Following Cabinet approval on 19 November 2024 Denbighshire County Council has agreed to sell the authority’s office building in Denbigh to Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board subject to terms being agreed between both parties This move will allow the health board to develop a much-needed health and social care hub in the town which will be of significant benefit to the residents of Denbigh and further afield Plans for the site are still in development but the new Hub is likely to include primary care midwifery service and space for the Community Resource Team As well as bringing valuable health and social care services to the town this new wellbeing hub will offer significant social and economic wellbeing benefits to the area Performance and Strategic Assets at the Council said: “Following an informal tender process a decision has been made to pursue the disposal of the Caledfryn building to the health board It’s great to be able to keep this building in public ownership and even better that it will bring essential services to a local community “As part of the Council’s work to identify savings the decision to close Caledfryn was made in December 2023,  and since then which has already led to savings for the Council I’m very much looking forward to seeing a new future for Caledfryn as a hub for the community in Denbigh and the surrounding areas.” Read more: We are asking for your support to help limit the spread of viruses - Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board Lead Member for Health and Social Care at Denbighshire County Council said: “There are constant increasing demands on health and social care teams and the work that they carry out in the community is invaluable This new hub will be a real asset to Denbigh.” said: “I’m delighted to now be able to reveal this news which I believe is extremely positive for people living in and around Denbigh “Most of our work takes place in the community so I believe grabbing the opportunity to move from outdated premises to superior accommodation shows our long-term commitment to providing the services people need “The development would mean we can relocate our teams in Trefeirian and Noddfa purpose-built accommodation once adaptations have been made “We are acutely aware this means Denbigh Men’s Shed will need to find alternative accommodation We have made contact with the organisation ahead of this announcement and pledged any practical assistance we can give as they search for an alternative venue partners and the public updated on the progress of the development Following Ministerial agreement for Welsh Government to fund the purchase and subject to a successful planning application to Denbighshire County Council the project is expected to be completed in the next financial year.” The Local Planning Authority will be seeking to validate the recently submitted planning application and would then undertake a statutory consultation process Keep up to date with health board news by signing up to our mailing list Sign up (es-mail.co.uk) Cookies are small text files saved on your phone, tablet or computer when you visit a website. 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Denbigh students and teachers have helped to inform future priorities for floodplain-meadows research Why did we engage with students and teachers from Denbigh School The Natural Environment Research Council, also known as NERC, funded staff from the Open University to work with practitioners to explore an aspect of green infrastructure The project is called ‘Mitti’ Matters. ‘Mitti’ (मिट्टी), Geeta Ludhra identified this key concept during the early stages of the project. Mitti is the Panjabi word for soil. Geeta Ludhra explains the significance of mitti in more detail in this post Continue reading → Mitti Matters!” Dr Geeta Ludhra was responding enthusiastically to my clumsy attempts to explain the value of floodplain meadows The word ‘mitti’ evokes ancestral land memories for many first and second-generation British South Asians like Geeta through family histories and nostalgic stories that the elders carried with them from the Motherland It can hold a deep spiritual and inter-generational dimension of Panjabi folk traditions and celebrations of festivals like Lohri and Vaisakhi And Mitti really does matter to Geeta, her identity, her family history and her connections to landscapes. Once Geeta had explained this to me ‘Mitti Matters’ had to be the name of our latest project Vicky Bowskill and Emma Rothero) helped me to plan our walk together sharing scientific and cultural information Continue reading → In early May 2024 I visited the University of Aberdeen. Colleagues and I from the international PCST Network reviewed sites for the biennial conference that’s scheduled for 27-29 May 2025 During the course of the visit I presented in a symposium on the themes of the forthcoming PCST Conference (Traditions, Transitions and Tensions) alongside old friends from the EU-funded project ENSCOT My contribution to the discussion of the themes of the forthcoming PCST Conference explored traditions in science communication Continue reading → Denbigh students and teachers have helped to inform future priorities for urban tree research in Milton Keynes The Natural Environment Research Council, also known as NERC, funded staff from the Open University and Forest Research to explore an aspect of ecology Continue reading → This is the third of three linked blog posts produced by the NERC-funded ‘Landscape Stories’ team. (The other posts are here: Celebrating diverse connections to nature and Talking the talk: storied walks in nature) Continue reading → This is the second of three linked blog posts produced by the NERC-funded ‘Landscape Stories’ team. (The first of the three posts is here: Talking the talk: storied walks in nature) Walking and talking in a winter wonderland Continue reading → we are co-designing walking routes that showcase aspects of the geological landscape and ecological evolution of the Chiltern’s AONB We are particular interested in exploring ways to connect environmental science people and cultures through ‘storied walks’ The Dadima’s walking group and OU team on the top of Ivinghoe Beacon Here we present the first of a series of reflective guides to our ‘storied walks’. This guide is for a circular walk of around seven miles from the National Trust Visitor Centre on the Ashridge Estate to Ivinghoe Beacon (The latter is designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) for its wildlife.) Continue reading → Astrobiology is (to slightly mis-quote Douglas Adams) ‘… big For AstrobiologyOU it’s not enough to study life on Earth and in space Not enough to look here and on other planets and their moons for evidence that life exists or might have existed Nor even enough to explore the environments that support could support or might once have supported life on Earth or elsewhere in the Universe If you would like to know more about the work of AstrobiologyOU and the people who are doing it, please explore the Astrobiology Collection or visit the AstrobiologyOU website Continue reading → Working with Nuffield Research Placement Scheme co-ordinators, Dr Pallavi Anand promoted the scheme across STEM to host nine ‘A’ level students during the summer of 2022. Students were placed in various academic schools in the STEM Faculty One of the placement students (Ifaz Ahmed) and his host (Dr Dhouha Kbaier), based in the School of Computing and Communication have captured their experiences of the summer placement in this post My placement was evaluating the application of data science and machine learning in different research areas (e.g or identifying patterns in lifestyle or medical records in patients with a specific disease or illness) Continue reading → During the summer holiday, I took part in a research placement with Dr Pallavi Anand in the School of Environment, Earth and Ecosystem Sciences at the Open University The placement involved coding a MATLAB toolkit to a more accessible program such as Python that would use paleoclimate data to solve for past seawater temperature Continue reading → Sign our campaign for a grant funding review Sign-off is expected next week to enable the £13m first phase of the historic North Wales Hospital’s redevelopment The NWH project was included in the Vale of Clywd’s £20m allocation in the third round of the Levelling Up Fund and then confirmed for support in Labour’s October Budget Put forward in 2021 by Ruthin business Jones Bros the redevelopment project involves a series of demolitions of outbuildings creating 34 apartments within the historic building structure and building 300 new homes and 12,000 sq ft of business space around the 22-acre site the project comes under the guidance of Ambition North Wales the body comprising leaders and chief executives of the region’s councils ANW is pulling together the funding package and has taken the project through a five-stage business case process Three phases are mapped out for what is expected to be a £107m project Growth Fund backing of £7m is earmarked for phase one and Denbighshire County Council’s cabinet is now asked to give final sign-off for the LUF allocation to be granted to the developer Phase one will set the foundations for the actual development to follow being made up of a programme of demolitions and the installation of infrastructure including a main site road and introduction of bio-habitat infrastructure “the ambition of the project is to deliver a scheme of physical regeneration improvements to the site of the Former North Wales Hospital and to save a grade two*-listed building of significant importance that has not been occupied since 1996 The proposal represents a huge economic development opportunity to Denbigh and Denbighshire.” one of them led by the Prince’s Trust in 2014 Denbighshire County Council’s cabinet is expected to rubber-stamp the process at its meeting on Tuesday 21 January Read our comments policy Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value" Fantastic to see that something is finally happening with this amazing building however could very easily turn in to a massive cash sponge but how will it impact regeneration and development in the area Find out at Place North West’s half-day conference in June Gwynedd Council has voted to defer an application submitted by Cadnant Planning detailing the reset of a former brickworks into a 62,400 sq ft recycling plant for soils Register for free North West property intelligence Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_2" ).setAttribute( "value" Join more than 13,000 property professionals and sign up to receive your free daily round-up of built environment news direct to your inbox By subscribing, you are agreeing to our Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy. Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_3" ).setAttribute( "value" Denbigh Town striker Nathan Brown has scored in every round he has played in of the JD Welsh Cup this season and believes the added pressure of being one of the senior players in the squad has helped him thrive as the Reds target a place in the semi-finals A tough challenge awaits them on Saturday as JD Cymru South leaders Llanelli Town head to Central Park (KO 14:00) but the 26-year old is desperate to continue his excellent run of form in the competition and is confident his side can deliver “It’s a massive opportunity for us,” Brown told FAW.cymru this week “But we have to beat what’s in front of us on Saturday We’ve had over 1,000 people at our last two Boxing Day games and since I’ve been at the club we’ve had some really good crowds so that’s what we want again at the weekend we want to perform and for everyone to turn up and get behind us Llanelli are on a really good run and we’ve watched a few clips They look physical but also a really good side We’re a team that likes to play and hopefully our quality on the day will shine through Denbigh have reached the quarter-final stage – for the first time for the first time in their history – with victories over lower-league opponents in Llangefni Town Brown registered three goals and three assists in the latter tie as his side ran out 7-1 winners with Owen Davies also helping himself to a hat-trick in the convincing win (below) The accolades continued after the match as Brown was voted Player of the Round and the striker has now scored 20 goals in all competitions this season “We’ve performed well in the Welsh Cup games this season and scored a lot of goals,” he added “While we’ve been quite lucky to play teams that are in the league below “We played Llanuwchllyn in pre-season and we were expecting it to be a tough game and the scoreline makes it look more comfortable than it was on the day but sometimes you just have to be ruthless in games like that It was a good performance and a good result “I was proud to be named Player of the Round It was the first time I’ve had that and it was a good feeling It’s probably my best season at the moment and I’m playing my best football I’m one of the oldest in the team now so I have felt a bit more pressure to deliver “In previous seasons we’ve had some older lads who have helped to push us through games but this year I’ve taken on a bit more of that leadership and responsibility I like the added pressure and I think that’s why I’ve performed better.” Although Denbigh Town are currently ninth in the JD Cymru North manger Dewi Llion Jones is developing a young and exciting side while the continuous ground improvements at Central Park – ahead of hosting matches at next year’s UEFA U19 Championship – indicate a bright future for the club both on and off the field The Reds head into Saturday’s match having taken seven points from their last three league games “When these Welsh Cup games come around you do look forward to them,” Brown added “If you can get a good run in the competition it really builds momentum There’s a lot of work going on and off the pitch at the club which the players recognise “Dewi has done a really good job with the team it’s really young but there’s so much talent there and they will benefit from the experience of this Welsh Cup run and if we can keep this group together then in the next two or three years I think we could really challenge at the top of the table.” Brown has consistently delivered since arriving at Central Park in the summer of 2022 and scored 30 goals as his team claimed a league and cup double in his first campaign where he played two games in the JD Cymru Premier in a season disrupted by the pandemic Brown still has ambitions of returning to the domestic top-flight “I’ve always said that I want to play at least one full season in the Cymru Premier at some point,” he added “I got promoted with Airbus but at the time it didn’t work out for me to make that step-up I’ve always said that I want to get Denbigh Town to the Cymru Premier as Dewi has helped me a lot and he’s got me back to enjoying football again The New Saints come from behind to take Nomads crown in JD Welsh Cup final Project Chwarae: FAW to undertake a review of weather-related postponements in grassroots football Cardiff City defeat Wrexham to lift Bute Energy Welsh Cup Close ModalLearn more from FA WalesSign up to receive all things FAW We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data – view our privacy policy by clicking here © 2025 The Football Association of Wales * We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data – view our privacy policy by clicking here by | Thursday, 17 October, 2024 | Pubs and Bars News This latest acquisition will grow the company’s portfolio to a total of 10 pubs This already includes popular destinations such as The Cottage Loaf and The Jug and Bottle and The Ring O’ Bells Through the Denbigh development, Stange & Co which prides itself on restoring historic buildings aims to create around 35 full- and part-time jobs in the area “People are at the heart of this business and we are excited for this opportunity to bring both new employees and customers into the Stange & Co family,” said managing director Daniel McLennan “We are tremendously thankful to NatWest who continue to support our growth as a business The team we work with have been great in taking the time to understand the business and the lasting memories we are hoping to bring to new communities.” It’s Beer Today’s 20th anniversary this month!I love updating this site, but it needs more Patreon supporters to survive into the future. 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