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A 44-tonne articulated lorry was recorded travelling at 85mph on the A55 at Broughton during police speed checks on Thursday.

Flintshire: 44-tonne lorry recorded at 85mph during police speed checks on A55

Flintshire: 44-tonne lorry recorded at 85mph during police speed checks on A55 Share WhatsApp Twitter Facebook A 44-tonne articulated lorry was recorded travelling at 85mph on the A55 at Broughton during police speed checks on Thursday afternoon. Officers from North Wales Police’s Roads Policing U...

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Police have issued a fresh appeal for help to find a 16-year-old boy missing from Talacre since Sunday evening

Police continue search for missing 16-year-old last seen at Talacre Beach Resort

Police continue search for missing 16-year-old last seen at Talacre Beach Resort Share WhatsApp Twitter Facebook Police have issued a fresh appeal for help to find a 16-year-old boy missing from Talacre since Sunday evening. Rhys was last seen at the Talacre Beach Resort at around 7.30pm on Sunday 1...

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The cost of the cut this financial year, estimated at around £850m, is being covered by cancelling the Digital ID programme, which had been due to cost £1.8bn over three years.

Electricity bill tax cut expected to take around £45 a year off household bills

Electricity bill tax cut expected to take around £45 a year off household bills Share WhatsApp Twitter Facebook VAT on household electricity bills will be scrapped from 1 October, a change the UK government estimates will take around £45 a year off a typical bill for homes across Flintshire. The c...

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Rhys was last seen at Talacre Beach Resort on Sunday 19 July at around 7.30pm.

Police appeal to find missing teenager last seen at Talacre

Police appeal to find missing teenager last seen at Talacre Share WhatsApp Twitter Facebook North Wales Police are appealing for help to find a missing 16-year-old. Rhys was last seen at Talacre Beach Resort on Sunday 19 July at around 7.30pm. He is thought to be wearing a red t-shirt, shorts and bl...

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A man wanted on an extradition warrant was arrested during a joint vehicle safety operation in Ewloe on Tuesday.

Vehicle seized and wanted man arrested in Ewloe lorry checks

Vehicle seized and wanted man arrested in Ewloe lorry checks Share WhatsApp Twitter Facebook A man wanted on an extradition warrant was arrested during a joint vehicle safety operation in Ewloe on Tuesday. Officers from North Wales Police’s Roads Crime Unit worked alongside the Driver and Vehicle ...

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Deeside Ice Rink reopens to the public on Sunday 19 July, following six weeks of essential maintenance.

Deeside Ice Rink reopens Sunday after six weeks of maintenance

Deeside Ice Rink reopens Sunday after six weeks of maintenance Share WhatsApp Twitter Facebook Deeside Ice Rink reopens to the public on Sunday 19 July, following six weeks of essential maintenance. A brand-new ice surface has been prepared ahead of the reopening. The maintenance programme included...

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Flintshire Foodbank has issued an urgent appeal, saying its warehouse has never been so empty -

Flintshire Foodbank warns warehouse is “never been so empty”

Flintshire Foodbank warns warehouse is “never been so empty” Share WhatsApp Twitter Facebook Flintshire Foodbank has issued an urgent appeal, saying its warehouse has never been so empty. The charity said: “We’re very worried. We have never seen our warehouse so empty, and now, we’re out o...

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A light aircraft based at Liverpool spent an hour and a half flying low over the Dee Estuary on Saturday, tracing a flight path that appears to spell out the words “I’m bored.”

Light aircraft’s flight path over Dee Estuary appears to spell out “I’m bored”

Light aircraft’s flight path over Dee Estuary appears to spell out “I’m bored” Share WhatsApp Twitter Facebook A light aircraft based at Liverpool spent an hour and a half flying low over the Dee Estuary on Saturday, tracing a flight path that appears to spell out the words “I’m bored....

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National Highways said: “We recognise these artworks are important local landmarks and need maintenance.”

