Local stories in the Press this week
- Daily Post
Three masked men wielding a baseball bat and a machete burst into the Spar store and Post Office on London Road in Sychdyn, near Mold, and threatened a terrified member of staff but escaped with only a small amount of cash.
- Rhyl Journal
More than 1,100 residents on the Park View Estate, off Dyserth Road, Rhyl, objected to plans to build a residential care home, day nursery and community centre on green space earmarked for community facilities on land off Ffordd Elan. The application has been turned down by Denbighshire Council.
- Leader
A 33-year-old man suffered seven per cent burns to both his hands when a small explosion occurred in an oil drum he was using to burn rubbish at The Car Clinic, in Queensway, Wrexham.
- Flintshire Chronicle
The service at St Mary's Church, Bagillt, won't have any carols says Rev Sarah Hildreth who tells the paper: "It strikes me that although Christmas is an exciting and happy time for most of us, for some people it can be very difficult."
- Oswestry Advertizer
Plans for a new weekend camping music festival, OsFest, at Oswestry, are being billed as "an affordable alternative to the 'V' and Glastonbury style festivals" according to its organisers, 7th Sense Event Management, who say they are in discussions with acts such as Tinchy Stryder and Calvin Harris to perform at the festival.
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