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Conwy County News for 6 August 2009

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New 70-room hotel for Llandudno Aug 06 2009

AN HISTORIC hotel is to be demolished and re-built as a 70-room, three-storey hotel creating new jobs.Read

Conwy Valley businessman's rural shop sign plea Aug 06 2009

RURAL shopkeepers should be allowed to put up advertisements to keep alive trade and safeguard jobs, it was claimed this week.Read

Report into Llanrwst traffic problems slammed Aug 06 2009

A REPORT into traffic conditions in a busy Conwy Valley town has been branded “totally unacceptable” by councillors. Read

Colwyn Bay drug problems balmed on 'outsiders' Aug 06 2009

A TOWN councillor has blamed an area’s drug problem on “outsiders” after police raided a property in Old Colwyn last week.Read

Tributes to Llandudno man after rally accident Aug 06 2009

THE wife of a lifelong motorsport fan killed watching a rally has told how she has been “overwhelmed” by the support from family and friends following the tragedy.Read

Dwygyfylchi mum celebrates 30th anniversary of transplant Aug 06 2009

A BRAVE and Olympic medal winning  mum who is celebrating the 30th anniversary of her kidney transplant has paid tribute to her family and friends for their loving support.Read

Conwy gets ready to Rock the River Aug 06 2009

CONWY’S premier wakeboarding and music festival returns this weekend.Read

Eastern delight for Llandudno teacher Aug 06 2009

A FORMER schoolteacher whose parents supply Indian deli dishes to hundreds of supermarket stores has opened a boutique, B&B and upmarket restaurant in Llandudno.Read

Solo album hits the Mark Aug 06 2009

IT may be seven years since the boy band A1 broke up, but Mark Read has shown he’s not lost touch with today’s pop audience with his debut solo album, writes Andy Davies.Read

Peace at Last with debut Aug 06 2009

MARK Read has finally found Peace At Last with his first solo album seven years after the success of the pop group which launched him to fame at the turn of the century.Read

Festival of photography celebrates Aug 06 2009

THE Conwy Festival of Photography is celebrating its 10th anniversary next week with a variety of pictorial entertainment for the public.Read

Blown away by the razzle-dazzle Aug 06 2009

THE cast of Chicago breezed into Venue Cymru this week and proceeded to blow audiences away with a slew of Razzle Dazzle, writes MARTIN WILLIAMS.Read

Hands up for local heroes Aug 06 2009

FOR the twelfth year running we want you to nominate local heroes for top awards.Read

Waiters race it out for kids hospice Aug 06 2009

CROWDS flocked to see some speedy service on the seafront this week as T Gobaith held its latest fundraiser in Llandudno.Read

Conwy United Football Club chairman dies, aged 65 Aug 06 2009

TRIBUTES have been paid to a football club chairman and long standing supporter.Read

Door staff in rumpus Aug 06 2009

A COUPLE have lost their licences to work as bouncers after being filmed by CCTV in a street fight with a man who’d been ejected from a Colwyn Bay nightspot.Read

Tributes to tragic Lee twelve months on Aug 06 2009

MESSAGES have been left at the scene of an accident that took the life of a 10-year-old boy a year ago.Read

Coleg Llandrillo Aug 06 2009

A NEW £3.6 million health care training centre will be built in Rhos-on-Sea.Read

Pensioner wins right to light up road with his hydro plant Aug 06 2009

ENVIRONMENT officials have backed down and allowed a pensioner to carry on generating electricity using water turbines he built more than 30 years ago.Read

‘Caught out’ by police Aug 06 2009

A DEFENDANT accused of speeding on the Old Highway at Mochdre claimed in court he thought the police “were deliberately trying to catch me out”.Read

We have to stop the rot Aug 06 2009

WE don’t have to travel far across the mainland Europe before we realise how far they have advanced and how far Wales has declined under decades of Labour controlled local governments.Read

Llandudno top of the list for empty high street shops Aug 06 2009

THE number of empty shops in a popular seaside town has shot up by more than 16%.Read

Medics ‘humbled’ by freedom honour Aug 06 2009

TERRITORIAL Army medics who served in Afghanistan told how they feel ‘humbled’ to be receiving the freedom of Llandudno.Read

Pair prepare for 30 hours of bouncing Aug 06 2009

TWO friends will spend 30 hours as bouncers for charity – not standing on the doors of nightclubs, but bouncing a basketball!Read

Ysgol Glan-y-Mor Aug 06 2009

YSGOL Glan-y-Mor stopped traffic on Abergele Road in Colwyn Bay in fancy dress.Read

Call for funds to makeover memorial park Aug 06 2009

A MEMORIAL playground set up to remember a four-year-old girl who died of meningitis, is in the running for a makeover.Read

Don’t fall for web revenue scam Aug 06 2009

A LOCAL businessman has warned web users to be wary of an online scam which attempts to get surfers to hand over their bank details.Read

Fears rise over more wind farms Aug 06 2009

FEARS of more wind turbines along the North Wales coast have been raised.Read

Councillor says ‘outsiders’ to blame for area’s drug problems Aug 06 2009

A TOWN councillor has blamed an area’s drug problem on “outsiders” after police raided a property in Old Colwyn last week.Read

Disused hotel to be demolished and rebuilt creating new jobs Aug 06 2009

AN HISTORIC hotel is to be demolished and re-built as a 70- room, three-storey hotel creating new jobs.Read

Success on the menu Aug 06 2009

DINERS in Colwyn Bay are to benefit from a taste of India with the opening of Indian restaurant Kareem’s.Read

Update on LDP Aug 06 2009

RESIDENTS raised their views on the council’s Local Development Plan as 10,000 comments have been received.Read

Minister helps out at WAG building Aug 06 2009

FIRST Minister Rhodri Morgan was on hand to help with the construction of the new Welsh Assembly Government office in Llandudno Junction.Read

Indesit worker dies on last shift Aug 06 2009

THE day’s work at the Indesit factory in Bodelwyddan last week ended in tragedy when an employee died during the final shift.Read

Park’s new floodlights officially switched on Aug 06 2009

MAYOR of Abergele, Cllr Delyth MacRae, officially switched on the floodlights for the skate-park and multi-use games area in Pentre Mawr Park last week.Read

High hopes for park to fly the green flag Aug 06 2009

ABERGELE Town Council will aim to achieve a Green Flag Award for a popular area of the town by 2011/12.Read

Pink ladies raise cash for Cancer Research Aug 06 2009

LADIES from Trefriw put their best foot forward when they helped to raise money for Cancer Research.Read

Blue Light disco is a success as teens learn how to have fun without alcohol and drugs. Aug 06 2009

POLICE organised a tee-total disco for teenagers in a bid to stamp-out anti-social behaviour.Read

£50k cash boost to help victims of sexual violence Aug 06 2009

THE Rape and Sexual Abuse Support centre in Colwyn Bay has been given a £50,000 boost.Read

Remanded in custody Aug 06 2009

A MAN alleged to have stabbed a cushion with a knife on Thursday admitted harassment and disorderly behaviour which frightened women staff at a neighbouring home for young adults with autism and learning difficulties.Read

Gogarth pupils brighten up nick Aug 06 2009

A POLICE station is looking bloomin’ lovely after it was adopted by pupils at a special school.Read

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