* For the full story, see: https://www.leaderlive.co.uk/news/23426402.person-taken-hospital-crash-horseshoe-pass-llangollen/
The Denbighshire Free Press is reporting that a man has died following a road traffic collision near Corwen yesterday afternoon (Thursday, March 30).
* For the full story, see: https://www.denbighshirefreepress.co.uk/news/23425422.man-dies-corwen-traffic-collision-bus-car/?fbclid=IwAR3hR5xqRS_e7rVjfmtC1haBm3WLtYl7mZ5yvTWJFjun0LE6e3Uqbfz-LCk
A Llangollen scheme was amongst the winners of a special £120,000 fund to help communities across North Wales announced at a dedicated ceremony in the White House, Rhuallt last Wednesday.
The Your Community, Your Choice fund supports grass-roots projects and is supported by the North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner, North Wales Police and Community Trust (PACT) and North Wales Police.
After applications were shortlisted, the North Wales public was asked to vote for their preferred projects and over 16,000 votes were cast across the region in the online ballot.
Amongst the four winners in Denbighshire was the Llangollen Parks Project, which will use the £2,217 it received to provide adventure trail equipment in Pengwern Park.
This will be added add to the £1,300 the project has already secured from another source.
Project spokesperson Jessica Evans said: "We hope to go ahead with installing the equipment within the next few months."
This year’s awards were even more significant as Your Community, Your Choice is celebrating its tenth anniversary in 2023 and, over the past ten years, a total of over £500,000 has been awarded to more than 150 projects working to reduce crime in their areas and to support the priorities in the Police and Crime Commissioner’s Police and Crime Plan.
The funding for Your Community, Your Choice comes partly from money seized by the courts through the Proceeds of Crime Act, with the rest from the Police and Crime Commissioner.
In recognition if this 10-year milestone, the funding available to winning projects this year was increased to a total of £120,000, shared across 25 projects.
North Wales Police & Crime Commissioner Andy Dunbobbin said: “I am delighted to see so many excellent and deserving winners receive funding that will help transform communities across North Wales. Your Community, Your Choice is a true collective effort – from my office, the police and PACT, to local communities, the organisations who apply, and to the public who vote for them.
“Everyone has a stake in the success of Your Community, Your Choice and, over the past 10 years, it has shown the difference it can make in offering community groups new opportunities. These organisations give their time and energy to help their local area and the initiative is a great way to give back and help these organisations achieve their aims. They help to keep our neighbourhoods safe and secure, and to meet the priorities in my Police and Crime Plan. And the fact that part of the money comes from funds seized from criminals also helps show to people that crime doesn’t pay, but community activism does!”
Denbighshire County Council and the Clwydian Range and Dee Valley AONB are advising people to plan ahead for Easter visits to county countryside beauty spots.
As the Easter
holiday fast approaches people should check ahead to see if facilities are open
and where possible access quieter sites and walks to help avoid parking issues
and busy periods.
A large number
of countryside beauty spots have become more popular since people were asked to
stay local during the pandemic and drivers are urged to be mindful of finding
suitable areas to park or alternative transport to sites so as not to disrupt
surrounding routes into the areas.
The Council
has introduced a series of measures at Moel Famau to relieve congestion in the
area. New double yellow lines are part of a series of measures, including
additional parking spaces and road side parking provision that is hoped to
improve visitor flow.
Last year saw
grid lock as cars parked of the verges blocked the road – and on a number of
occasions preventing emergency vehicles being able to access the area. Parking
enforcement officers will patrol the site.
Visitors are
also urged to respect the countryside and be sensible by parking responsibly,
not littering and only riding bikes on permitted routes.
If the weather
is fine over the period, people ae urged not to have BBQ’s, camping stoves or
campfires on the moorland areas of the AONB because of the significant risk of
fire.
Dog owners are
also reminded to act responsibly and keep their pets on leads when walking
through the countryside around livestock especially as lambing season continues
For more
information on planning your trip ahead, visit https://www.clwydianrangeanddeevalleyaonb.org.uk/
and follow the Clwydian Range and Dee Valley AONB on Facebook and
Twitter.
Mr Rowlands, chair of the Senedd’s Cross-Party Group on Tourism, said: “I am delighted to hear about all the work which is going to be carried out to enhance and develop Riverside Park.
“The town
is an extremely popular tourist destination and as a very keen supporter of
attracting visitors to this lovely part of the world it is good to see work
being carried out to upgrade recreational spaces.
“I am
also pleased to see this sort of investment in Llangollen which can
only enhance and improve the area for local people and visitors alike.”
Contractors are currently working on a raft of new features for the Llangollen site including a new 9-hole bespoke mini golf which is due to be finished end of March with holes representing places and features of interest within Llangollen and the Dee Valley.
This will include an active travel interpretation map for the
area and replaces the old course at the site.
New
play equipment for the 5-12 year old age range is also going to be installed
early April and work is underway at the bandstand to install electricity power
points to increase opportunities for entertainment along with seating block
created in to the bank area for spectators.
Green
infrastructure has also been introduced sat the park with trees to create
shade, wildflower planting and shrub planting around the park. Also a green
space area will be extended by introducing grass up to and around the blocked
dragon area.
The
work has been made possible through the Welsh Government’s Brilliant Basics
funding round for 2022/23.
Outside the Box is presented by Liz Rothschild, a performer, celebrant and award-winning burial ground owner.
The 55-minute theatre show includes stories with props, music and post-show talk.
Themes
touched on are how our society handles death and dying, talking or not talking
about death, funerals and the full range of options available, involvement of
children, preparing for end of life, funeral poverty and comparisons with
practise in other countries.
The
show’s pre-publicity says: “Her unique
insights and experiences have created a highly original and beautifully
cathartic show, combining mercurial tales and miraculous truths, collected over
the years from life’s finishing line.
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“Funny, wise and taboo busting, Outside The Box confronts
the ‘Elephant in the room’ with grace and humour, asking its audience to
embrace mortality and look on the bright side of life, with a weave of untold
and surprising stories, a hint of history and some pithy commentary on the
funeral industry from one who knows.
“The
overall message of these pieces is that engaging with our mortality, rather
being depressing, brings relief, connection and inspiration.”
Outside
the Box, is coming to Llangollen Town Hall on Friday April 28, at 7pm, as part
of a national tour. Tickets: £10 and: £8.00
concession.
* Booking: https://llangollentowncouncil.gov.uk/. Enquiries: facilities@llangollentowncouncil.gov.uk call: 01978 861345.
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