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Corwen motor legend's bike to feature at Llangollen

A PRICELESS piece of biking history once owned by a Cowen racing legend is set to star at the county’s very first motorbike show in Llangollen next month.Read

Football poet to visit Denbigh and Llangollen

A FOOTBALL fanatic turned prominant poet will be visiting Denbigh and Llangollen next week to help celebrate the National Year of Reading.Read

Welsh-influenced Union Flag launched at Llangollen

A CONTROVERSIAL campaign to redesign the Union Flag with Welsh elements has been launched by an English flag fanatic at the International Eisteddfod in Llangollen last week.Read

Llangollen school pupils taste Japanese food culture

LLANGOLLEN students from 17 of the town’s schools swapped sandwiches for sushi during their recent transition week as part of a celebration of Japanese culture.Read

Llangollen Fringe Festival, July 24

LLANGOLLEN jazz lovers are set for a treat later this month when top performers take to the town to help open this year’s Fringe Festival.Read

Llangollen's Ysgol Dinas Bryn gets £2.6m makeover

A £2.6m pound revamp has begun at Llangollen's Ysgol Dinas Bran this week in a bid to end lessons being held in temporary buildings on the site.Read

Ysgol Clocaenog pupil Francine Whitehead with the school's prize-winning display

Ruthin's Ysgol Clocaenog wins Llangollen gardening prize

SUCCESS has blossomed for children from a Ruthin school after a planted wheelbarrow they entered into a Llangollen competition won the top honours earlier this month.Read

Superlambanana to appear at Llangollen Eisteddfod

VISITORS flocking to this year’s International Eisteddfod in Llangollen next week will come face to face with a controversial icon of Liverpool - the Superlambanana.Read

Llangollen TT racer features in new PlayStation game

A LLANGOLLEN speed demon is the latest star of the PlayStation generation after he and his superbike were transformed for a computer game released this week.Read

Second play to feature Llangollen Deepcut victim's death

A SECOND theatre production is to focus on the death of tragic Llangollen soldier Cheryl James, who died more than a decade ago in controversial circumstances.Read

Musical treat at Llangollen's Plas Newydd

LADIES of Llangollen and their gentleman partners will be able to hear some of history’s finest music this Saturday thanks to the talents of a visiting minstrel.Read

Llangollen eisteddfod given children's day backing

LLANGOLLEN’S International Eisteddfod next month is set for support from a concrete king after one of North Wales’ biggest building suppliers decided to sponsor the event.Read

Clwyd children to offer Llangollen goodwill message

CHILDREN from across Clwyd will be the latest Llangollen recruits to help read the town’s annual message of goodwill at the International Eisteddfod next week.Read

Young folk band to star at Llangollen youth day

A QUARTET of funky folk musicians are among the stars signed up to play in Llangollen next week as part of the town’s International Youth Day.Read

Man found dead at Pontcysyllte Aqueduct faced charges

A WREXHAM man found dead at an aqueduct near Llangollen was facing charges related to indecent photographs, it has been revealed.Read

Denbigh Rock Project reaches out to youths

A DENBIGH music duo are reaching out to young rockers across the UK.Read

Salvador Dali statue yours for £17,000 at Llangollen

A STATUE by Salvador Dali will be one of the stars of the Llangollen Gardening Show when it goes on sale this weekend.Read

Motorbike show to hit Llangollen Pavilion in August

LLANGOLLEN looks set to become a motorbike mecca after plans were announced this week to hold a bikers’ bonanza in the town this summer.Read

Iolo Williams to appear at Llangollen gardening event

TV naturalist Iolo Williams will be one of the leading lights of gardening appearing in Llangollen this weekend for the town’s third gardening show.Read

Deepcut victim Cheryl James' death to feature in play

THE deaths of four British soldiers at Deepcut - including Llangollen's Cheryl James - are to be serialised on stage later this year staged by families affected by the tragedies.Read