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Leader Live
25-07-2025
- Sport
- Leader Live
Brymbo and Gwersyllt Park up for the cup... and the league!
The rivals will return to 50-over Premier Division action on Saturday, before they face each other on Sunday in a big Welsh Cup showdown. It's Brymbo who will have home advantage for that match-up and the winners will join Colwyn Bay as North Wales' representatives in the quarter-finals. Brymbo skipper Dan Parry is anticipating a tough encounter in the cup and he said: 'They have got dangerous men. The overseas has found his feet. 'They have got a few of our old players in Ryan Collier and Jake James that are very dangerous. 'Then you've got the wily Iroshan de Silva.' As an added bonus, the winners know they will receive home comforts in the last-eight, with Pontarddulais their opponents. It's possible Brymbo could claim the North Wales Cricket League and Welsh Cup crowns before the summer is out, but Parry has stressed: 'I would say don't get too far ahead of ourselves! 'We have still got eight more weeks to go.' Of immediate concern is getting into a 50-over frame of mind on the back of a month of T20 action, with Brymbo returning to the longer format with tomorrow's match-up at home to Denbigh. 'I think it's going to be interesting to see how people are going to tackle the powerplay,' said Parry. 'We have had a bit of a chat about it. It's going to be back to how we were.' Brymbo are expected to make two changes for Saturday's side, with an additional amendment to Sunday's side. Gwersyllt Park will warm-up for their cup derby with tomorrow's trip to tackle Mochdre. With the T20 points now shared out, the race for the Premier Division title has just got a lot tighter. There's just eight points separating leaders Bangor from defending champions Mochdre, who are down in fifth. Northop are in sixth position and they will play host to third-placed St Asaph tomorrow. Northop skipper Bart Ryan-Beswick offered his congratulations to Bangor on winning the T20 league, while he's looking forward to the return to 50-over action. He said: "Good game upcoming this weekend and we have a strong team at home to face St Asaph." Front-runners Bangor are at Conwy and Menai Bridge, who are fourth, travel to basement side Bethesda. As with the top flight, at enthralling battle for the Division One title is also taking place. Leaders Mold are involved in the match of the day tomorrow as they pay a visit to third-placed Llandudno. Halkyn, in second position, make the trip to Pontblyddyn, while fourth-placed Hawarden Park are aiming to make home comforts count versus Mochdre Seconds. Long treks are in the offing for Connah's Quay and Northop Seconds, against Bangor Seconds and Dolgellau respectively. Meanwhile, Gresford will have home advantage for their derby clash with Brymbo Seconds. Division Two: Abergele v Llay; Llanrwst v Carmel & District; Menai Bridge 2nds v Marchwiel and Wrexham; Pwllheli v Corwen; Ruthin v Pontblyddyn 2nds; St Asaph 2nds v Buckley. Division Three: Bersham v Abergele 2nds; Buckley 2nds v Conwy 2nds; Caernarfon v Gresford 2nds; Denbigh 2nds v Hawarden Park 2nds; Gwersyllt Park 2nds v Llandudno 2nds; Mold 2nds v Bethesda 2nds. Division Four: Brymbo 3rds v Hawarden Park 3rds, Carmel & District 2nds v Bala; Connah's Quay 2nds v Pwllheli 2nds; Halkyn 2nds v Llanrwst 2nds; Marchwiel and Wrexham 2nds v Bersham 2nds; Mynydd Isa & Maeshafn v Ruthin 2nds.
BBC News
25-07-2025
- General
- BBC News
St Asaph bird nest halts clearance for fire training site
A nest of birds has temporarily held up initial site clearance for a proposed £37m fire and rescue training centre in north presence of little ringed plovers, a protected species, has been confirmed in the area of the proposed site at St Asaph Business Park in Denbighshire. It is thought this could delay work by several weeks with the situation monitored daily, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service. The scheme, still in its early stages, was previously hampered by the presence of great crested newts at the site. It was while looking into the newts issue that the nesting birds, known for their distinctive black and white head pattern, were found. It is illegal to intentionally or recklessly disturb any wild bird while nesting or building its nest. On Monday, members of the North Wales Fire and Rescue Authority heard how quiet, manual work would be permitted in the northern part of the site, but access and any machinery-based activity was prohibited until the birds October 2024 members gave their "in-principle approval" business case for a new, purpose-built training centre at St Asaph Business chief fire officer Justin Evans presented the proposal, emphasising that the current facilities were "outdated" and did not meet the standards required for modern firefighter proposed centre would feature classrooms, an incident command suite, breathing apparatus, decontamination facilities, realistic fire and road traffic collision training zones, and dedicated space for multi-agency Evans told Monday's meeting the training centre project "continued at pace", and was "on track" to start construction in 2027.
The Guardian
13-07-2025
- General
- The Guardian
Readers reply: Why can some people solve anagrams immediately?
