I see that the good people of Virginia, USA, are, like us, also struggling to cope with an outbreak of a gastroenteritis bug. And the local newspaper, , even mentions the closure of three wards at Ysbyty Glan Clwyd in Bodelwyddan. Today, we think the internet has made our world a smaller place - but this stomach bug proves we're connected whether you've got an internet connection or not. PS. We'll forgive them for thinking that the hospital is in England.
A theme that comes up time and again in Talk of the Town is the effect a minority have on the good people of our towns, particularly on some housing estates and they want - and deserve - the peace to be restored, don't you think?
Yes, so we are told, much is being done to change the image of places like Maes Gwyn, Flint; Caia Park & Plas Madoc, Wrexham; & the Rezo or Reservation, Rhyl. But the comments people are mailing in with show there are still problems.
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reports that the influx of immigrants has prompted Wrexham Council to consider introducing local knowledge tests for taxi drivers - following applications from people who apparently can't even speak the lingo! And you can have a go online...
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As a local history fan I have to admit more than a passing curiousity about the former WWII secret weapons site, Rhydymwyn Valley Works. I mean, isn't it amazing to think that Churchill chose a site on our doorstep to manufacture weapons and help with research into the atomic bomb. It's like finding out your taid was a secret agent who did all kinds of things unthinkable outside of war time.
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Our local councils are creating an online property search system to save people time and money when buying houses, according to .
Have you heard about PC Ken Sinclair from North Wales Police who was honoured last night as one of the UK's most community-minded bobbies? Basically, he learned Polish due to the rising numbers of migrant workers in the Wrexham & Flintshire area - and it led to him identifying a number of people with links to organised crime in Poland.
PS. Chief Constable writes in his blog that he is now seriously looking at the idea to recruit Polish police officers.
You can't help liking those old boys from Fron Choir because, despite the fact they are number one in the , they haven't let fame go to their heads.
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I pose the question because of news that North Wales Police is thinking of using Polish police officers to overcome any language barriers with something in the region of 8,000 Poles living and working in the Wrexham area alone. And there are claims today that a continued influx of people will put a strain on local public services. What do you reckon?
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TV viewers have voted to spend £50,000 of lottery money on a community project called “Our Backyard, Our Community” which will see a stretch of open land in Bistre, known locally as the Flash, developed into a youth shelter, multi-use games area and play area. The project won over a rival Bangor-on-Dee-based project, reports
I took my family to see the Party with Pudsey concert at Colwyn Bay on Friday night and we weren't disappointed - despite the rain. The Feeling were fantastic and Jamelia certainly warmed us up though she must have been freezing in that outfit! You can now watch highlights online, plus find out what locals have been up to for Children in Need this year, like one schoolboy who kissed all the girls in his class to raise £15. I'm unsure whether he paid for the privilege but a clever idea, don't you think?
We've just received a fanatasic photo of Denbigh looking over the town and the Vale of Clwyd from the sky and all the way over to the wind farm off Prestatyn coast.
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Have you seen the aerial photos of Rhyl's new , the family-friendly open air development which aims to spruce up the Prom? It makes you hopeful that Rhyl could finally find its old form.
More of our fab contributors have submitted old photos which show snapshots of past lives - this time in Corwen and Flint and they share the same theme - flooding.
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So what can be done now since Welsh Assembly Minister Carwyn Jones announced he will not come to the aid of protesters fighting against the use of the former Hafod Quarry as a landfill for rubbish from Merseyside? reports that campaigners are "utterly devastated". But what can they do now to oppose the landfill?
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If you weren't lucky enough to get one of the 10,000 tickets to this Friday's Party for Pudsey concert in Colwyn Bay then you can listen and watch online as we'll be covering the gig featuring Ronan Keating, Jamelia and The Feeling, among others. It will be updated on the night but it's currently showing highlights of last years performers like Madness & the Sugababes.
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Apparently we're a unfit bunch in Flintshire and Wrexham. So much so that we've been given a share of a £2.6m pot of money to encourage us to get out more to get in shape.
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Judith Kilshaw is in the news again, this time for saying she wouldn't want back the twins she and her solicitor husband, Alan, bought for £8,200 over the internet in 2001 in the US and then brought back to their former home in Buckley.
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At last, work is due to start to reduce congestion on the Deeside-Cheshire border at the end of the M56 and into North Wales. reports that an exhibition starts today at to show more about the A5117 Deeside Park junctions improvements to build a 5km (3.1 mile) dual carriageway to replace the roundabouts.
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There is concern among householders in St Asaph about plans to build up to 800 new homes in the area over the coming years, according to reports on our Welsh language news website, 91ȱ Cymru'r Byd.
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That's what caterers have told the when explaining why Denbighshire's schools meals service faces collapse because less pupils than ever are eating their supposedly more healthy school dinners.
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Thanks to our latest contributors, among them Thomas, Elizabeth and Barbara, for sharing some great old photos and stories to bring the region's history back to life.
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Ronan Keating, The Feeling and Jamelia are the first three acts to confirm they'll be performing at the Party for Pudsey Children in Need concert on November 17. This year the free concert is being held in Colwyn Bay and not Wrexham. Tickets are available free online.
On the face of it, vandalism to a playground is just that - but comments by Lindsey struck a chord for she suggests the damage has a bigger effect on children and the wider community than might, at first, be realised.
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A new local history book is being launched on Saturday in Buckley Library revealing more about the origins of Buckley and the surrounding communities of Mold, Ewloe and Hawarden, according .
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There's been much said in this blog and in the local Press about the future of Flint Hospital, with the majority of people incensed they could lose their facility. But now people can officially record their views with which has launched an about what people want.
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There are a number of bonfires & fireworks events being held across the region this weekend and we've pulled together a quick guide in the Family Fun section of the Entertainment mini site.
| 07:18 UK time, Thursday, 30 November 2006
