Bangor Mail
MAN, 35, BAILED AFTER FOOTBALL ‘ASSAULT’ ARREST
POLICE have released an update after a man was arrested on suspicion of assault following an incident which took place during a football match in Porthmadog. The incident happened on Saturday during a match between Trearddur Bay FC and CPD Porthmadog...
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Agreement reached on school move
THE next step in a plan to relocate a school blighted by the RAAC crumbling concrete crisis has been approved. Anglesey Council has agreed to proceed with plans to relocate Ysgol Uwchradd Caergybi in Holyhead to a new £66m school building. As part of...
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Rugby club improvements and extensions agreed
PLANS to improve a Llangefni rugby club’s building and facilities to enhance the “overall experience” for members, players, and visitors have been agreed. Anglesey County Council planners have approved with conditions, a full application for...
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Fire chiefs give advice after hob turned on accidentally starts blaze
A KITCHEN fire which broke out at a house on Anglesey has sparked a fire service warning. A photo has been released of the damage, caused after a hob was accidentally switched on. Nearby items caught fire as a result. A North Wales Fire and Rescue...
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Christmas Message for 2025
THE theologian and World War II martyr, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, who lived and witnessed in days as challenging as ours, maintains that the Bible “makes it quite clear that Christ helps us not by virtue of his omnipotence but rather by virtue of his...
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String of raids tackling ‘large-scale’ drug supply
TEN people were arrested last week after police raids targeting the “large-scale supply of cocaine and cannabis across North Wales”. Six have since been charged, following a longrunning enquiry as police pledge to continue cracking down on illegal...
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Port terminal closed after ‘being hit by ferry in bad weather’
WIKIPEDIA has just revealed its list of the 25 most read articles of 2025. Charlie Kirk was number one; a result of his shooting in September. His page was accessed 170 times per second in the day after his death. Wikipedia is an enormous warehouse...
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4 PAGES OF PUZZLES... NOW ON P4-7 OF YOUR NEW LIFESTYLE PULLOUT
“THE Advent wind begins to stir, with sea-like sounds in our Scotch fir…” The poet’s words feel truer than ever as the year tilts toward winter. The dark mornings and afternoons, the wind scraping rain from the roads. This is Advent’s landscape: the...
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Dual control
SPEED signs have left drivers scratching their heads in an Anglesey town. Motorists in Amlwch were bemused to find road markings indicating 20mph on one side of the road and 30mph on the other. Residents say it has led to mass confusion – especially...
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Wylfa: A step forward – but now we need delivery
THE news that Wylfa has been chosen to host the UK’S first small modular reactor (SMR) is hugely welcome. On Monday (November 17), the Speaker of the House of Commons granted me an Urgent Question, giving me – on behalf of the people of Ynys Môn – the...
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Senedd poll votes will be counted on the next day
VOTES at the next Senedd election on May 7 will be counted during the daytime on the day after the poll. The Electoral Management Board has instructed Wales’ Returning Officers, the people in charge of running elections in Wales, to begin counting the...
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People urged to see pharmacists first to take the pressure off NHS
PEOPLE will be directed to their local pharmacy for free help and advice with common illnesses this winter. The Welsh Government Help Us Help You campaign, which launched on Saturday, provides information to ensure people get the right care for their...
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From Anglesey to TV’S Crossroads... tributes paid to ‘magical man’ Tony
TRIBUTES have been pouring in for Crossroads actor Tony Adams, who has sadly passed away at the age of 84. Born Anthony Sawley Adams in Anglesey, in 1940, he honed his acting skills at the prestigious Italia Conti theatre school. After making a name...
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Lifeboat’s new searchlight helps in 2-hour rescue of cragfast climbers
TWO climbers got stuck on a 200ft Anglesey cliff - sparking a major rescue. The pair were on cliffs below Elin’s Tower, near South Stack on Saturday. They got into difficulty and found themselves cragfast each at separate locations on the cliff. This...
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Ferry giants to share space on Irish Sea routes
STENA Line has entered into a temporary agreement to share freight and passenger space on the Irish Sea. A strategic collaboration with Irish Ferries will enable essential dry-docking of vessels, whilst ensuring service continuity. The temporary...
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Man locked up for twice raping girl under 13
A MAN with learning difficulties has been locked up for twice raping a girl under 13. Kyran Wingfield-west was 17 when he committed the offences several years ago in north west Wales. Wingfield-west, formerly of Anglesey, pleaded guilty to two counts...
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DON’T FORGET WYLFA IN NEW NUCLEAR DRIVE
THE Nuclear Industry Association (NIA) has warned that a decision on a new nuclear project at Wylfa is ‘crucial’ to secure thousands of skilled Welsh jobs, as new figures show Wales is being left behind in the UK’S nuclear jobs boom. According to the...
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Plan for historic site thrown out
A SCHEME to develop residential units on the historic former Shire Hall site in Llangefni has been rejected by planners. The Grade-ii listed Victorian building was destroyed in an arson attack on December 17, 2023. The cost of damage to the building...
