Flintshire double Olympic taekwondo champion Jade Jones MBE will be swapping head-hunting for tail walking this Saturday at Wepre Park. Knicknamed the 'headhunter' for her clinical accuracy in finding those all-important head shots during her title...

A Wrexham man who received a five-year jail term for money laundering and drug dealing has been ordered to over £33,000 under the Proceeds of Crime Act. North Wales Police seized the cash from 30-year-old Lewis Richards following raids on his Acrefair...

Update: All lanes have been re-opened on A55 W/B nr Northop according to latest traffic report but traffic very slow heading that way. The collision involved a Dacia and Fiat , no injuries have been reported. Earlier report: There are long...

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An inspiring student from Ewloe is heading to Harvard University in America after receiving top grades in her A levels. 18-year-old Raphaelle Soffe, a Seren Network student, achieved three A*s in maths, politics, and Welsh Bacc, and two As in history and...

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Police in Chester are urging people to remain vigilant following multiple reports of ATM fraud in Chester. Over the past two weeks officers have received three separate reports that suspicious devices have been found attached to ATM machines on St...

There’s a bit of a treat for Red Arrows fans in Deeside over the Summer Bank Holiday weekend. According to those 'in the know' the Royal Air Force aerobatic team will base themselves at Hawarden airport ahead of their scheduled display at Rhyl Airshow...

Police are asking Deeside Residents for help in locating a 25-year-old man thought to be in Deeside. Officers say they are currently looking for Kieron Albino who they say is evading them somewhere in the Deeside area. "Kieron knows we need to speak to...

Coleg Cambria are once again hosting Results and Advice Days across all sites to coincide with school pupils receiving their GCSE results this month. The events will be held across all Cambria sites; Deeside, Yale, Bersham Road, Northop and Llysfasi on...

An appeal for information has been launched after an 18-month-old female tabby cat was found in a sealed box dumped in a Flintshire lay-by. The RSPCA Cymru say they were called after the cat was found abandoned last Friday evening, August 11, in a...

Childline is offering support to young people worried about exam results as teenagers across the country wait anxiously for AS and A-Level grades published this week. The NSPCC-service delivered 1,133 counselling sessions to young people worried about...

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A proposed motion to boycott a national newspaper which is set to be discussed by Flintshire Councillors could signal the start of a dictatorship within Mold County Hall according to a conservative AM. Welsh Assembly Shadow Local Government Secretary,...

Doubts over the future of pensions at Tata Steel have ended after the firm announced it has formally struck a deal to detach its £15bn British Steel Pension Scheme from the business. Tata Steel UK said they had also reached an agreement for the...

Connah's Quay Nomads have signed former Wrexham FC striker Michael Bakare and his brother Mathias on full-time contracts ahead of the start of the new JD Welsh Premier League campaign. The Bakare brothers join The Nomads following a successful trial...

Police are advising shopkeepers to be aware of counterfeit currency being tendered, following incidents in the Prestatyn and Rhyl areas. The incidents have been reported over the past week where counterfeit Royal Bank of Scotland £20 notes have been...

Police say an air rifle was recovered following what they describe as a public order incident in the early hours of Thursday morning. The incident happened on High Street in Connah's Quay near to the Ship Inn pub. One eyewitness who didn't want to be...

The Welsh Government has unveiled plans to invest £50m into the NHS in Wales in a bid to reduce waiting times. The new funds, which have been welcomed by Alyn and Deeside AM Carl Sargeant who says many people in Deeside have been left waiting far too...

The founder of a pioneering service believed to be the first of its type in the UK dedicated to tackling men’s mental health issues says similar schemes nationwide would “help save the NHS millions.” Andy Matthews established a support group for...

More than 20,000 technical drawings and diagrams found in a hangar at Airbus Broughton days before it was due to be demolished will be used by enthusiasts to rebuild a Mosquito bomber. The hidden stash, found in the former de Havilland hanger at Broughton...

Police are appealing for any witnesses to an incident at Tesco Supermarket in Holywell yesterday to come forward. Officers were called to the store in Bank Place, High Street at 12.15pm August 8 following reports of a disturbance involving three...

Tata Steel is set to announce it has formally struck a deal to detach its £15bn British Steel Pension Scheme according to a report by Sky News. The Mumbai based firm has already agreed in principle on key commercial terms of a Regulated Apportionment...

Airbus has been gold for the way it supports the Armed Forces in the workplace. The Ministry of Defence has announced that Airbus is one of 33 organisations to receive the Ministry’s Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) Gold Award. The ERS Gold Awards...

Arriva Trains Wales say they will run two 'football special' trains from Flint for Wales World Cup Qualifiers matches Cardiff in September and October. The trains will allow fans to get down to Cardiff and get back in the same night, without the cost of...

The Economy Secretary has updated an Assembly Member concerned about potential redundancies in his constituency. Alyn and Deeside AM Carl Sargeant wrote to Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Infrastructure Ken Skates on July 14 about Mondi Group. It had...

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A man from Flintshire has sadly died following a collision on the Denbigh to Ruthin road this morning, Friday 4th August. At 7.15am North Wales Police were informed of a collision on the A525 link road between Denbigh and Ruthin involving a...

Connah's Quay Nomads have announced the signings of four players on professional full time contracts. In a move hailed as a major step towards full time professional football at Deeside Stadium the Club say they have reached an agreement to sign Joe...

A 22 year old woman from Shotton has been charged with the murder of her seven week old son. Hannah Turtle was charged following a police investigation into the death of baby James Hughes last year. James was taken from the family home in Ryeland...

Police in Malta arrested a man on Wednesday over 40 allegations of child abuse spanning nearly 40 years. Acting on behalf of the National Crime Agency (NCA), Maltese Police arrested 70-year-old Bryan Davies in Munxar on the southern side of Gozo under a...

More details have emerged around proposed Flintshire Bridge closures over the next few weeks. Initially, the bridge was due to close this weekend, 5th August until the morning of 7th August to allow for the installation of a gantry and access platform on...

Theatr Clwyd's Family Arts Festival has been hailed a huge success after thousands of families joined in with last weekends events. The event, now an annual feature of the Theatr Clwyd programme, took place over three days throughout the theatre and...

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Google’s ‘Fuel for the Future’ tour stopped off at Coleg Cambria, one of only ten locations throughout to UK to host the event. The Google Education tour has been stopping off at those schools and colleges who use 'Google for Education' technology...

Police are appealing for witnesses to a collision this morning which left a motorcyclist with serious injuries. Police say they were called at 08:52 to a two-vehicle collision on Marine Road in Prestatyn involving a motorcycle and a van. The...

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Volunteers from HM Coastguard Flint and the Flint RNLI Lifeboat were called out this afternoon, Saturday 29 July to reports of a person in the water at Greenfield Docks. Launched from Flint, Flintshire about twenty five minutes ago -...