Rhuthun / Ruthin

Town and Around is always a good read. It actually covers stories and issues in more depth than the Free Press . Unlike the Free Press, it majors on ‘long form’ articles with some in-depth analysis. The current Spring 2024 issue is out and available f…

There were no doubt a few people celebrating in Rhuthun/Ruthin yesterday at news of the demise of the velodrome project . Notably those on Parc Brynhyfryd, who would’ve had to live with the consequences. It was they who had no say before the major pro…

Were you one of the score of people who watched the pre-Christmas town council live on Facebook? We weren't but informed sources state that if you were then this was your last opportunity to see the town council in action via that particular platf…

I doubt I shall call in the post office again this year.  Grocery products introduced in 2022 are now much reduced at the post office This month, I've been in twice. That's a bit of a record. It's the season for Christmas stamps and one p…

Ruthin people each year are so supportive of our remembrance service , even during bad weather. Yesterday's was the coldest and wettest in five years and more. The band of rain could not have arrived at a less fortuitous hour. It was hoods up and …

Informed sources say that today's the day that the town's planters come down. I'm sure that even the town council would agree that this year's examples have been disappointing. By the end of the season, they've become ratty, weedy …

We used to have CCTV in Rhuthun/Ruthin town centre. It was part-time and covered little ground. That's gone. Informed sources report that, at a meeting a fortnight or so ago, a town councillor asked that CCTV be widely reintroduced in Rhuthun. Th…

There have been so many co-optees on the town council that we're starting to lose track. Now we discover that there's a further vacancy, with the resignation of former mayor Ian Lewney. His was an unusual mayoral year, thanks to that parking i…

There's no doubt about the popularity in Rhuthun/Ruthin of our new mayor, Cllr Anne Roberts MBE. The esteem with which she is accorded resulted in I'd suggest about 170 to 200 Ruthinites present at her Civic Sunday church service yesterday at …

We have a new mayor. This follows last night’s town council's annual general meeting.  There was criticism that the show was not streamed live but in all honesty there's nothing controversial at any of the AGMs. There's no actual business …

There's a parody of the famous Monty Python line, 'What have the Romans English ever done for us?' Well, irrespective of your views on today's C word, they're giving us an extra bank holiday. Yes, another one . Perhaps not as many…

The shot the Sunday Times chose to illustrate Rhuthun was unexpected It's out. The Sunday Times 'Best Places to Live' guide. So, what does it say about the Welsh winner , Rhuthun/Ruthin? And, how accurate is it? We liked the Old Courthouse…

Nothing of particular to note at the town council on Monday evening, except we know who the next town mayor and deputy town mayor will be (from May 2023). In something of the usual forcedand scripted dialogue, the seemingly pre-agreed-outside-the-room…

In a post-coronavirus legacy, our town council meetings continue to be broadcast. The only county councillor present at yesterday evening's town council got a tongue lashing, for installing new exercise equipment at Cae Ddol without any consultati…

The town council has sponsored three 'community books of you' designed to gather memories of Ruthin castle, Ysgol Borthyn and retail shops in Ruthin. They've been produced by a local company. They will be officially launched later this aft…

When in May 2021 we reported on the town council debating parliamentary constituency boundaries, we remarked ' who realistically is going to listen to a small town council representing some 6,000 people ?' May 2021 propsals The town council wa…

At last night's town council amenities committee, the town council is again pressing ahead with its plan to provide a coach drop off point outside The Old Courthouse. A town centre location means coach parties having looked around town will (or sh…

There is a new webpage for the clerk and deputy clerk of Rhuthun/Ruthin town council. The deputy clerk's role is to look after The Old Courthouse and I cannot help but wonder whether her job title in English (the old courthouse manager) means she&…

We learnt recently that one of our newest residents who moved this spring, late of Sussex and who now lives in Pwllglas, chose the Rhuthun/Ruthin area not because of our fine heritage and streetscape, not because of our quality schools or our sense of…

This tickled me. It followed a Free Press article yesterday on Ethangate . How can there be no one available for comment at Rhuthun/Ruthin town council... if there was someone available to speak to the press?