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ROGUE TRADER JAILED
Judge highlights “sustained aggressive fraudulent behaviour ... with a very worrying pattern of repeat offending” as Gwalchmai man who “exploited vulnerable’ given 12-month sentence
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Estate set to host hospital helipad for next two years
AN historic Gwynedd estate known for hosting royals, music stars and VIPS looks set to provide a helicopter landing pad for a Bangor hospital. Cyngor Gwynedd has received a full application for the temporary change of use of a pasture within the...
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Second phase of active travel works set to disrupt hospital traffic
MAJOR roadworks near a North Wales hospital started this week. The works are the next phase of Cyngor Gwynedd’s ‘active travel’ scheme on roads next Ysbyty Gwynedd in Bangor. The first phase of work started back in April. Now the next part of the...
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Former New Look gets a criminal new use
WE’RE finally building a path in our garden. It was truly wild. We had to watch survival videos to prepare ourselves for a trip to the shed! We loved the wildflowers and the bees and butterflies in summer, but eventually the wildflowers got overgrown...
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Plaid leader tells of deep impact of port closure on town
TRADERS remain in the dark about the business support available nearly seven months on from the closure of Holyhead port, Plaid Cymru’s leader has warned. Rhun ap Iorwerth told the Senedd the closure of the port has had a deep economic impact on the...
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Welsh Govt calls halt to final commissioning and staffing at £50m Brexit border post
THE Welsh Government will not push on with final commissioning and staffing at the £50million Holyhead border post being built to deal with Brexit checks. It was reported last week that the facility under construction could end up a giant ‘white...
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CLIFF HANGER
WORRIED animal lovers were willing to risk life and limb when a lamb plunged 100ft (30 metres) down a coastal cliff. The animal was left stranded on a ledge 33ft above the sea at low tide – and only 5ft above the high water mark. The drama unfolded...
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‘Monstrous’ solar projects ‘taking over farmland’
SENEDD members have debated calls for a temporary ban on “monstrous” solar developments, warning the countryside, food security and Welsh farmers could all be compromised. Janet Finch-saunders said hundreds of acres of agricultural land across Wales...
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Public support for campaign to halt uni archive cuts
CAMPAIGNERS fighting to protect the future of a “nationally significant” archives and special collections service at Bangor University say they have been “overwhelmed” by the strength of public support. Messages have flooded in from all over the world...
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Plan to reconsider cuts to university archive service is welcomed
NEWS that Bangor University is to reconsider proposed cuts to its Archives and Special Collection service following significant public and political pressure has been welcomed. Politicians Siân Gwenllian MS, Liz Saville Roberts MP, and Rhun ap...
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Menai bridge work delays under fire
SENEDD members criticised “unacceptable” delays to works on the Menai suspension bridge, warning North Wales “has once again been left to languish”. Rhun ap Iorwerth expressed concerns about the impact of delays to stage two of the Menai suspension...
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Huge rescue effort for climbers stuck on cliffs
TWO climbers got stuck on cliffs near South Stack on Anglesey, sparking a multi-agency rescue. Cliff rescue teams and lifeboat crews were scrambled to the incident near Elin’s Tower, after a man and woman became stuck. A RNLI Holyhead Lifeboat...
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Funding pledged to aid community ownership hopes for coastal park
A COMMUNITY’S 14-year battle to reclaim an Anglesey beauty spot from developers could be nearing a turning point. Funding has been reportedly pledged to finance the purchase of Penrhos Coastal Park (CP) depending on insolvency outcomes and a fraud...
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Yacht rescue drama after engine failure
A RESCUE mission was launched amid concerns for three people on a stricken yacht near Ynys Seiriol (Puffin Island) off Anglesey. The 30ft vessel had suffered engine failure and was unable to make progress under power. Efforts by the yacht’s crew to...
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How major A55 scheme stopped flooding and boosted green travel
EVERYWHERE we look, signs of spring surround us. Ragdoll lambs gambol clumsily around their mothers in the fields. The sun rises earlier and lingers longer. A little cherry blossom clings on after last week’s unexpected winds. And even a few...
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Filling empty place with new hope and purpose
I’M standing in Glynrhonwy Quarry, Llanberis, one of the quarries that helped roof much of Europe just over a century ago. Just standing here you can feel the echoes of times past when the sound of hammer and steam would have filled this ridge. The...
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Anger at graffiti on tranquil island cove
AS I write this, we will be turning our clocks back tonight, which will mean more hours of day light and mark the beginning of the Spring equinox. Already over the past few weeks we have experienced more sunshine, and the spring flowers and blossoms...
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Horrific scene after tumble dryer fire
FIRE partially gutted a house on Anglesey and produced so much smoke it could be smelt across the Menai Strait. The blaze, in Menai Bridge, was later confirmed to have originated from a tumble dryer kept in a garage. Flames from a tumble dryer spread...