Why can some people see the solutions to anagrams instantly? I stare at them for some time and cannot work them out, while I have friends who can solve them immediately. Annie Wilshere, St Asaph Send new questions to nq@ For simple anagrams, dyslexia helps. Words are a muddle of letters anyway, so seeing the solution is just an extension of reading sometimes. WoollyAphid I'm not dyslexic, but I have always been good at them. I just look at the letters arranged in a grid or a circle and usually the word leaps out at me in seconds. I think I have a linguistic brain, though, as I speak multiple languages, whereas I have no sense of direction at all – I could get lost in a cathedral. Some people's brains are just wired differently. My partner is a polymath, but he has struggled to learn a foreign language. When we go abroad, it's a good combination: I can do the talking and they can do the directions. FolieA2 I write the anagram in a circle and am able to see the word almost immediately. 67589959 Doesn't everyone write down the letters of an anagram in a circle? I don't know anyone who doesn't. Watch any episode of Countdown and you'll see that's what virtually every competitor does. Troy_McClure I write the vowels and consonants on separate lines, sometimes rearranging the consonants to break up common pairs. The most important thing is to break the pattern of letters in the original. ravenrider My dad was good at crosswords and anagrams and taught me to look for an ending first, eg 'ion', 'ing', 'ent'. That way, there were fewer letters to make up the rest of the word. I find it works sometimes, but not always. CazKat If you find them difficult, anagrams make your head hurt, don't they? I hate them. I was trying to do a crossword on a steam train once and was stuck with one, so I asked the man in a pinstripe and bowler hat sitting opposite me in the compartment. But he was no help whatsoever. I said: 'Excuse me, sir, but I wonder if you can help? I'm stuck for an anagram for 'flaneur' here and the tremultimate letter is R.' He replied: 'That's your funeral, then,' and went straight back to reading his FT. Well, I mean, really. ThereisnoOwl If you're ever challenged to find an anagram of 'new door', bear in mind that it's one word. EddieChorepost I've found that an anagram is best solved by the sea with a glass of armagnac. bricklayersoption
The Guardian
06-07-2025
- General
- The Guardian
Why can some people solve anagrams immediately?
Why can some people see the solutions to anagrams instantly? I stare at them for some time and cannot work them out, while I have friends who can solve them immediately. Annie Wilshere, St Asaph Post your answers (and new questions) below or send them to nq@ A selection will be published next Sunday.
The Sun
29-06-2025
- Entertainment
- The Sun
Big Brother star ordained as a deacon after turning to the church – 20 years on from finishing runner-up on reality show
A BIG Brother legend has finally been ordained as a deacon after swapping fame for the church. Series seven runner-up Glyn Wise, 37, has been working towards this moment for five years after time spent in China made him reconsider his life. 4 4 4 Last month he graduated from Bible College where he spent three years studying for a theology degree. Five weeks later, he is officially a vicar. Today, he confirmed the news, writing on Instagram: "This is Rev Glyn - I'm coming to get you! "Day 1 as an official Rev! Hard work, praying & studying has paid off - 'With God all things are possible' Math 19: 26. "Looking forward to follow in the footsteps of the disciples in the book of Acts, spreading the good word across the nations!" Glyn shared a video from his ordination ceremony inside St Asaph Cathedral, North Wales, as he was made a member of the clergy. The work of a deacon focuses on spreading and serving the Church in poor and marginalised communities. Glyn's next stage of training to become a priest will see him based in the Aled Mission Area around Old Colwyn and Betws yn Rhos, according to the diocese of St Asaph. He has already completed a 770km pilgrimage to the iconic Santiago de Compostela in Spain, believed to be the burial site of the apostle St James, as part of his faith journey. DIVINE INTERVENTION Religion has always played a big part in Glyn 's life and previously told how he "prayed my way onto Big Brother". Speaking on This Morning in 2022, he said: 'I grew up in a religious family and I prayed my way onto Big Brother. Pete, Glyn and Victor appear on Big Brother 5 as they reunite 17 years after show "I was asking God can you please just get me into Big Brother. 'I was 16 thinking there must be so much more to life, life is so predestined, school then university and I wanted something so different for me. 'Big Brother was what I wanted and it changed everything.' Previously, he told how he counts Hollywood actor and Wrexham AFC co-owner Ryan Reynolds as one of the congregation at his local church in North Wales. After dropping out of the limelight, Glyn went on to have a normal life, heading to university two years and becoming a teacher. He then decided to go travelling and ended up working in Shanghai, China, where he 'got rid of the Glyn from Big Brother tag'. With Christianity growing at a massive scale across Asia, Glyn embraced his faith and decided to train as a vicar once he got home in 2020. He previously opened up on what his course entailed and said: 'I'm learning theology, going into depth about the Bible and learning how to cope with people, because you're not only the vicar, you're someone to listen, you're a psychiatrist, you have to help sort people's lives out and spread the good word. 'So there's a concoction of stuff that you need to learn before you become a vicar.' Despite sporting a very different look now, Glyn says he still gets Big Brother fans coming up to him in church — and he will often weave his past into his sermons. He said: 'I've got a beard now, I've shaved my head, I'm a man not a boy, but yeah, there's conversations about Big Brother that still come up. People come to church and are like, 'I really loved you when you cooked that egg'. 'And I'm like, 'Can we talk about Jesus Christ now, the Saviour?'. 'But I feel like when you've lived a good life, you've got a lot to talk about when you're up in the pulpit doing a sermon.'
