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Yesterday's (April 27th, 2022) most read articles on the Free Press website. Note items 2 and 10. How depressing that these feature as most read on a news site about the locality.

The Death of Hyper-local Democracy

No matter how you draw the boundary around Rhuthun/Ruthin, neither the town nor any of the local community councils will face an election this May.  There are 19 community councils in and around Rhuthun with a total of 169 available seats. The number …

Denied

So, we won't be having an election for our town councillors.  Remember the hoo-ha during the April 2021 town council by-election? The town council had two vacancies and these would usually be replaced by co-opting. In spite of only 12 months to th…

They Think it's All Over

Or, to paraphrase Keith Wolstenholme, *we* think it's all over. But it ain't.  Covid 19 is now as rampant as it has ever been. In fact, it's more so. It's thought to impact one up to in 12 in Wales and one in 13 in the UK. In other wor…

Off a Cliff

There are more problems along the Cunning Green . On March 31st, a structural engineer examined the Lord's Garden wall along the Cunning Green perimeter side. This was because staff had noticed that slate on the elevated path at the edge of the si…

Sold!

There's gotta be a property price crash in the offing. Surely, we cannot continue with this over-inflated bull housing market. When houses on Parc Brynhyfryd, for example, reach the market for £435,000 and are selling for £400,000 you know that th…

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