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Flintshire County Council's Streetscene teams are stepping up preparations to keep essential services running safely as extreme weather continues to affect communities throughout the year.

Wildflower and reduced-mow grassland areas managed by Flintshire County Council are supporting significantly higher numbers of insects than mown areas, a new study has found.

Chester’s Christmas Market opens on Wednesday 18th November marking the start of the Christmas celebrations in Chester.

Detectives investigating a series of burglaries across Chester, Lancashire and North Wales have charged a man in relation to the incidents.

Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle and Lord Speaker Lord Forsyth of Drumlean laid wreaths and led the nation in a two-minute silence in remembrance of the fallen on Armistice Day..

Angela Rayner will push for a “new wave” of homes to “turn the tide” on the crisis when she brings together the country’s biggest housebuilders, councils and housing chiefs next week..

Governments have been “asleep at the wheel” on social care, the leader of a review into reform of the sector is expected to say as new research concludes it is a “fundamentally fragmented system” with no-one in charge overall..

Parents are returning to buying toys for fun rather than educational value amid the fastest growth in the market for more than a decade, the industry has said..