National Highways say they ill restore neglected A494 border artworks

National Highways say they ill restore neglected A494 border artworks Share WhatsApp Twitter Facebook Roadside ‘border guardian’ artworks depicting a Welsh Dragon when entering Flintshire and an English Lion when crossing into Cheshire have been temporarily lost. The artworks, made of white ston...

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Betsi Cadwaladr health board recorded the highest smoking costs of any health board in Wales, covering GP visits, prescriptions and social care.

Smoking-related illness costs Betsi Cadwaladr health board nearly £300m a year, report shows

Smoking-related illness costs Betsi Cadwaladr health board nearly £300m a year, report shows Share WhatsApp Twitter Facebook Smoking is costing Wales an estimated £1.56 billion a year, according to a new Public Health Wales report. Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board, which covers Flintshire a...

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New councillors have been elected in Flintshire's two by-elections held on Thursday. Reform's Dave Vernon has taken Connah's Quay Central, and the Liberal Democrats have held Argoed and New Brighton:

New councillors elected to Flintshire County Council in two by-elections

New councillors elected to Flintshire County Council in two by-elections Share WhatsApp Twitter Facebook New councillors have been elected in both of Flintshire’s by-elections, held on Thursday in Connah’s Quay Central and Argoed and New Brighton. Dave Vernon (pictured above) has been elected in...

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Merseyside Police has become the first force in the UK to use evidential alcohol testing at the roadside, deploying it on a route out of Liverpool John Lennon Airport.

Drivers leaving Liverpool Airport now face instant roadside alcohol testing

Drivers leaving Liverpool Airport now face instant roadside alcohol testing Share WhatsApp Twitter Facebook Merseyside Police has become the first force in the UK to use evidential alcohol testing at the roadside, deploying it on a route out of Liverpool John Lennon Airport. The new technology allow...

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Flintshire County Council has brought forward Friday’s bin collections because of the heatwave, with residents asked to put bins out by 6am if they are due a collection.

Flintshire bins to be collected early on Friday as temperatures set to hit 32C

Flintshire bins to be collected early on Friday as temperatures set to hit 32C Share WhatsApp Twitter Facebook Flintshire County Council has brought forward Friday’s bin collections because of the heatwave, with residents asked to put bins out by 6am if they are due a collection. Food waste, black...

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Reform UK's group on Flintshire County Council has grown to nine councillors, according to the council's own website, including one previously elected as a Conservative.

Reform UK now has nine councillors on Flintshire County Council

Reform UK now has nine councillors on Flintshire County Council Share WhatsApp Twitter Facebook Flintshire County Council’s own website now lists nine councillors as members of the Reform UK group. The council’s committee pages show Cllr Marion Bateman, who represents Northop, Cllr Adele Davies-...

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Pet owners in Flintshire could see capped prescription fees and access to a new independent ombudsman under sweeping reforms to vet regulation announced by the UK government.

Flintshire pet owners could see cheaper vet bills under new government proposals

Flintshire pet owners could see cheaper vet bills under new government proposals Share WhatsApp Twitter Facebook Pet owners in Flintshire could see capped prescription fees and access to a new independent ombudsman under sweeping reforms to vet regulation announced by the UK government. The white pa...

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Senedd Members have narrowly rejected a Welsh Government bid to reform the way Wales receives money from Westminster.

Senedd rejects Welsh Government’s Fair Funding motion

Senedd rejects Welsh Government’s Fair Funding motion Share WhatsApp Twitter Facebook Senedd Members have narrowly rejected a Welsh Government bid to reform the way Wales receives money from Westminster. A motion calling for “fair funding for Wales”, put forward by Welsh Government Trefnydd He...

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A 44 year old Shotton man who believed he was speaking to young girls online has been jailed for four years...

Man from Shotton jailed after admitting online child sex offences

Man from Shotton jailed after admitting online child sex offences Share WhatsApp Twitter Facebook A 44 year old man who believed he was speaking to young girls online has been jailed for four years. Tibor Tompos, of Ashfield Road, Shotton, was sentenced at Caernarfon Crown Court on 7 July. He had pr...

