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Colwyn Bay Prom Day will have a Brazilian flavour

PROM Day revellers will dance to the Brazilian beat this year with the event expected to attract over 60,000 to Colwyn Bay and Rhos-on-Sea this Bank Holiday Monday.Read

£3,000 Colwyn Bay repairs completed after weather damage

COLWYN Bay’s promenade has been swiftly patched up by the council following damage caused in strong winds and high waves last week.Read

Mochdre cancer fighter backs Tenovus campaign

A MOCHDRE girl who beat cancer is backing a mobile support unit which provides patients with vital and intense care in their own homes.Read

Colwyn Bay rabbits need a home this Easter

SPRING is in the air and the RSPCA’s Bryn y Maen Centre has 16 Easter bunnies needing loving homes.Read

Drunken vandals go on rampage in Old Colwyn

YOBS in Old Colwyn went on a rampage at the weekend tearing down a lamp post and pushing a car into a stream.Read

Failed and Forgotten to rock Big Big Gig at Theatr Colwyn

A GROUP of teenagers from Eirias High School in Colwyn Bay are hoping their unique sound will win over the judges at a prestigious battle of the bands competition.Read

Colwyn Bay prom and sea defences damanged by waves

COLWYN Bay’s promenade was battered by high winds and ferocious waves highlighting the need for improved sea defences.Read

'Too many food outlets in Colwyn Bay', say businesses

DELICATESSENS, chip shops, pubs, restaurants and cafes in Colwyn Bay are pulling together to fight off competition which they say will close businesses and lead to job losses in the town.Read

Cartrefi Conwy to invest £30m in ex-council homes.

A HOUSING association is investing £30 million in Conwy county, promising to improve former council homes and create jobs and apprenticeships for young people.Read

Retired cop blasts North Wales Police over Old Colwyn

A RETIRED inspector has blasted North Wales Police’s chief constable for “disrespecting” the views of Old Colwyn residents.Read

Disruption at Llandudno shelter only 'teething problems'

PROBLEMS with anti-social behaviour at a sheltered housing scheme for young people have been dismissed as “teething problems” by an involved councillor.Read

Conwy parents will pay for giving up kids to care

PARENTS will be forced to pay for children voluntarily given up to the care of social services as Conwy County Council becomes the first council in Wales to implement a cost-cutting scheme.Read

The Intrinsics hope to win Theatr Colwyn’s Big Big Gig

A YOUNG indie band is hoping to take a live music competition by storm.Read

Mochdre woman defies odds and celebrates 21st birthday

A YOUNG woman given a 50/50 chance of surviving an acute form of leukaemia as a baby is celebrating turning 21 this weekend.Read

Colwyn Bay woman stranded on Snowdonia mountainside survives by hugging her pet Chihuahua

A MUM who survived a night in woodland in Snowdonia says she wrote a letter and recorded a video message for her daughter fearing she wouldn’t be found alive.Read

Conwy to charge parents who give up their children

PARENTS unable to cope with children who are voluntarily put into social care will be made to pay for their child’s upkeep if today Conwy County Council becomes the first local authority in Wales to implement a cost-saving scheme.Read

Llansannan dairy given planning permission

A DAIRY farm has been allowed to build an agricultural worker’s home, despite breaking council policy.Read

Penmaenmawr’s Masonic Hall could be replaced by flats

FEARS that plans for nine flats will overdevelop an area of Penmaenmawr once a 100-year-old building is demolished followed a meeting at Bodlondeb.Read

Colwyn Bay dinosaur world to become environment centre

COLWYN Bay’s old Dinosaur World theme park will be converted into a new environmental centre for schoolchildren.Read

Rhos-on-Sea dad calls for review into syringe exchange

THE father of a boy injured by a discarded syringe has called for a review of needle exchange schemes after it emerged 19,000 NHS syringes had gone missing.Read