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Bailiffs could be instructed to remove travellers from Ewloe car park

Unilever has agreed with Flintshire Council the authority will clean the area around the buildings as soon as possible. A Unilever spokesman said: “We hope to have the situation resolved very soon. “An interim possession order was granted by the court ...

Ysgol Maes Edwin campaigners receive glimmer of hope in battle to save the school

Campaigners have been given a glimmer of hope in their fight to reverse the decision to shut Ysgol Maes Edwin in Flint. But the gates will definitely close for good on Ysgol Llanfynydd in August after councillors backed the decision by Flintshire ...

School bus driver charged over death of Flintshire refuse collector

It follows the death of a council refuse collector at the village of Ffynnongroyw last summer. Defendant Jonathon Brown, 37, of Strand Crescent in Holywell, made his first appearance at Flintshire magistrates' court at Mold on Thursday. He is charged ...

Two stopped on A55 had been used by gang to ferry drugs

OCCUPANTS of a car stopped by police on the A55 in Flintshire were found to be ferrying hard drugs - and had been used by a criminal gang to do their dirty work for them, a court was told yesterday (Wednesday). The driver, David Phillips, 32, admitted ...

Flintshire council's Ysgol Maes Edwin closure rethink

A decision to shut a village primary school could be reversed by Flintshire council. It previously decided Ysgol Maes Edwin, Flint Mountain, should shut to help tackle surplus classroom places. But the authority's education scrutiny committee has ...

Ffynnongroyw bus crash: Driver denies causing bin man death

A Flintshire school bus driver has denied causing the death of a bin man by careless driving. Council refuse collector Andrew Green, 39, died after a collision in Ffynnongroyw, near Prestatyn, in June 2015. Jonathon Brown, 37, of Holywell, appeared at ...

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