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Brown bin due today? Flintshire County Council says it'll be collected this evening instead, after hot weather increased recycling volumes. Leave it out, don't report it as missed.

Garden waste collections delayed to evening across Flintshire today

Garden waste collections delayed to evening across Flintshire today Share WhatsApp Twitter Facebook Flintshire households due a brown bin collection today will have their garden waste collected this evening instead of during the day. The change follows a rise in recycling volumes across the county a...

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A Flintshire village could soon adopt the historical Welsh name Pentre Moch – or Pig Holding..

Flintshire council committee set to consider Pentre Moch name change for Northop Hall

Flintshire council committee set to consider Pentre Moch name change for Northop Hall Share WhatsApp Twitter Facebook A Flintshire village could soon adopt the historical Welsh name Pentre Moch – or Pig Holding. The request to formally move Pentre Moch as the formal Welsh name for Northop Hall wil...

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Flintshire is forecast to hit 30C this week, as the third heatwave of the year builds across the UK.

Flintshire forecast to hit 30C as third heatwave of the year builds

Flintshire forecast to hit 30C as third heatwave of the year builds Share WhatsApp Twitter Facebook Flintshire is forecast to hit 30C this week, as the third heatwave of the year builds across the UK. The latest forecast for Hawarden shows temperatures climbing from 24C on Monday to a peak of 30C on...

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Hair technician Jackie Holland won the Unsung Hero Award at the prestigious Concept Hair Recognition Awards,

Deeside hair technician Jackie Holland wins Unsung Hero award

Deeside hair technician Jackie Holland wins Unsung Hero award Share WhatsApp Twitter Facebook Coleg Cambria is celebrating national recognition after staff and campuses were honoured at two of the hair and beauty industry’s leading awards programmes. Hair technician Jackie Holland won the Unsung H...

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The team were called to s called to Moel Famau on Friday afternoon to help a teenager who had suffered a medical episode.

Duke of Edinburgh group praised after Moel Famau medical emergency

Duke of Edinburgh group praised after Moel Famau medical emergency Share WhatsApp Twitter Facebook North East Wales Search and Rescue was called to Moel Famau on Friday afternoon to help a teenager who had suffered a medical episode. The team said it was requested by Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Tru...

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Flintshire County Council said crews are working to clear the backlog and restore normal collections as quickly as possible.

Flintshire recycling collections delays after heatwave disruption

Flintshire recycling collections delays after heatwave disruption Share WhatsApp Twitter Facebook Some recycling collections in Flintshire have been delayed after rounds were suspended during last week’s heatwave. Flintshire County Council said crews are working to clear the backlog and restore no...

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Transport for Wales has confirmed its Tap and Go ticket machines on the Wrexham to Bidston line charge full adult fares only, with no discount for children or railcard holders.

Transport for Wales confirms Tap and Go machines do not offer child or railcard fares

Transport for Wales confirms Tap and Go machines do not offer child or railcard fares Share WhatsApp Twitter Facebook Transport for Wales has confirmed its Tap and Go ticket machines on the Wrexham to Bidston line charge full adult fares only, with no discount for children or railcard holders. Flint...

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A driver has been arrested and charged with drink driving after a single vehicle crash on a Flintshire road, with a breath test reading more than three times the legal limit.

Driver’s breath test reading more than three times the legal limit after Flintshire crash

Driver’s breath test reading more than three times the legal limit after Flintshire crash Share WhatsApp Twitter Facebook A driver has been arrested and charged with drink driving after crashing on the B5101 near Ffrith, with a breath test reading more than three times the legal limit. North Wales...

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Flintshire County Council has confirmed the candidates standing in two by-elections on Thursday 9 July.

Candidates confirmed for two Flintshire by-elections next week

Candidates confirmed for two Flintshire by-elections next week Share WhatsApp Twitter Facebook Flintshire County Council has confirmed the candidates standing in two by-elections on Thursday 9 July. Six candidates are standing in Argoed and New Brighton and seven in Connah’s Quay Central. In Argoe...

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