Wrexham County Borough Council

Twenty-eight of the island's primary schools are closed. All of the island's five secondary schools are closed to pupils.

Libraries in Benllech, Newborough and Rhosneigr are open during usual hours. Those in Amlwch, Beaumaris, Holyhead, Cemaes, Llangefni, Moelfre and Menai Bridge are closed. The mobile library service is not operating.

Oriel Ynys M�n and Haulfre Stables are closed for the day. Other leisure attractions including Beaumaris Courthouse and Gaol, Moelfre Seawatch, Llynnon Windmill and South Stack are open.

A number of services are exempt from the industrial action, such as :

• Home care
• Residential care
• Emergency response capacity (child care, mental health, out of hours, hospital, highways and property)
• Gofal M�n

In case of emergencies, members of the public may contact the following telephone numbers: Housing (01248) 750099 Highways (01248) 723062 Social Services (01286) 675502

All schools are closed because of the absence of support services but pre-arranged school trips are continuing. All council offices, leisure centres, libraries, education centres, cinema, theatres, public toilets, sports pavilions, cemeteries and Bryn Bach Park Visitor Centre are closed to the public.

Residential care, and meals-on-wheels and home care for vulnerable people are being delivered to ensure the protection of elderly and vulnerable people.

There will be no refuse collection on Wednesday, residents are urged not to put out their rubbish until the following Wednesday (24 July).

A limited Registrar's service for births, marriages and deaths are operating from the office at The Grove, Tredegar.

The emergency call centre is operating for emergencies only.

All but four schools are closed.

The following council-owned premises are not open to the public or pupils:

• All Schools
• All Leisure Centres
• All Libraries
• All Council Administration offices
• All Council Housing offices
• All Council Cash offices
• All local Social Services offices
• All Day Centres
• All Tourist Information Centres and attractions

In an EMERGENCY contact can be made with the authority by calling 01443 875500. The vulnerable will continue to be maintained and will receive service during the day. Anyone requiring the registrar service for births, deaths or marriages should ring 01443 863478.

Sixty-five Cardiff schools are closed, along with many parks and there will be no refuse or recycling collections.

Some council-run sports and leisure facilities are closed due to strike action, including:

• Eastern Leisure Centre
• Western Leisure Centre
• Pentwyn Leisure Centre
• Llanishen Leisure Centre
• Maindy Pool
• Splott Pool
• Channel View Centre
• Roath Community Hall

all others should open as usual.

The Central Library is offering a restricted service on one floor.

Only five community education centres are open, including :

• Gabalfa
• Glan Ely
• Pentwyn
• Powerhouse
• and Rumney

all others will be closed.

Youth Services will remain open.

All locked parks will remain closed, including :

• Victoria Park
• Roath Park
• Thompson's Park
• Bute Park.

St David's Hall is only open to those attending the graduation ceremony and the New Theatre is closed to the public.

Cardiff Bay Barrage is closed to the public, but the locks will still be in operation.

There will be no rubbish and recycling collections and residents who normally have their rubbish collected on a Wednesday are asked to store their rubbish until next Wednesday to minimise litter. All civic amenities at Wedal, Waungron and Lamby Way are closed.

Schools which indicated they would close:

• Baden Powell Primary
• Bryn Celyn Primary
• Caerau Nursery
• Cantonian High
• Cardiff High
• Cathays High
• Corpus Christi RC
• Coryton Primary
• Eglwys Wen Primary
• Fairwater Primary
• Gabalfa Primary
• Gladstone Primary
• Glan Yr Afon Primary
• Glyn Coed Infants
• Glyn Coed Junior
• Grangetown Infants
• Grangetown Junior
• Grangetown Nursery
• Greenway Primary
• Herbert Thompson Infants
• Hywel Dda Nursery
• Hywell Dda Infants School
• The Hollies
• Kitchener Primary
• Lakeside Primary
• Lansdowne Nursery
• Llanedeyrn High
• Llanishen High
• Llanrumney High
• Marlborough Junior
• Mary Immaculate High
• Meadowbank
• Meadowlane Primary
• Mountstuart Primary
• Ninian Park Primary
• Pentrebane Primary
• Pentyrch Primary
• Peter Lea Primary
• Pen Y Bryn Primary
• Radnor Primary
• Radyr Comprehensive
• Rhydypenau Primary
• Riverbank Primary
• Rumney High
• Severn Infant and Nursery
• Severn Junior
• Springwood Primary
• St Alban's RC Primary
• St Cuthbert's RC Primary
• St Illtyd's RC High
• St John Lloyd RC Primary
• St Mellons CW Primary
• St Phillips Evans RC High
• Tremorfa Nursey
• Trowbridge Infants
• Ty Gwyn, Viriamu Jones,
• Willowbrook Primary
• Windsor Clive Infants
• Windsor Clive Juniors
• Whitchurch High
• Ysgol Gymraeg Pwll Coch
• Ysgol Gymraeg Treganna
• Ysgol Pencae
• Ysgol Plasmawr.

