Those standing for Penyffordd County Councillors 2008

Bithell, Colin C	5 Allerton Close, Penyffordd, Nr. Chester, . CH4 0NJ	Independent	Jones, Thomas W Taylor, Valerie M C
Williams, David Trevor D T	Cae Derw, Wrexham Road, Pen-Y-Ffordd, Near Chester, Flintshire. CH4 0HT		Griffiths, Peter Ellis, Mark
Hinds, Cynthia C	38 Berwyn Avenue, Pen-Y-Ffordd, Nr. Chester, Flintshire, . CH4 OHS	Labour Party Candidate/Ymgeisydd Plaid Lafur	Thomas, Joan J Jones, Lorna P

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Flintshire drug dealer forced to sell home after court fines

POLICE say a two-year investigation which has resulted in a Penyffordd couple having to pay back £146,000 shows drug crime does not pay.
Inspector Alan Oldfield of the Eastern Division of the North Wales Police said, "This concludes an investigation that has been on-going for over two years.

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Paul Cowley from Penyffordd learns lesson with loan comparison websites

Rising numbers of borrowers are finding that the interest rate they are quoted when comparing loans is not the same as the one they are charged when the money is borrowed.

Paul Cowley is one driver who used a comparison website to search the market for the best deal, but ended up paying more than he expected.

Mr Cowley, 23, who lives in Penyffordd, Chester, was the proud owner of a Vauxhall Corsa, but he had been thinking about an upgrade.

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Road Accident A5104

Two car collision last Wednesday. 7.30 pm
Flintshire County Council have repaired the barrier already I see.
The accident happened on the junction of Chester Rd with the A5104.

Penyffordd Unsocial Behaviour update

The fragrant Kate Forrester in The Evening Leader writes

THREE South Flintshire police officers have pledged to crack down on anti-social behaviour.

Buckley community beat managers, PC Gareth Pearson and PC Phil Mather, are planning to distribute questionnaires across the town and in nearby Penyffordd, to find out more about any issues that concern residents.
They are also intending to tackle problems with anti-social behaviour, under-age drinking and speeding.
PC Mather said: "The big thing in Buckley is fear of crime. Crime is actually falling in Buckley. People's fear is not always backed up by the figures.
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Penyffordd War Zone

I have in front of me the list of ASBO incidents for November.
We also can add Hewitt's Barn on fire plus others for December and January.

Fire at Hewitt's Barn behind the butchers

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Fire started about 6.45. ? At first I thought is was a house on fire. Firebrigade turned up at about 6. 55 pm. Three fire tenders I think. Also in attendance in plain clothes North Wales Police Inspector Alun Oldfield who said hello.
Two Police officers in attendance, may be from Buckley. Not PC Chris Pullen who was perhaps off duty.
Local young man who lived not far from the fire was angry because he thought local youths had probably started it. Took the fire brigade about 15 minutes to get blaze under control.

In one of the images the leylandii can be seen on fire. The nearest houses were down wind of the barn, then there were the very tall leylandii trees and then the houses. The houses seemed less than 75 yards from the burning building. With the severe winds blowing towards the houses there appeared to me a danger to the houses if the fire brigade had not acted so quickly.
Local butcher Steve Vaughn went to see if he could contact Mr Hewitt who owns the farm.
The farm building are in the area where local youths have been causing trouble. Three weeks ago they trashed the phone box. Is it the same youths?
Police helicopter turned up 7.40 pm and did some hovering for 20 minutes.

90 minutes after the start the fire brigade are still there trying to totally extinguish the smouldering building which I think contained hay. The buildings are part of what you used to be the turkey farm.
120 minutes on the firebrigade still struggle to put out smoke.

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Car Accident at Penyffordd By-Pass

Road accident at Penymynydd By-Pass Junction at about 1.00pm . Two ambulances called.

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BREAKING NEWS 9:45am - Blaze at Penyffordd
FIRE crews are fighting a kitchen blaze at a home in Penyffordd.
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Just around the corner, didnt hear a thing!