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OPPONENTS OF 2ND HOME PLANNING RULE RAISE THOUSANDS TO CONTINUE COURT CHALLENGE
OPPONENTS of a new holiday home rule in Wales have raised the funds needed for the next stage of the legal challenge. Cyngor Gwynedd was the first local authority in Wales to introduce an Article 4 Direction after new legislation from Welsh...
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Stalker with ‘absolutely no respect for women’ made his victim feel ‘worthless’
A “VIOLENT and manipulative” man who stalked his former partner after subjecting her to years of physical and mental abuse was jailed last week. Zac Engen assaulted his ex and controlled what she could do, Caernarfon Crown Court heard. But when she...
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Schools barriers planned to bar parents from parking at drop-off & pick-up times
FURIOUS parents and residents have been left mystified by plans to ban school-run traffic outside two primaries on Anglesey. Barriers are to be erected on nearby roads to block vehicles during drop-off and pick-up times. Two schools have been...
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New hope for new nuclear at Wylfa as red tape to be cut
THE UK government is pledging to create thousands of highly skilled jobs by reforming planning rules to make it easier to build new nuclear reactors. Anglesey has twice seen proposals for a Wylfa B plant scuppered in recent years due to investors...
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Drakeford’s solution to NHS crisis? Fewer hospitals and beds
MARK Drakeford has said Wales has “too many hospitals and too many beds” and he thinks funding needs to be directed away from secondary care. The cabinet secretary for finance made the comments on the For Wales, See Wales podcast. Addressing the...
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Caravan site bid by coal and gas merchants
A BID to develop a seasonal caravan site as part of a plan to diversify an Anglesey coal and gas business is set to come before island planners. A full application for a touring caravan site with the erection of an amenity building, formation of a new...
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MOMENT FOOTBALL MANAGER ASSAULTS MATCH LINESMAN
AN ex-football manager who punched an assistant referee at a match has been given a suspended prison sentence. Amlwch Town FC’S then-manager, Robert Williams-jones, was recorded assaulting his victim during Penrhyndeudraeth FC’S 8-0 win at Amlwch on...
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Anger as rules say this can be a holiday let... but not a home
A semi-derelict farm cottage on Anglesey has found itself at the centre of a planning storm over its potential use. Prospective buyers looking for a rural idyll beneath Holyhead Mountain have been shocked to discover it can only be used as a holiday...
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Rail firm serving N. Wales has most cancellations of any UK operator... and now strikes set to bring more disruption
AVANTI West Coast had the highest cancellations for train operators in the year to November 9, at 7.8%. It was followed by Crosscountry (7.4%), Northern (5.7%) and Govia Thameslink Railway (5.2%). The best performing operator was c2c – which runs...
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Thought for Christmas from the Archbishop of Wales Christmas is God’s sign that he is with us in our darkest places
IN his Christmas message, Archbishop Andrew John focuses on those who are lonely or grieving, as highlighted by the poignant John Lewis Inspired Christmas Advert for charities. Acknowledging that Christmas can be a difficult and painful time, he...
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Our worst fears a reality
CASH-STRAPPED North Wales councils slammed the Welsh Government for its announcement that four of the six northern authorities will likely see a rise in annual funds well below the national average. The Local Government Provisional Settlement is the...
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Advent – preparing for Christmas
HOW often do we look at the mess this world is in, how people are killing each other, cheating each other, lying to each other, using and abusing each other? It breaks God’s heart to see this. It must be tempting for Him just to swoop in and sort it...
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WHAT is the question to which Christmas is the answer?
This could be something to ponder as we enter the season of Advent – the four weeks that lead up to Christmas. Perhaps your question is, ‘When will I next see my family?’ Answer: Christmas. Or, ‘How can I justify spending money I can’t really afford...
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Controversial ‘tourist tax’ details revealed as bill goes to Senedd
A FAMILY of four visiting Wales could have to pay an extra £3-£5 per night depending on what type of accommodation they use, the Welsh Government has announced. The visitor levy, dubbed a “tourism tax”, could be imposed from 2027. The new charges will...
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HGV driver stopped on the A55 had been deported
AN HGV driver stopped on the A55 on Anglesey had been convicted of a drugs plot and deported. Paul Flynn, who had been travelling between Ireland and North Wales, said he thought his deportation order was over. But it had not lapsed and last week a...
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Futuristic ship boldly goes into our waters
A FUTURISTIC vessel spotted off the Anglesey coast was a hi-tech Royal Navy ship designed to counter a growing threat from Russian attack submarines. RFA Proteus is the first of a new generation of surveillance ships designed to monitor underwater...
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‘We did our best, I promise...’grenfell Tower, London Fire Brigade.
I found myself choking back tears as I read tributes written on Fire Service T-shirts and bouquets at the site of Britain’s worst residential fire since World War II. As an on call fire-fighter myself, I have some insight to their experience, but I...
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