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Ysgol yr Hendre celebrates £8m school rebuild

THE county’s largest primary school will be demolished and replaced with an £8m state-of-the-art building, creating around 130 jobs. Read

Ambitious market hall plans cause Caernarfon parking concerns

RESIDENTS have raised concerns that ambitious £1m plans to transform an historic market hall could see them lose out on parking spaces. Read

Olympic cycling guru to carry Commonwealth torch through Caernarfon

AN OLYMPIC cycling guru and Commonwealth Games medallists will proudly carry the Queen’s baton through the streets of Caernarfon as it makes its way to Delhi for the 2010 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony. Read

Caernarfon's Ysgol yr Hendre to get £5.3m rebuild

A £5.3M state-of-the-art school will be built in Caernarfon.Read

Caernarfon town centre to be given £2.4m boost

CAERNARFON town centre is in line for a £2.4m cash windfall.Read

Fears for child safety on busy Caernarfon road

FEARS are growing that a child could be killed because of the growth of traffic and dangerous parking on a busy town centre road.Read

Charges against Caernarfon 'knifeman' are dropped

TWO charges brought against an alleged knifeman arrested after a swoop by armed police have been dropped.Read

Vandals smash Caernarfon school’s garden

PUPILS have been left “outraged” after vandals caused more than £200 worth of damage at a school’s garden.Read

Crossing planned for Caernarfon's dock surgery

A PUFFIN crossing will be installed outside the site of a new medical centre following a campaign by a local councillor.Read

Investigation into North Wales prison u-turn

AN INVESTIGATION into the government U-turn over a North Wales prison plan has been launched by a powerful group of MPs.Read

Credit crunch hitting Caernarfon animal centre

THE CREDIT crunch has plunged an animal rescue centre into crisis.Read

Big investment could see Caernarfon market hall transformed

AMBITIOUS plans have been unveiled for a redevelopment of Caernarfon’s historic market hall, which could see a £1million plus plan for a transformation into a museum and performance space, plus a retail and catering area. Read

Tributes for young mother from Caernarfon after sudden death

FRIENDS and family of a young mum who died suddenly have paid tribute to her as a "wonderful person with a heart of gold".Read

Caernarfon to splash out on Christmas lights

A TOWN council plans to spend a whopping £64,789 over the next three years renting Christmas lights.Read

Fuel and valuables stolen from vehicles in Caernarfon

THERE has been a spate of thefts from vehicles and properties in the wider Caernarfon area.Read

Parking ticket at Caernarfon for band performing on the Maes

A BAND, booked to celebrate the opening of a revamped town square, got a warm welcome from the crowds – and parking tickets from a traffic warden for good measure.Read

End of weekly bin collections in Arfon

WEEKLY bin collections will come to an end across Arfon from January 2010. Read

'Asbestos was no reason to axe Caernarfon prison plan'

DEVELOPERS insist asbestos contamination should not have halted the building of a prison in Caernarfon as they vow to develop a “jewel in the crown” housing and leisure project on the site.Read

Sherlock Holmes comes to Caernarfon for Holywood film

THE ancient streets of Caernarfon were transformed into VIctorian London for the filming of a Hollywood production featuring one of the world’s most famous sleuths.Read

Residential parking pilot for Gwynedd’s busy streets

RESIDENTS may be asked to pay to park in some of the county’s most congested streets.Read

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Friction Dynamics strike video special

The Friction Dynamics strike five years on

See our six-part series of short videos looking back at the two and a half year Friction Dynamics strike at Caernarfon, five years after the end of the dispute. We catch up with some of the people involved to see how their lives have changed. Read

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