A watershed day for Llandudno Hospital

Posted by North Wales Weekly News team on February 27, 2008 3:05 PM

By Steve Stratford, Deputy Editor

IT'S been a busy day on the newsdesk today following health minister Edwina Hart's surprise announcement about Llandudno Hospital. I'm sure Mrs Hart would like us to concentrate on the many positives in her Senedd speech this afternoon - and I'm not detracting at all from the fact there's plenty of encouraging news - but I'm also acutely aware that we're not to be distracted from the main issue either.

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Meeting Gordon Brown...

Posted by North Wales Weekly News team on February 21, 2008 11:04 AM

By Richard Evans, Reporter

Gordon Brown was in town for the Welsh Labour Party Conference at Venue Cymru last Friday. As a reporter on a weekly newspaper it's not every day I get the chance to interview people of the stature of the Prime Minister, so I thought I'd burden you with my reflection a week on.

More often in my job I spend my days dealing with politicians varying from local MPs and AMs, to county, town and community councillors, as well as the odd B to Z-list celeb thrown in, usually plugging their latest show at Llandudno's same venue.

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A newspaper of interest to people of all ages

Posted by North Wales Weekly News team on February 14, 2008 11:25 AM

By Owen Hughes, Reporter

READERS are taken from the cradle to the grave in this week’s edition of the Weekly News with stories ranging from the tragic to the inspiring.
Our team of reporters have produced exclusives from across the region - breaking a school closure in Llandudno and revealing fears about a future shortage of burial places in the market town of Llanrwst.

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Losses and gains

Posted by North Wales Weekly News team on February 4, 2008 12:49 PM

By Samantha Castle, Reporter

What is given with one hand, is taken with the other - so the saying goes. That is exactly how I felt writing this week's news stories for the Conwy Valley.

On the one hand I was pleased to report that the administrators for Dolgarrog Aluminium had, at last, secured a buyer from Russia for the ailing aluminium plant. Although it does not directly safeguard the workers' jobs it does offer some hope to people in the surrounding community that the factory may once again produce aluminium.

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