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  • Have you hit the snowman trail yet?

    Have you hit the snowman trail yet?

    Town Centre traders have come together and organised a Town Centre Snowman Trail – a fun and free family activity that could bag you a nice prize.

    It runs until December 19 and all you have to do to enter is find the snowmen in the shop windows, write down the numbers hand it in to one of the traders below and cross your fingers!

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    Prizes include gift vouchers and goodies from the shops taking part.

    For further information contact – 01978 266887 or email webquery@reesjeweller.co.uk

    Entry forms will be available from any of the businesses taking part, and should be returned to Quaintways (Charles St), Emz Cakes and Martin Rees Jewellers (Chester St)or Taste Buds (High St).

    Good luck and we hope you enjoy your prize.

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  • What are we doing to help prevent crime?

    What are we doing to help prevent crime?

    Throughout December, Wrexham Town Centre Police Officers will be teaming up with Licensing and Trading Standards Officers to engage with licensed businesses in a campaign aimed at reducing crime and increasing public safety.

    Officers will be speaking to taxi drivers, visiting licensees of pubs and clubs as well as shopkeepers and off licence proprietors. The aim of the campaign is to make licensees aware of their role in crime prevention as well as promoting ongoing partnership work, including the prevention of underage sales of alcohol, domestic violence, theft and the sale of stolen goods.

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    Officers have been engaging with the trades during all hours of operation, visiting premises and speaking to licensees working in their vehicles.

    Joss Thomas, Licensing Team Leader at Wrexham Council said “The campaign is a great example of the strong working partnership between the Police, Council and local businesses. We are very often aware that licensees and business owners can be our ‘eyes and ears’ on the street, they have the ability to look out for illegal activities and can play a key role in supporting the partnership, promoting public safety and assisting our campaigns.”

    Sergeant Simon Williams, Wrexham Town centre said “Prevention is a key component to delivering a safer neighbourhood for our communities and our strong working relationship with Wrexham Council continues through the month of December with a number of crime prevention initiatives”.

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  • Memorial Stone Placed at Baby and Infant Section of Cemetery

    Memorial Stone Placed at Baby and Infant Section of Cemetery

    A very special Dedication Ceremony took place at Plas Acton Cemetery recently.

    A Memorial Stone has been placed at the Infant Section of the Cemetery to mark this very special place for parents who have lost their babies.

    Jane Marshall, Chaplain at the Maelor Hospital spoke at the Dedication which was attended by parents and Cllr David Griffiths as local councillor.

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    The Stone reads:

    “For all our babies
    So dearly loved
    So Briefly Known”

    The Stone was donated by Peter Morris Funeral Directors of Mold and made by Morris Granite of Denbigh.

    Cllr David A Bithell, Lead Member for the Environment and Transport, said: “I would like to thank Peter Morris Funeral Directors for their very kind and considerate donation. This area of the cemetery is reserved for babies and infants, and it’s very important that their parents and relatives have a special place to come and remember their young ones.”

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  • Avoid the unwanted gift of food poisoning this Christmas

    Avoid the unwanted gift of food poisoning this Christmas

    There are an estimated one million cases of food poisoning in the UK every year, and without attention to food hygiene, this doesn’t stop during the festive season.

    To save your loved ones from a nasty bout of food poisoning over Christmas, follow these Food Standards Agency top tips to keep your festive season truly the most wonderful time of the year.

    TOP TIPS

    • When Christmas food shopping, take sufficient bags with you so that you can separate out raw and ready-to-eat foods to avoid cross-contamination.
    • Check the guidance on your turkey to ensure you have enough time to fully defrost it – it could take as much as four days.
    • Don’t wash raw turkey; it just splashes germs onto your hands, clothes, utensils and worktops.
    • To work out the cooking time for your bird, check the instructions on the packaging. Check that: the meat is steaming hot throughout; there is no pink meat visible when you cut into the thickest part and meat juices run clear.
    • Whether you cooked your turkey from frozen or fresh, your turkey leftovers can be used to make a new meal (such as a turkey curry). This new meal can then be frozen, but make sure you only reheat it once.

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    Adam Hardgrave, Head of Foodborne Disease Control at the Food Standards Agency, said: “The four Cs of food hygiene: Chilling, Cleaning, Cooking and avoiding Cross-contamination are important throughout the year, but especially at Christmas.

    “In the flurry of preparing the Christmas meal, it’s important to remember to plan ahead and allow plenty of time. Remember that an average-sized turkey can take four days to fully thaw in the fridge, and it is vital to thoroughly cook a turkey so that the meat is steaming hot, there is no pink meat visible, and that the meat juices run clear.”

    For more information visit: www.food.gov.uk/seasons-eatings

    or follow @foodgov #SeasonsEatings on Twitter for tips and advice throughout the festive period.

