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600+Go for 30 Jobs ; Construction Firm's Amazing Scramble for Work

Wales: Welsh House Prices Slump Deepest

WALES saw the steepest fall in house prices in the country in the year up to the end of January, according to figures published yesterday. Welsh homes lost 19.7% of their value, compared with a national average of 15.1% - itself a record.

Wales: Thanks, but No Thanks Nick ...

TORY Assembly leader Nick Bourne was disappointed yesterday that two senior Conservative AMs rejected his offer of new jobs in the shadow cabinet. Former high profile health spokesman Jonathan Morgan and ex- chief whip William Grahammove to the backbenches in the shake-up.

Wales: Decision Deferred On School Bus Cash

COUNCILLORS have deferred a controversial decision whether to axe a school transport subsidy which could mean hundreds of pupils are left stranded. Wrexham council chiefs are considering whether to axe cash to fund out of county transport for school pupils as part of cost- cutting measures.

Wales: Pupil Injured

Wales: Car Crash Closes A55

A CRASH between a van and a car caused the partial closure of the A55 on Anglesey. The smash happened on the westbound carriageway at the Llangefni junction at around 12.15pm yesterday.

Wales: Dad and Daughters On Kidnap Charges

A FATHER and his two daughters accused of kidnapping their mum will be asked to enter pleas to the charges in April David Walker, Chelsea O'Neil and Kelly Anne O'Neil, appeared at a preliminary hearing at Mold Crown Court yesterday charged with abducting Sharon O'Neil on February 14 at Mount Pleasant, Ponciau, near Wrexham. Walker, 45, of Rupert Drive, Everton, Liverpool, is charged with kidnap and securing entry to the Ponciau property by force.

Wales: Teen, 14, Sprayed

A 14-YEAR-OLD boy had to be sprayed with incapacitant spray after jumping on the back of a police officer in the early hours of New Year's Day, a court was told. Prosecutor Nita Dowell told Prestatyn youth court that the police were called to an incident in Bodelwyddan.

Wales: Go Easy On Man Who Raced My Son Into Wall ; Mwynhewch Dydd Gwyl Dewi Sant Yfory! Mum's Plea As Driver Jailed for High-Speed Car Chase

THE mother of a young man who was killed in 90mph crash while racing against his friend, yesterday pleaded with a judge to be lenient with the other driver. David Jonathan Bexon, 20, of Ffordd Ffynnon, Dyserth, was sentenced to two years and nine months youth custody at Mold Crown Court yesterday after he admitted causing the death of David Wares, 22, by dangerous driving in a crash in Prestatyn last year.

Wales: Assembly Appoints New Fire Adviser

THE Welsh Assembly Government has announced the appointment of its first Fire and Rescue Adviser with Her Majesty's Inspector status. Paul Young CBE, former Chief Fire Officer of Devon and Cornwall took up his post earlier this month.

Wales: Cinema Evacuated

A CINEMA complex was evacuated after a fire alert. The alarm went off at 9.41pm on Thursday night at Cineworld, Llandudno Junction, and around 200 people were evacuated.

Wales: Crash Into A55 Barrier

A MIDDLE aged woman was taken to hospital yesterday afternoon after her car crashed into a barrier on the A55. The incident happened on the westbound carriageway between junction 9 and 10 at 3.01pm.

Wales: One Minute Silence After Former Mayor Dies

A COUNCILLOR and former mayor who served his Anglesey community for more than 50 years has died, aged 78. Great-grandfather Leslie Gordon Owen represented the Holyhead ward of Morawelon on town, district and county councils in a political career lasting 57 years. During that time he was mayor of Holyhead on two occasions.

Wales: I Want to Climb Snowdon for My 105th Birthday ; Centenarian Determined to Realise Peak Ambition

A 104-YEAR-old Territorial Army veteran is hoping to achieve a life-long ambition to reach the summit of Snowdon. Edwin Cooper will celebrate his 105th birthday on Wednesday, April 15 and around that date hopes to get to the peak by train.

Wales: Tv Star Otters On Show at Museum

THREE otters seen on TV are new exhibits at Plas Newydd museum in Denbighshire. The endearing animals named Bertie, Belinda and Rudi will be at the Llangollen attraction on March 14 between 11am and 4pm.

Wales: Cash for Charity

A PUB has raised more than pounds 700 for charity. The Afon Goch, Trelogan, near Holywell has been busy staging raffles and quizzes raising cash for Cancer Research and the Stroke Unit at St Asaph hospital.

Wales: Loan Shark Must Pay Out Pounds 85,000

AN unlicensed loan shark, who imposed an APR of up to 149,000% on customers has been ordered to hand over pounds 85,833 of his ill- gotten gains. Patrick Timothy Kiely, 26, had previously been jailed for two years.

Wales: The Great Jobs Scramble ; Application Number Treble Many Under or Overqualified Recession Hits Home

DESPERATE jobseekers are battling for work in hard-hit industries across the region - with more than 600 people applying for around 30 construction jobs this week. The number out ofwork in Wales hit 100,000 last month for the first time in 10 years - leading to jobseekers fighting for any available position.

Nurse Jodie's Brush with Danger in Iraq

AN Army dental nurse took her tooth brush to the front line to look after soldiers' teeth in Iraq. Private Jodie Parry, 22, from Rhos-on-Sea, was presented with her operational medal on Thursday for her stint in the war-torn country, from last August 18 to December 15.

He Sliced Part of Nurse's Finger Off in Angry Bust-Up ; She Got in Way of Vicious Attack

A NURSE had the top of a finger sliced off when one patient at a psychiatric unit growled and attacked another - and the door slammed against her. The nurse, Wendy Bunton, had one of her fingers around the edge of the door as she entered the room when Barry Mc-Corry and his victim Brynle Hughes fell against it.