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  • Gardens can be a fantastic nature reserve

    LATE June and July is a lovely time in the hills. The scarce wild orchids are in full flower (if the sheep haven’t nibbled them off), the equally rare skylarks are singing and hares are producing young (if their nests on the ground surface haven

  • Year-long Ruthin School fundraising initiative for hospice

    A group of pupils and teachers at a Ruthin-based school have raised a £820 for St Asaph-based St Kentigern hospice over the course of the academic year. Members of Elgar House at Ruthin School, have been fundraising alongside their studies for their

  • Ruthin property has benefited from refurbishment throughout

    A GREATLY remodelled and extended two-bedroom detached bungalow is on the market with Cavendish Residential. Gwenallt is situated on Greenfield Road, in Ruthin, and offers of around £295,000 are being invited with the agents. The property has

  • Prion chicken shed fire kills about 2,000 chicks

    ABOUT 2,000 chicks have been killed in a fire near Denbigh. The animals were being kept in a large chicken shed in Prion, which has been destroyed by the blaze which began at 10.30pm on Friday night. Crews from Denbigh, Ruthin, St Asaph and Abergele

  • BYGONES: Bala and Corwen are in the spotlight

    IT'S two for the price of one in this edition! This week's bygones page is filled with a number of pictures concentrating on Bala and Corwen over the years. Are you in any of the pictures we feature and, if so, what are your memories of the day