollen's annual world music and dance festival from the perspective of overseas visitors, specificially competitors from Java.
Democracy Live is the BBC's new portal to politics, providing live and on demand video coverage of proceedings in the Welsh Assembly and the other national political institutions, plus the European Parliament.
But what makes this website different is a new tool - the ability to search all the videos for a spoken word, say 'Wrexham', or 'health' or even 'Cymru' because Welsh language searches are also possible.
Basically, you'll be able to toggle straight to the info you want.
The BBC's Mark Coyle explains it better: "By its very nature, the business of politics can be lengthy. Can you/would you watch an entire six-hour long debate from the House of Commons?
"Democracy Live gives you the ability to search for a specific word or words spoken in the proceedings and the results will give you links to the points in the video where they were spoken."
He goes on: "One aspect we're particularly proud of is that we've managed to deliver good results for speech-to-text in Welsh, which, we're told, is unique."
Wrexham's got its apple festival, and there has even been a campaign to market a sausage over the last couple of years; Mold and Llangollen both have food festivals; and now Denbigh has got a plum festival.
What other fruits, food or drink can we use to market other towns in north east Wales, asks Ruthin's blogger?
Can you help?
There's no doubt we love our food. Just for fun, I searched photo sharing site Flickr for people's food photos and got a return of nearly 6m pictures!
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