The Council would like to point out that schools are open to staff.

Services which are closed:

• Pembrey, Gelli Aur & Llyn Llech Owain Country parks
• No lifeguard service at Pembrey Country Park.
• Parc Howard & People Parks - Llanelli, and Ammanford Park
• Llanelli Entertainment Centre
• Oriel Myrddin Art Gallery
• Amman Valley Swimming Pool, Fitness Suite and Sports Hall, Ammanford
• Strade, Coedcae and Bryngwyn Sports Centre
• The Boat House, Laugharne
• Day Centres across the county
• Customer Service Centres
• Certain Administrative buildings � including 1 and 40 Spilman Street, Carmarthen; Ammanford and Llanelli�s Town Halls and Pontwelly in Llandyssul.
• Libraries : Carmarthen, Newcastle Emlyn, Ammanford, Llanelli, Burry Port, Felinfoel, Llangennch and Penymorfa
• All the County�s Museums and the Archives service
• Pembrey, Felinfoel, Carmarthen Community Education Centres and SIMTRA in Llandeilo.
• Disability Sports Club at St Clears Leisure Centre

Services set to be open:

• Ysgol Rhydygors
• Ysgol Heol Goffa
• Pwll, Myrddin and Ammanford Autistic Units
• Pendine Outdoor Education Centre
• Carmarthen Leisure Centre
• Llanelli Leisure Centre
• Newcastle Emlyn Leisure Centre
• St Clears leisure Centre
• Gwendraeth (Drefach) and Glan y Mor (Burry Port) Sports Centres
• Bro Myrddin Indoor Bowls, Carm
• Dinefwr Indoor Bowls, A/ford
• Newcastle Emlyn Swimming Pool
• Llandovery Swimming Pool
• Ammanford Miners Theatre
• MCP and Visitor Centre
• Mynydd Mawr Woodland park, Ynystawela Nature Reserve and the majority of municipal parks.
• Glyn Abbey Golf Club
• Garnant Golf Club
• Llanelli and Carmarthen indoor markets
• Administrative buildings including Municipal Buildings, Llandeilo, County Hall, Carmarthen and Ty Elwyn, Llanelli
• Careline call centre for emergency situations

Ten of the 83 schools are closed. No refuse collection. Council offices are closed but Unison agreed emergency cover for vulnerable groups - carers will still work in residential homes. On Tuesday, a spokesman for the council said that it was difficult to say what the full extent of the strike would be because union membership is relatively low.

There is no telephone service for the public dialling in to the council's main switchboard on 01492 574000, and other direct dial services may also be affected.

Ysgol Gogarth, Llandudno and Ysgol Gynradd Towyn will be closed all day and Ysgol Porth y Felin, Conwy will be open in the morning only.

There will be no housing benefit and council tax benefit or council tax service available to the public at Bodlondeb. Cash collection and enquiry services at the area offices based at Woodlands Road East, Colwyn Bay; Town Hall, Lloyd Street, Llandudno an Plas yn Dre, Llanrwst may also be affected.

All housing area offices are closed. The customer call centre is able to deal with repairs and homeless enquiries only. Tel: 01492 806040 (9.00 - 5.00) or Tel: 01492 515777 (Out of Hours)

The county's mainstream schools are shut for pupils. The special schools, Ysgol Plas Brondyffryn (Denbigh) and Ysgol Tir Morfa (Rhyl), are open as normal.

However, schools are still open for staff, and members of staff, including teachers, who fail to attend work have been warned that pay would be deducted.

Rubbish will not be collected on Wednesday 17 July. The next collection for houses which have collections on Wednesdays will be Wednesday 24 July. People who usually have their rubbish collected on Wednesday have been instructed not to put it out until the evening of Tuesday 23 July at the earliest. The civic amenity sites at Rhyl, Prestatyn, Denbigh, Ruthin, Llangollen and Corwen are open as usual and householders may take their rubbish to them if they wish. Collections of rubbish on other days this week will not be affected.

