'Thanks for freeing my son' and other stories in the local Press
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|13:16 UK time, Friday, 25 June 2010
Mum of schoolboy stuck in pipe speaks about ordeal - Denbigh Visitor
The mum of a schoolboy stuck down a 10ft pipe for nearly three hours has thanked his rescuers who released him from being down a 12-inch wide tube on grassland close to a new housing estate in Llandyrnog.
Anyone for tennis? - Denbighshire Free Press
With Wimbledon in full swing, the Free Press looks at the origins of lawn tennis which was invented in the garden of Walter Clopton Wingfield in Ruthin in the late 1800s.
Owen wins first "Spirit of the TT" award - isleofman.com
TT rider Paul Owen from Llangollen, who stopped at the scene of a fatal crash and then took the yellow flag to slow down other competitors, has won the inaugural 'Spirit of the TT' Award.
North Wales has 'extremely strong case' for a prison, says minister - Daily Post
Hopes a prison will be built in north Wales were further bolstered after the new minister in charge agreed there was an "extremely strong case" for the plan. Building a 1,500-inmate prison would draw in £7m and create 400 full time jobs, according to Ministry of Justice officials.
Big fall in attendances at Flintshire leisure centres - Leader
Questions are being asked as to why there have been 125,000 fewer annual visits at Deeside, Flint and Connah's Quay lesiure centres.
Related stories:
- Deeside Leisure Centre to get £4m revamp - Flintshire Chronicle
- Wrexham country park usage continues to rise - wrexham.gov.uk
- Denbigh Skate Park opens - North Wales Police website
Choral group takes on international field - Victoria Times Colonist, Canada
City of Gardens Chorus competes in renowned Llangollen international music eisteddfod. For chorus director Julie Smith, who was born in Wales and always hoped to take the chorus there, competing in the festival is a heartfelt homecoming.
Heat in Old Colwyn supermarket leaves shoppers faint - North Wales Weekly News
A supermarket involved in a noisy fridge row has been slammed for being sweltering hot.
Nursing staff suspended from Gobowen's Orthopaedic Hospital - Oswestry Advertiser
Three staff members at the Orthopaedic Hospital have been suspended and put on 'gardening leave' by the hospital's management.
