The chicken processing factory at the centre of a coronavirus outbreak has been reopened. The 2 Sisters plant in Llangefni was closed for a fortnight after 217 workers tested positive for COVID-19. All 560 staff and contractors went into self-isolation but public health officials say the outbreak did not spread to the community. A spokesperson […]
Anglesey schools will reopen next month following the COVID-19 outbreak at the 2 Sisters factory in Llangefni. Public Health Wales officials have confirmed there is no evidence to suggest the cluster at the chicken processing plant has spread to the community. Classrooms on the island will restart for a week on Monday 13th July as […]
A woman has been arrested following the death of a Holyhead teenager. Police are trying to trace the last known movements of Jade Mitchell, who was found unresponsive at a house on Thomas Street at just after 6am last Friday morning (19th June). The 18 year-old was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics. The […]
At least 75 staff at a chicken processing plant in Llangefni have now tested positive for coronavirus. Public health officials say more cases are expected to be confirmed over the next few days following the outbreak at the 2 Sisters abattoir, which was closed for at least a fortnight on Thursday (18th June). The outbreak […]
A former church minister has been charged with up to 40 sex offences. It’s believed Ben Thomas was pastor at the Criccieth Family Church between 2008 and 2019. Last November, a police investigation began into allegations of recent and historical offences at the church. Thomas (44) from Flint is accused of indecent assaults against children […]
A man is being questioned after a drugs raid by armed police in Caernarfon. Firearms officers carried out a search at an address in Glan Seiont at just after 9am on Friday morning (19th June). A 51 year-old man was arrested after class A drugs were found at the property. He is now in custody […]
A couple are to appear in court as part of a fraud inquiry linked to the murder of Gerald Corrigan. The retired lecturer was shot with a crossbow outside his home at Gof Du near Holyhead on Good Friday last year. Terence Whall was jailed for at least 31 years for murder and perverting the […]
A biker seriously injured in a high-speed crash in Bangor has been jailed for eighteen months. Lloyd Watson Lloyd from Maesgeirchen was riding a trails-type motorcycle when it collided with a Suzuki at a mini roundabout near the Union Inn pub last July. The 25 year-old was under the influence of drugs when the crash […]
A woman who died in a fire at a 19th century mansion in south Gwynedd has been named. Yung Ton-Sung was rescued from the blaze at Bontddu Hall, near Dolgellau, last Friday morning (5th June). The 70 year-old from Surrey was pronounced dead at the scene. North West Wales coroner Dewi Pritchard Jones said a […]
A convicted drug dealer has been forced to sell up his home so that he can pay a confiscation order. In 2018, David Cuffin from Holyhead was jailed for his part in a multi-million pound racket involving heroin and cocaine. He is currently serving a sentence of six years and nine months. North Wales Police […]
