Mystery benefactor gives club £20,000 and other stories in the local Press
Post categories: newspapers, papers say
| 09:33 UK time, Friday, 11 June 2010
To start things off, here are some headlines and quick links to the more upbeat stories in the local papers this week.
- 'I'd do it again' says parachutist Robbie, 80 - Leader
- Mystery donor gives club £20,000 - Rhyl Journal
- Oswestry pupils swap notebooks for netbooks - Tizer
- Owen, 17, to run 177 miles over Offa's Dyke Path - Denbighshire Free Press
- Ben, 17, off to South Africa to live his World Cup dream - Rhyl Journal
Public review into Hanson Cement works - Daily Post
A public health review into the controversial Hanson Cement works near Mold will be launched on Tuesday.
Background: Residents asked to explain fears over cement works - BBC News
Wrexham tar pit study - next steps - Leader
Council officials have met contractors who are bidding to carry out a study of a toxic tar pit in Rhos. A number of companies, including some from abroad, want to visit Llwyneinion to find out more about the substances contained deep within it.
Mysterious orange chemicals leave Connah's Quay car firm in a mess - Flintshire Chronicle
A car firm has been left with a clean-up bill of more than £1,000 after a mysterious orange residue coated 40 of its vehicles.
Wrexham neighbourhood disturbed by car sellers - Leader
Householders living on Kingsmills Road, Hightown, say up to a dozen vehicles can be parked nose to tail outside their homes by people trying to sell them who are not from the area.
New Mold homes get the green light - Flintshire Chronicle
Plans to build 122 new homes, comprising 14 houses and 108 apartments on the derelict former Bromfield Timber plant, Queens Lane, Mold, have been given the go-ahead - despite strong opposition.