Reception desks at the following buildings will be open to the public on Wednesday:

• Wynnstay Road, Ruthin (main reception only)
• Caledfryn, Smithfield Road, Denbigh
• Ty Nant, Prestatyn
• Russell House, Rhyl.

The following buildings will not be open to the public on Wednesday:

• Trem Clwyd, Ruthin
• Morfa Hall, Rhyl
• Cefndy Children's Centre, Rhyl
• Cash office, Rhyl Town Hall
• Fronfraith (housing department), Churton Road, Rhyl

• Municipal Offices, Nant Hall Road, Prestatyn (former Prestatyn Town Hall)

Emergency services and other essential services, such as care for people in their homes and in the council's residential care homes are not affected.

Secondary schools closed :

• Holywell High School
• Mold Alun High School
• Maes Garmon High School
• Argoed high School
• St David's High School, Saltney
• John Summers High School
• Flint High School
• Hawarden High School
• Elfed High School
• St Richard Gwyn High School
• Castell Alun School - except year 10 pupils
• Connah's Quay High School - Year 7 & 8 (parents of other pupils have been notified of arrangements for the day)

A number of primary schools are closed.

Special Schools closed :

• Ysgol Delyn, Mold
• Ysgol y Bryn, Shotton

Pupil Referral Unit centres at Bryn Tirion and Old Shotton Library are also closed.

Closed Libraries :

• Broughton
• Buckley
• Connah's Quay
• Flint
• Holywell
• Mold
• Mynydd Isa
• Queensferry

Plus, all mobile libraries and the library service to housebound people are not operating.

The county records office at Hawarden is closed.

Closed leisure facilities include all the visitor centres at the country parks, the Valley Museum and Mold, Saltney and Hope Leisure Centres and swimming pools.

There are no out-of-hours call taken by the Council, except for emergency Housing Repairs.

Mold Street Market is closed.

There will be no refuse collection on Wednesday and householders are asked not to put refuse sacks out until the following Wednesday when there will be a double collection. Civic amenity sites are open for recyclables but not domestic refuse. Clinical waste will be collected later in the week.

The Care Line service will be available on the normal weekend/bank holiday basis, but it advised that you use this number only in emergencies.

County Hall will be open for personal callers and telephone contact. There will be limited staff available so it is advised that you only contact the Council for emergencies that cannot wait until Thursday.

Services such as refuse collection are not taking place on Wednesday, many libraries and leisure centres are closed to the public and around half the schools are closed.

However, care homes for the elderly and home care services are exempt from the strike.

It is advised that members of the public do not attempt to contact the Council Offices on Wednesday, except in an emergency.

Telephone numbers, to be used in an emergency only :

• Highways:
  • Arfon: 01286 677 067
  • Dwyfor: 01758 704 011
  • Meirionnydd: 01341 422 592

• Housing: 01248 370 999

• Social Services: 01286 675 502

Schools - parents are advised to contact their child's school for information on whether the school are open.

School crossing patrols may not be operating where schools are open. The school meals services will not be operating.

Refuse collection - there will be no refuse collection for homes that normally have their rubbish collected on Wednesdays. Normal service will resume the following Wednesday.

Home care services will operate as usual. Day Care Centres will not open. Social Services Residential Homes will remain open. Meals on Wheels will be operating. County Hall will remain open all day for emergencies only. Area offices are unlikely to open.

No refuse collection. No leisure facilities open. No parks or cemeteries open. Most, if not all, schools are closed. Only urgent housing services and social services will be available.

No details available at present.

The civic centre is open but the services based there are not be running at full capacity.

Refuse is not being collected. Those properties affected will have their refuse collected a week later. No street cleaning or litter picking is taking place. The civic amenity site in Docks Way is closed.

All public toilets are closed.

Head teachers have written to parents to inform them whether their schools are closed and if there are special arrangements for meals. Some school road crossing patrols are not available.

All libraries and the museum are closed. The public will not be charged overdue book fines as a result of the closures.

A number of council run youth clubs may be affected. Adult education students whose classes have been cancelled should have been contacted directly.

Social Services offices at the Corn Exchange are not open.

Hospital and other social workers are providing an out-of-hours service. Some council day centres and nurseries are affected and users of services have been informed of any special arrangements.

The public are requested to avoid contacting the council, but in emergencies the control centre can be contacted on 01633 214222.

