NE Wales Update (News)

This week, Good Evening Wales is at court as two serving police officers from Prestatyn are sentenced for cruelty to their pet dogs; Denbighshire Council is criticised for serious failings in a report by the Auditor General for Wales and Richard Evans throws open the phone lines to discuss the increased use of tasers by our police offficers, following a trial in North Wales. Roy Noble talks to an award winning private eye from Mold; we hear how Holywell could become a new centre for walkers...

Coming up this week, JCB announces more job losses in Wrexam, we report from Denbigh where residents are up in arms over plans for the town's former hospital site and Good Morning Wales visits the RSPB reserve in Conwy after a report suggested changes in the types of birds visiting the UK for the winter. Country Focus visits a factory in Rhyl which is turning sheep wool into insulation, All Things Considered reports from a spiritual retreat near St Asaph, once frequented by the poet Gerard...

This week, there's bad news on the jobs front as Corus and First Milk announce redundancies, Radio Wales commemorates the 90th anniversary of the signing of the Armistice through letters written home from The Front from soldiers, including Private Thomas Lloyd from Wrexham, and a mother tells of the horrifying moment when her daughter was hit in the face by a fiework. Pensioners give a bunch of youngsters a run for their money on the Nintendo Wii and Matthew Richards reports on how a dog -...

This week, reporter Tom Singleton gets a tour around the new Eagles Meadow shopping centre in Wrexham; the funeral for a family of six, killed in a motorway crash, is held in Llandudno and Barack Obama fever reaches the Richard Evans programme. Good Morning Wales gets reaction following the resignation of Denbighshire County Council's Chief Executive, Ian Miller; a former landgirl from Rhyl tells Rob Thomas about the book she's written detailing her experiences and Roy Noble gets to sample...

This week, the family of a girl killed in a crash on the A55 speak out after a lorry driver is cleared of dangerous driving in court, Good Evening Wales finds out why makers of a ghost programme are upsetting people in Denbigh and Richard Evans finds out how Wrexham Council is tackling the problem of noisy neighbours. Brendon Williams reports on the conviction of two police officers for animal cruelty; Roy Noble hears how Queen Boudicea may have fought her last battle in Denbighshire and...

This week, tributes flood in for a family of six from Llandudno, killed in an horrific crash in Cheshire; a couple from Abergele tell Good Morning Wales how they lost 1.2 million in a failed Icelandic bank and the North Wales Reptile and Raptor Sanctuary near Ruthin reveal how the number of abandoned exotic pets is on the increase because of the credit crunch. Reporter Rob Thomas reports on spooky goings on at a pub in Graigfechan and Country Focus is on the hunt for the elusive Flintshire...

This week, North Wales' Chief Constable Richard Brunstrom sparks a debate on the Richard Evans programme about whether the word "police" should be removed from police cars in favour of the Welsh word "heddlu"; MP Chris Ruane takes matters into his own hands in an attempt to improve Rhyl's image and Rolf Harris arrives in LLangollen to announce a joint venture with the Froncysyllte Male Voice Choir. Two sporting Ians team up for a mammoth walk and Jamie and Louise chat to the cakemaker to the...

This week, we report on news that 48 Post Offices are to close in North Wales; George Herd gets a look inside the new joint police and fire control room in St Asaph and reporter Rob Thomas visits Europe's first gluten free bakery in Wrexham. Roy Noble finds out how a decline in honeybee numbers is affecting the apple harvest at the Erddig estate, near Wrexham; an ex-soldier from Rhyl completes the Three Peaks challenge in a 35 kilo bomb disposal suit in memory of his brother and the Past...