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  • Getting a taxi home after your Christmas do? You should read this!

    Getting a taxi home after your Christmas do? You should read this!

    This article is written as part of a series of posts about the #DrinkLessEnjoyMore campaign

    As Christmas approaches and we’re all gearing up for Christmas parties we are reminding everyone of the need to check that any taxi you get into is properly licensed.

    All private hire or hackney cab vehicles should be displaying white and purple coloured licence plates which should be on the outside of all vehicles.

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    Private hire vehicles will also have yellow adhesive signs in the rear windows.

    All drivers should have an ID badge with their name, photograph, licence number and expiry date.  If you can’t see it please ask to see it before you set off.

    Cllr Hugh Jones, Lead Member for Communities, Partnerships, Public Protection and Community Safety, said, “It’s so easy to jump into a waiting taxi when you leave a night club or similar venue and expect to get home safely. Christmas is a time when some unscrupulous people see a chance to make a few pounds by posing as a legitimate taxi driver. On these occasions the vehicles will be unlicensed and will not have gone through the necessary tests for transporting the public and will not have adequate insurance so it’s worth a quick check before you get in and if you can’t see the driver’s ID badge, please ask to see it.”

    During December Licensing Officers will be working with Wrexham Police to spot check taxis to ensure they are all legal and fit for purpose.

    Wrexham Council and its partners are promoting the #DrinkLessEnjoyMore campaign, encouraging young people to look after themselves by cutting back on how much they drink before they go out…as well as how much they drink once they get to the bars, pubs and clubs in Wrexham.

    It’s true that by drinking less – and knowing your limits – you can have a much better night out.

    For more information about the #DrinkLessEnjoyMore campaign click here

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  • Even more to dig at Tŷ Pawb this Christmas…

    Even more to dig at Tŷ Pawb this Christmas…

    Visitors to Tŷ Pawb will have the chance to take home a piece of Wrexham’s history this Christmas, courtesy of the town’s newest (and oldest) visitor attraction!

    For three days only, the Brymbo Heritage Trust will be transforming Tŷ Pawb’s Gallery 2 into Brymbo: A 300 Million Year Story, a fossil forest experience allowing visitors to gain an insight into what the town might have looked like 300 million years ago!

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    A unique treasure to Wrexham

    Featuring treasures from Brymbo’s internationally significant palaeontological site, the hands-on experience will include the chance to meet the site’s resident palaeontologist, get up close and personal with fossils excavated from underneath the former Brymbo Steelworks.

    You’ll also be able to learn about the upcoming work on the site, how to get involved and make a unique Brymbo Fossil Forest themed Christmas gift to take home!

    Brymbo: A 300 Million Year Story forms part of Tŷ Pawb’s Urgencies programme, bringing people together to talk about issues which matter to the community.

    Visitors in December will have the chance to have their say on how they would like Brymbo’s major new visitor attraction to take shape, as it prepares for opening in 2021.

    The perfect escape from the Christmas chaos!

    Dr Tim Astrop, Fossil Coordinator with the Brymbo Heritage Trust, said “The Brymbo Fossil Forest is a unique treasure, a real window into the deep past. We can’t wait to bring Wrexham’s ancient history to life at Tŷ Pawb this Christmas.

    “Taking our work to the people of Wrexham is so important to us, we’re excited to talk to people about the project and how they can be involved!”

    Brymbo: A 300 Million Year Story will be at Tŷ Pawb daily from 12pm–3pm, Thursday December 19 – Saturday December 22.

    At 3pm on Saturday, Dr Tim Astrop will be giving a talk about anything and everything to do with the Fossil Forest.

    The whole experience is completely free of charge, open to everyone, family friendly, and visitors will be greeted with a hot drink and a mince pie.

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  • WATCH: Two heads are better than one – so what will 100,000 of us do?

    WATCH: Two heads are better than one – so what will 100,000 of us do?

    A ‘wellbeing plan.’ What’s that?

    Short answer…watch the video above. Long answer…read on 🙂

    The big conversation

    Over the past couple of years, local people have been encouraged to have their say on the issues they think are most important to Wrexham.

    From this, the Public Services Board has produced a ‘well-being plan’ for everyone.

    It focuses on how – if we all come together over the next 20 years – we can really make a difference.

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    What’s the ‘Public Services Board’?

    The Public Services Board (PSB for short) is a way for organisations in Wrexham to share their ideas and work with local communities to improve things.

    Its members include the council, emergency services, local health services, key educational establishments and the voluntary sector.

    The PSB has been looking at what communities, organisations and local people can do to make things better.

    Ideas so far include growing healthier food, developing more volunteering opportunities, building skills for life for young people and ‘greening’ our streets.

    Watch the video!

