Cuts, worm charming, more cuts and other stories in the local Press
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|14:52 UK time, Thursday, 1 July 2010
It's our weekly blog highighting some of the stories in the region's newspapers. And don't forget you can receive our daily updates via Twitter and Facebook.
Supermarket will bring 350 new jobs to Wrexham - Leader
Plans for a new supermarket in Wrexham will go before the local authority's planning committee on Monday.
But do we need more supermarkets, tweets Rich What do you think?
Proposal to close Flint Magistrates' Court - Flintshire Chronicle
Flint Town Council's fight to safeguard the future of the town's courthouse has been dealt a blow - with a Government proposal to close the site.
- Magistrates' courts face closure in England and Wales - BBC News
- Rhyl Pavilion, Llangollen Pavilion, and Oriel Wrecsam see funding cuts - BBC News
HM Stanley Hospital in St Asaph to close next year - Daily Post
HM Stanley Hospital staff were yesterday told the 22-bed hospital will shut in March because health bosses are spending too much money maintaining old buildings. The hospital is said to need £2.5m to bring it up to standard.
Top detective retires - North Wales Police
[No doubt this will be a story in tomorrow's newspapers, but it has largely been written already thanks to the police PR team]
After 30 years with North Wales Police, Detective Chief Superintendent Chris Corcoran is retiring. He was first posted to Rhyl where he recalls one of his tasks was to search for the head of a woman who had been murdered by her son. To his horror, he found it wrapped in a bin liner stuffed down a fox hole.
Parties split over Flintshire cement factory probe timescale - Leader
Health and environmental studies will be carried out into the Hanson Cement plant in Padeswood, near Mold. And, while the firm wants to see the investigation completed as quickly as possible to confirm its belief that the factory is safe, councillors say that if the studies are rushed they will not receive the answers they want.
Campaigner welcomes school merger plans - Rhyl Journal
Parent Debbie Rogers, who has been an outspoken critic of a proposed education shake-up for Prestatyn, amid fears it could lead to the closure of Bodnant Infants, said she was happy with the council's new amalgamation plans for the site.
Bodnant Infants is one of seven schools in Prestatyn included in the Modernising Education Agenda, which could see some schools closed, amalgamated or re-structured.
And finally..!
Worm charming event at Prestatyn festival - Your Vale News
This year's Prestatyn Flower Show will feature a worm charming contest at the Vicarage Gardens, High Street, and organisers want the public to field teams!
