The Rhyl Carnival 2017 takes place this weekend on Sunday 16th July, parading through the streets of Rhyl and finishing at the Coronation Garden’s on Vale Road. The parade will leave the car park on Quay Street at 12pm which will then proceed east bound down Wellington Road, past the Point FM studio towards High Street.  As the parade then […]

Police are no longer investigating an incident in Llandyrnog as an attempted abduction. Detectives had been looking for two men and a woman, who were seen driving in a sky blue Renault Clio on Saturday afternoon. They were said to have been involved in an ‘altercation’ with four children. But on Monday evening, police said they had identified the facts of […]

Rhyl High School is to close for two days after it emerged cladding used to build its new £25 million home was made by the same firm which provided cladding for the Grenfell Tower. An investigation by Denbighshire County Council has found the external cladding sheet was provided by US firm Arconic, which has since stopped sales of Reynobond PE panels. […]

A former off-licence in Ruthin used as a cannabis factory has been raided by police. Drugs and equipment were seized from the building on St Peter’s Square on Friday afternoon, following intelligence tip-offs from local residents. No one was arrested but Sergeant Jonny Hill from North Wales Police said the discovery had helped ”take a large amount of drugs off […]

A teenage boy has been arrested after a pupil was threatened at Rhyl High School, sparking a lockdown. The school was cordoned off by police at around 3pm on Friday amid reports of an isolated incident. It was reopened by 3.40pm and students were allowed to go home. The 15 year-old suspect was arrested at around 4pm in Llandudno – Denbighshire […]

A search is continuing for a missing woman from Prestatyn. Police say they are increasingly concerned for the welfare of Tracey Chapman-Schneider, who was reported missing from her home at around 1.30pm on Thursday lunchtime. Specialist volunteer search teams have combed the Prestatyn area along with police officers, search dogs and the North Wales Police helicopter. Mrs Chapman-Schneider (51) is described […]

    A planned multi-agency operation to combat the exploitation of ‘manual labourers’ in north Wales is continuing this afternoon as North Wales Police and National Crime Agency officers further their investigation following an arrest and searches at three locations in the Deeside area this morning,  Thursday 27th April 2017.    During the course of the operation officers have interviewed nine […]

The Conservative MP for the Vale of Clwyd says he will defend his Westminster seat following the shock announcement of an early general election. Dr James Davies said he welcomed Theresa May’s decision to go to the polls on Thursday 8th June and would seek a fresh mandate to represent the Vale of Clwyd in parliament. Dr Davies won the […]

A search is underway for a teenager missing from Rhyl for two days. Jordan Heeley was last seen in Kinmel Bay at around 4.30pm on Wednesday afternoon – police say he has links with the Llandudno area. The 15 year-old has short brown hair and blue eyes. No further details have been released but anyone with information about his whereabouts […]

Councillors have delayed a decision on whether 153 new homes should be built at Abergele’s business park. Conwy County Council has recommended the plans by developers MacBryde Homes for a six hectare site on the outskirts of town should be approved. A decision was expected at a meeting in Bodlondeb on Wednesday afternoon – but it was delayed by a planning committee […]