    This short video shows why so many of us are proud to call Wrexham ‘home.’

    It’s five minutes long, but it’s worth a watch – it hopefully gets across the best of who we are, and what we’ll achieve if we all work together.

    There’ll be more and more ways to get involved with the project in the future, so we’ll keep you informed.

    It’s all about putting our heads together to work out how we can make Wrexham the best it can be…for everyone.

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  • Help us make that final recycling hurdle

    Help us make that final recycling hurdle

    We’re nearing our 70 per cent recycling target – and preventing food waste plays a key part in that.

    Last year we hit 65 per cent, and we’re very grateful to the residents of Wrexham for their help in getting us to this point.

    But we’ve still got work to do before we hit 70 per cent.

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    Tackling food waste would help us make that final five per cent.

    Caddy liners

    Earlier this year, we rolled out extra compostable food caddy liners to more than 60,000 homes across the county borough.

    The grey kerbside caddies can be used to recycle practically all waste foods, including:

    • Fruit and veg – raw and cooked
    • Meat and fish – raw and cooked
    • Bones and egg shells
    • Rice, pasta, cereal and noodles
    • Bread, cakes, pastries and biscuits
    • Tea bags and coffee grounds
    • Cheese, eggs and yogurts
    • Beans, nuts, pulses and seeds
    • Uneaten food from your plate

    “Help us overcome that final hurdle”

    Cllr David A Bithell, Lead Member for Environment and Transport, said: “We’re incredibly grateful to the residents of Wrexham for the work they’ve put in over the past few years in helping us reach our current recycling rate of 65 per cent.

    “It will take just a bit more effort for us to reach our goal of 70 per cent, and getting food waste into recycling rather than the black bin will help us overcome that final hurdle.”

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  • Joint op seizes illicit alcohol and tobacco

    Joint op seizes illicit alcohol and tobacco

    We always want to make sure that Wrexham is a fair and safe place to do business.

    Alongside our partners at HMRC, North Wales Police and inspectors with Wagtail UK, our Trading Standards team investigated a number of retail premises across the County Borough last week – finding a large amount of illicit alcohol and tobacco.

    In all, officers seized 8,260 cigarettes, 550g of rolling tobacco and 4,160 litres of alcohol, all of which were illicit products destined for sale in Wrexham. Some food offences were also uncovered by officers.

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    Half of all long-term smokers die prematurely of smoking-related diseases, and the availability of illegal tobacco poses a significant threat to young people, given its low cost and easy availability.

    If young people get access to cigarettes earlier on, it’s all too easy for them to build up a lifelong addiction.

    And while criminals can net large profits by selling alcohol without paying duty, there are very big risks to drinking illicit alcohol – illegal copies of well-known brands of spirits are known have caused blindness and even death in the past.

    Investigations are now underway into the premises concerned for a number of Trading Standards, food and HMRC offences.

    Cllr Hugh Jones, Lead Member for Communities, Partnerships, Public Protection and Community Safety, said: “Successful joint operations such as these ensure that Wrexham is a fair and safe place to do business and shop.

    “We, alongside our partners in HMRC and North Wales Police, will always investigate reports of illegal activity, and will undertake robust enforcement action when any compliance issues are discovered.

    “It should be noted that the majority of businesses visited were co-operative, and had no compliance issues. Those businesses who comply with regulations know that such checks take place to ensure that their legitimate business interests are protected, and to provide them with advice on complying with the law where needed.”

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  • Who’s your sporting star? Only a few days left!

    Who’s your sporting star? Only a few days left!

    Do you know a sporting star who deserves recognition?

    You now only have a few days left to make your nominations for the annual Wrexham County Borough Sports Awards, held to mark the achievements and hard work of volunteers, athletes and sports-people from across Wrexham.

    Maybe you know someone who volunteers every hour available to support a sports group or club?

    Or maybe you know someone who’s overcome adversity or hardship to achieve sporting greatness in their field?

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    Either way, we want to hear from you – and nominations are open now.

    To make a nomination, just click here.

    Alternately, you can e-mail your nomination to sportsawards@wrexham.gov.uk.

    Nominations close on December 14!!

    The awards ceremony will take place at the Brymbo Sports and Social Complex on Friday, February 15, 2019.

    Last year’s sports awards celebrated the efforts of dedicated sporting volunteers and athletes from across Wrexham – and this year won’t be any different.

    “Well-deserved recognition”

    Cllr Andrew Atkinson, Lead Member for Youth Services and Anti-Poverty, with responsibility for Leisure, said: “The annual Sports Awards ensures that those who work hard in our sports clubs and community sporting groups get some well-deserved recognition for their efforts.

    “We know that there’s plenty of hard-working volunteers out their, along with scores of athletes who represent the very best of Wrexham’s sporting spirit.”

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