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Save this nursery

I was shocked to read that the T Tryweryn Nursery in Caernarfon might have to close at the end of March. Read

Time to be tough with the Israelis

WITH over 700 already dead in Gaza – mostly innocent civilians and many children – one is appalled at the inaction of the international community. Read

A capital let-down

WELL, now that 2008 is history, what did North Wales get out of the 2008 European Capital of Culture after being hoodwinked into supporting Liverpool’s bid, other than that ridiculous half horse half banana that was perched near the summit of Moel Famaau for a few weeks for some reason? Read

House fire

FIREFIGHTERS were last night called to a blaze in a house in Bangor. Read

1. Which member of the Royal Family has been honoured for giving beards a positive image?

2. What can affect a person’s sanity? Read

We are helping small businesses

I READ Dylan Jones-Evans’ comment piece in your newspaper on December 22 about support for small businesses and business rates in Wales. Read

Worry about floods, not turbines

HOW can one hold a rational argument with people who are so hostile to wind turbines they go to great lengths to repeatedly twist the facts about them? Read

1865 Rudyard Kipling, English author, was born in India where some of his best novels and short stories are set.

1879 The first performances of Gilbert & Sullivan’s The Pirates Of Penzance took place in the Bijou Theatre, Paignton. Read

A NURSE who has been missing for more than a week was found alive in the boot of a car yesterday.

Magdeline Makola had not been seen since she left work at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary on December 15. Read

Hatred of anything beautiful

FOR those who are familiar with JRR Tolkien’s 'Lord of the Rings' there is a race of creatures called Orcs – a sub-species made ugly by hatred of all things of beauty. In brief, to help their master to bring darkness to the world they uproot forests, burn the trees and make war on all other races and species in their obsession with destruction. The even hate each other. Read

No aid for rail plans

FURTHER To your article headlined ‘New rail service may cost us jobs’, which appeared in the Daily Post on Monday December 22 2008, Arriva Trains Wales’ new proposed direct service from Aberystwyth to London Marylebone would be operated purely on a commercial basis and will therefore receive no public subsidy. Read

A POSTMAN suffered “severe” arm injuries when he was attacked by two Rottweiler dogs while delivering Christmas mail, police said.

The Royal Mail said the postman, 54, named by sources as Keith Davies, was making “steady progress” in hospital after the attack in Cambridge on Monday. Read

Adoption hope

A COUPLE whose two sons were killed in a car crash caused by drunken footballer Luke McCormick have revealed that they want to adopt a child. Read

By LESLEY RICHARDSON

FOUR animals rights activists face up to 14 years in jail after being found guilty yesterday of blackmailing companies who supplied Huntingdon Life Sciences. Read

A DONKEY hired by an isolated village to haul groceries up an impassable hill is preparing for a vital new role – delivering local children’s Christmas presents.

Teddy the donkey was bought by residents in Chalford, Gloucestershire this summer to reach homes along a steep 200-yard hill where no van would go. Read

By BEVERLEY ROUSE

THE biggest flu outbreak for eight years could be on its way, the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) warned yesterday after a 73% rise in people seeing their doctor with flu-like symptoms. Read

THE Pope was attacked by lesbian and gay campaigners yesterday after he declared that saving humanity from homosexual or transsexual behaviour was as important as saving the rainforests from destruction.

He said humanity needed to listen to the “language of creation” to understand the intended roles of man and woman and that behaviour beyond traditional heterosexual relations was a “destruction of God’s work”. Read

No evidence ‘payback’ works

I AM sure I am not alone in querying both the content and conclusions in your leader article (“Predictable howl over Community Service vests” Dec 1). Read

1608: John Milton, English poet who wrote Paradise Lost and Samson Agonistes, was born in London.

1783: The first executions took place at Newgate Prison. Read

Border police in restaurant swoops

ILLEGAL immigrants working at two restaurants based in a Llandudno hotel are facing deportation after being picked up in a swoop by border police last night. Read