A MUM of three who overcame breast cancer, the death of her unborn child and the loss of her mother to go to university at the age of 31 has won a student of the year award. Stacey Radcliffe, from Rhyl, went to Glyndwr University in Wrexham in 2014 to study for a degree in complementary therapies and healthcare.
The 2017 budget unveiled by the Chancellor Philip Hammond at Westminster came with several headline grabbing changes to how the nation’s finances are governed. Many of the headlines were taken by the scrapping of Stamp Duty for first-time buyers of properties under £300,000 which only affects purchases in England.
A Council have announced they are to launch a new video they hope will encourage shoppers to use their local high streets over the festive period. Denbighshire County Council has produced its second festive shopping clip to showcase the wide range of products available on the county’s high streets.
Denbighshire County Council’s chief executive, Dr Mohammed Mehmet has announced that he will stand down from his role in April. Dr Mehmet started in the position in late 2007 as an interim corporate director for lifelong learning before being appointed chief executive.
A Council has been criticised over their decision to continue charging disabled badge holders in pay and display car parks. Denbighshire County Council’s Communitees Scrutiny Committee discussed a report which considered scrapping car park charges for disabled badge holders before recommending charges remained in place.
Two Denbighshire schools went through to the final of a national enterprise competition after winning big in their regional heats. Enterprise Troopers, the annual competition run by Big Ideas Wales - part of the Welsh Government’s Youth Entrepreneurship Service - brings together five to 11 year olds from across the country, with participating learners joining together in teams to run their own enterprises, selling merchandise and services of their choosing in their schools and local communities.
