Showing posts from January, 2020
It seemed apposite on an historic day such as this to save this little irony till now, till the precise time when Wales leaves the EU. It's available to see on the Castle Hotel's (now redundant) Wikipedia project notice. The Castle Hotel is, …
The scandal at Scola Ruthinensis gets worse. Published yesterday was an Estyn inspection report after a November 2019 visit. It concentrated on safeguarding and, here, there were many strengths but lost of weaknesses. This is on top of the Care Inspe…
It's not been a good week for our public school, Schola Ruthinensis. News emerged in the Times newspaper and others, not least the Daily Mail and the Daily Post, that the school's head has been sending what are referred to as 'flirty …
The shock at yesterday evening's town council was not that Emrys Wynne was to step down from town duties. No, he'd already resigned in December (he's still a county councillor and, as such, can attend and contribute during both parts I …
The county council is again consulting on its replacement local development plan (LDP). This time, landowners have put forward additional candidate sites for development mostly as housing. The latest are south of Bro Deg and within the triangle Borthy…
There was a noticeable hike in fuel prices, yesterday, owing to the Middle East situation. For example, diesel increased 14p a gallon (3p per litre) and the cheapest gallon in Rhuthun/Ruthin now costs £5.99. There may be more bad news to come. As …
Gentlemen's barbers in Rhuthun/Ruthin have recently proliferated. Joining Lox Box, Cutting Corner and J's was Lads & Dads and, during the summer, a Turkish barber on Well Street, Rhuthun's first. There's no denying that the Turkish…
At midnight on new year's eve, St Peter's Square was once *the* place to be . Now, its but a shadow of its former self. And last night was mild and dry: a perfect evening for a gathering on the Square. Where was everyone?Or, perhaps, it was so…
