Jonathan Grieve

An appeal has been lodged following plans for a new raw board store at wood-based panel manufacturer Kronospan being refused.

A public consultation into future development around the canal World Heritage Site at Pontcysyllte Aqueduct continues. Two consultation events were scheduled before Christmas but one had to be cancelled due to snow and bad weather.

PLANS to cut funding for Wrexham’s World Heritage Site must not see the county lose its “jewel in the crown”, a meeting heard. Members of Wrexham Council's employment, business and investment scrutiny committee were examining budget proposals at the Guildhall, including a suggestion to save £40,000 by allowing the Canal and River Trust to take more of a lead at the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct site.

BUNGLING thieves were caught by police after a “hare-brained” scheme to steal diesel failed. Andrew Burton, of Heol Kenyon, Johnstown and Mark Richards, of Monkmoor Close, Oswestry, had gone to Hafod landfill in Ruabon with the intention of siphoning diesel from vehicles.

The cast of a popular festive pantomime delivered a jolly helping of Christmas cheer and laughter to a hospital children’s ward. Cast members from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, which is currently performing at the Stiwt in Rhos, visited youngsters at The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital (RJAH) in Gobowen, near Oswestry.

A 200-year-old engineering masterpiece is going under the microscope for a vital inspection. Chirk Tunnel, of one of the centrepieces of the 11-mile Llangollen Canal World Heritage Site designed by Thomas Telford, will be checked out by Canal and River Trust workers.

Fears have been raised that Wrexham could lose its World Heritage Site if plans to allow a new storage unit at Kronospan were approved. Wrexham Council’s planning committee met at the Guildhall yesterday to discuss proposals for a new raw board store at the factory in Chirk.

Plans to extend Kronospan by building a new storage unit could be refused. The Chirk-based firm submitted an application to Wrexham Council to build a new raw board storage facility to house medium density fibreboard and chipboard.

People dismayed by long delays at Wrexham Maelor Hospital’s emergency department have sought treatment in Oswestry, a councillor has claimed. Councillor Derek Wright says people in his Cefn Mawr division are fed up of waiting hours to be seen at the hospital and have instead started going across the border to Oswestry for treatment where they are usually seen and treated within an hour.

Urgent answers are being sought after a town was covered in debris from a nearby wood factory. Residents in Chirk contacted Clwyd South MP Susan Elan Jones following the pollution incident on Wednesday evening, with many likening the falling material to a “snowfall”.