Libraries, refuse collection and some school canteens are affected.

Libraries not expected to open are :

• Hakin
• Milford Haven
• Neyland
• Pembroke
• Pembroke Dock
• Tenby.

Some school canteens, though not all, are affected by industrial action. At those schools, children entitled to free school meals are provided with a packed lunch. Other pupils at affected schools should take their own packed lunch. .

All but one of the county's nine Tourist Information Centres are expected to remain open, the one at Fishguard town hall being the exception.

Customer Service Centres which are closed include :

• Fishguard
• Milford Haven
• Pembroke Dock.

No refuse is being collected on Wednesday, the next Wednesday collection is one week later. Refuse collection on other days is not affected.

No details available at present.

Most services are affected - No libraries/leisure centres are open and some council offices are closed as well.

There is no refuse collection - people due to get their rubbish collected on Wednesday will not get it collected until the following Wednesday.

It is up to individual head teachers whether schools are open.

There is emergency cover, and home care and care homes are carrying on as usual.

All emergency services are operating as normal.

Car parks are open as normal with exception of the park and ride service at Landore

Burials and cremations are continuing as planned.

Refuse collections for 17 Wednesday and 18 Thursday will be collected on 18 Thursday and 19 Friday respectively. The collection for 19 Friday is likely to be collected during the following week at a time yet to be determined. Residents should store rubbish or use Civic Amenity sites until advised about alternative collection arrangements.

The Grand Theatre and the Swansea Leisure Centre - with the exception of the pool - are open.

The Central Library, Tennis Centre, Archive Service, Marina and the Daniel James Community Pool are all open to the public. All other leisure services and facilities are closed, including public toilets.

All parks are open but with limited service.

Residential homes, sheltered housing and meals on wheels are operating as normal. There is also essential home care.

The Guildhall and County Hall, with the exception of the registrar's office, are not open to the public.

Each school has individually decided if it is to close or not. The decision has been taken by the School Governors.

Services will resume as normal on 18 Thursday.

Rubbish collection is affected. Residents living in the wards of Panteg, Croesyceiliog North, Croesyceiliog South, Llanyrafon North, Llanyrafon South and Llantarnam will have their next collection on Wednesday 24 July.

Over the next few days leaflets and extra bin bags will be delivered to all homes which normally receive a Wednesday collection. They are being encouraged to make use of the free bags and if possible local recycling facilities and the New Inn Civic Amenity Site. (which is open on Wednesday)

Nineteen schools are open all day, 12 schools are only open during the morning and 20 school are closed all day. Pupils should have been given letters to take home explaining the arrangements in each school

The 20 closed schools are :
• Abersychan Brynteg Nursery
• Abersychan Comprehensive
• Blaenavon Hillside Nursery
• Brookfield Juniors and Infants
• Croesyceiliog Infants and Nursery Unit
• Croesyceiliog Junior
• Crownbridge Special School
• Fairwater Comprehensive
• Garnteg Junior and Infants
• George Street junior and Infants
• Llantarnam Comprehensive
• Llanyrafon Junior and Infants
• Penygam Infants and Nursery Unit
• Penygam Junior
• Ponthir Junior and Infants
• Pontnewynydd Junior and Infants
• Pontymoile Junior and Infants
• West Mon Comprehensive
• Ysgol Gyfun Gwynllyw
• Ysgol Gymraeg Cwmbran

In some schools the nursery units are closed but the main school is open.

Anyone who needs to contact the council about a non-urgent matter may prefer to phone again on Thursday. In an emergency only, people should ring 01495 766025. Each Department has a key number that members of the public can ring which will be answered. This may take a little longer than normal.

The key numbers are:

• Council Tax and Housing Benefit 01495 766430
• Housing Repairs 01495 766160
• Housing Queries 01495 766045
• Social Services-
• Children's Services 01633 648557
• Community Care 01633 648325
• Environment-
• Drainage/Highways 01633 648095
• General 01633 648058
• Education 01633 648609
• General Enquiries and other services 01495 766366

No refuse collections - people are asked not to put bags out as they will not be collected until the following Wednesday.

Twelve schools out of 66 are expected to close.

Cowbridge Leisure Centre is closed, but the council anticipates that the other three centres will be open.

The council's main office in Barry is open, but the public are urged not to make calls or visit unless essential because there are fewer staff that usual. As with other authorities, social services and an emergency highway service are available.

All Council offices and buildings are closed to the public on Wednesday and telephones are not manned except for emergencies.