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Conwy County News for 19 February 2009

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Conwy girl, two, in full body cast after operation Feb 19 2009

A MUM-OF-TWO has spoken of how a rare hip condition has left her two-year-old daughter undergoing major operations.Read

Dolgarrog Aluminium developers want community's views Feb 19 2009

RESIDENTS want the former Dolgarrog Aluminium factory site to be used for a swimming pool, a business centre or a Tesco as answers from 300 questionnaires poured in to developers.Read

Abergele medical centre could create 350 jobs Feb 19 2009

UP TO 350 jobs could be created at a new medical centre in Abergele.Read

Conwy County Council tax set to increase by 5% Feb 19 2009

CONWY residents are set to see their council tax go up by 5%.Read

Grieving dad says driver ‘butchered' Llandudno family Feb 19 2009

RELATIVES claim they were denied justice after a lorry driver who wiped out a Llandudno family of six will spend just over a year in jail.Read

Ty Gobaith celebrates 5 years of helping terminally-ill children Feb 19 2009

STARS such as singers Aled Jones, Bryn Terfel and TV’s Hairy Bikers are sending out messages of support as T Gobaith celebrates its 5th birthday.Read

Conwy councillors Brussels trip slammed Feb 19 2009

CONSERVATIVE councillors have slammed a trip to Brussels for four representatives of Conwy County Council as needless expense in tough economic times.Read

£20k bridge repairs bill after Conwy Valley collisions Feb 19 2009

TAX payers are having to foot a £20,000 bill to pay for bridge repairs after a series of collisions in the Conwy Valley, writes Samantha Castle.Read

Llandudno Junction Assembly building to be bomb proof Feb 19 2009

LLANDUDNO Junction’s new Assembly building was again given the go-ahead by Conwy’s planning committee despite the revised designs being of a lesser visual quality to accommodate “blast proof glass”.Read

Towyn and Kinmel Bay’s first mayor honoured at party Feb 19 2009

KINMEL BAY residents enjoyed a bumper bash earlier this week when one of the town’s former mayors celebrated her 90th birthday.Read

Llysfaen developer planning permission refused Feb 19 2009

PROTESTING residents celebrated after planning consent for five homes in Llysfaen was thrown out at a meeting at Bodlondeb.Read

Talent show hope for Elfed Feb 19 2009

A MUSIC teacher is swapping the classroom for the TV screen after winning through to the finals of a songwriting contest and is hoping he’ll come away with the £1,000 prize.Read

Upper Colwyn Bay planning refused Feb 19 2009

“OPPORTUNISTIC” developers attempting to build new homes within the gardens of large properties will face a fight from Conwy County Council.Read

‘No one expects to see their child so ill’ Feb 19 2009

AS a professional wind surfer, Louise Emery is used to enduring rough seas.Read

Conwy Valley’s own Tom Jones stars in BBC’s Six Nations advert Feb 19 2009

IT’S not unusual for people to do a double take when they see Conwy Valley man John Prescott - because he’s a ringer for Welsh singer Tom Jones.Read

Book celebrates local garden Feb 19 2009

AN ACCLAIMED North Wales attraction will become one of the stars of a new book about the nation’s greatest gardens.Read

Clwyd Alyn praised Feb 19 2009

TENANTS who say their lives were made a living nightmare by their neighbour’s anti-social behaviour have praised their landlords for helping them.Read

AM lends a hand with newly awarded MBE Shirley Bellis at the Parkway Lunch Club, Rhos-on-Sea Feb 19 2009

DINERS at the Parkway Lunch Club in Rhos-on-Sea got a surprise when their local Assembly Member turned up to volunteer for the afternoon!Read

Culture celebration for aspiring artists Feb 19 2009

ASPIRING artists across North Wales are being urged to share their work with the public as part of a regional joint venture.Read

Skills course launch Feb 19 2009

UNEMPLOYED people in rural Conwy can take advantage of a new training programme aimed at getting them back into work.Read

Help wanted to deliver the news Feb 19 2009

STAFF at Abergele Hospital are on the hunt for new volunteers to give a helping hand to the patients.Read

Michael Jackson tribute act at the Grand Hotel in Llandudno Feb 19 2009

MICHAEL Jackson tribute act Navi is appearing at the Grand Hotel in Llandudno on February 28 as part of the season of Solid Gold part nights.Read

Choir boosts hospital funds Feb 19 2009

MUSICIANS from Llanrwst hit the right note late last month when they managed to raise over £1,000 towards improved facilities at a North Wales hospital.Read

Patients from Llandudno’s Bodnant unit move to Bryn Hesketh at Colwyn Bay, Feb 19 2009

ANXIOUS carers packed into a council meeting on Monday to hear health chiefs defend their decision to close Llandudno’s Bodnant EMI unit.Read

American-style Valentines prom at Llanfairfechan is a great success Feb 19 2009

LOVE was in the air at a special Valentines’ disco.Read

Llandudno mayor progresses Statham memorial garden Feb 19 2009

LLANDUDNO mayor Billy Evans has been working closely with members of the Statham family and of little Chloe Clark to create a memorial garden in the resort.Read

Mum’s anger after ‘shocking’ sentence Feb 19 2009

A HIT-and-run driver who left a 10-year-old to die in a road was branded a “selfish coward” by the schoolboy’s mum.Read

Llandudno’s Celtic Winter Fayre to move to Madoc Street? Feb 19 2009

A WELCOME shot in the arm could be given to an ailing shopping street if a major attraction is moved there.Read

Gwynt-y-Mor windfarm planning permission Feb 19 2009

CABLES laid offshore near Abergele will connect a substation to a windfarm nine miles out to sea from Llandudno and Rhos-on-Sea after being given planning consent.Read

Abercolwyn CAMRA award goes to the Bridge Inn, Conwy Feb 19 2009

THE Abercolwyn Branch of the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) has award its Winter Pub of the Season to the Bridge Inn, Conwy.Read

Antiques being valued at the Deganwy Quay Hotel to raise money for St David’s Hospice in Llandudno. Feb 19 2009

ANTIQUES experts are on a mission to raise money for St David’s Hospice in Llandudno.Read

Sue’s concert to raise cash for kids’ charity Feb 19 2009

A CHARITY concert will pay tribute to a popular town councillor who died of a brain haemorrhage two years ago.Read

Conwy Camera club focus on water in diplays Feb 19 2009

TWO contrasting aspects of water are explored in Conwy Camera Club’s February displays.Read

Llandudno army dad flies home for birth of daughter. Feb 19 2009

AN ARMY dad made it back from Iraq just in time for the birth of his third daughter.Read

New children’s nurseries in Llandudno Junction and Betws-y-Coed Feb 19 2009

A FORMER doctors’ surgery has been given a new lease of life with the opening of a day nursery.Read

Revamp boosting trade in centre Feb 19 2009

A MULTI-MILLION pound project to replace paving slabs on Colwyn Bay’s high street is already improving trade in the town, says the chairman of the Chamber of Trade.Read