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Aug 25, 2010, Live Events at Bull Bay Hotel

An Eventful August Bank Holiday Weekend at the Bull Bay Hotel. Come along and enjoy the entertainment. More information is also available from the Bull

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Aug 19, 2010, Cruise Ship Saga Ruby at Holyhead

The Saga Ruby cruise ship arrived at Holyhead in the early hours of Thursday morning from Belfast. A classic crusing ship carrying up to 660 passengers, Saga Ruby will later this month be covering the east English ports, Scotland and then the Baltic ports. More information and pictures to follow.

Aug 18, 2010, Catch 22 for Island Economic Prospects

It is very unfair to put an already economically depressed area like Anglesey in such a catch 22 situation. By this I mean where the only economic choices

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Aug 16, 2010, Island Beaches Top Water Quality List

Beaches around Anglesey continue to perform well according to figures from the Marine Conservation Society, released in the Good Beach Guide 2010. The

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Aug 11, 2010, Island Summer Salsa Charity Events

Come along and enjoy excellent salsa dancing at our charity fund raising events on Anglesey this summer. Great fun, keep fit and healthy and help good

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Aug 11, 2010, Yes to Wylfa B, No to Windfarms Offshore

I have lived on Anglesey since 1959 and can remember when it was a booming tourist island it was the place to be in Wales. I myself trained in the hospitality

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Aug 5, 2010, Westerdam Anchored in Dunmore East

Holland America Line Cruise Ship Westerdam, due in Holyhead on Saturday, is now anchored at Dunmore East, Co. Waterford, after overnight sail from St Peter Port, Guernsey. Keep up to date by following angleseytoday on Twitter or more information below.

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Aug 3, 2010, Wylfa B Reactor Vendors Sign Contracts

Horizon Nuclear Power has signed contracts for key early work on the proposed Wylfa B nuclear power station on Anglesey with Areva S.A and Nuclear Power

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Aug 2, 2010, Cruise Ship Visits Holyhead

Major cruise liners will visit Holyhead over the coming weeks. On 7 August the giant ms Westerdam, of the Holland America Line, is due at the Anglesey

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Jul 31, 2010, Anglesey Inspiration

As a woven textile designer I'm always looking for inspiration where ever I go and what ever I do. This year I spent a couple of days on Anglesey with

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Jul 29, 2010, Parys Partners Wanted by Island Mining Company

With a healthy profit to report in the year to March 2010, Anglesey Mining (LSE: AYM)is looking for partners to develop its Parys Mountain site outside

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Jul 27, 2010, Birthday Treat for me, Colour Inspiration for Alison

I've always wanted to see Parys Mountain since learning about it in geography at school many years ago So I nominated it and Angelsey as my birthday

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Jul 25, 2010, Reform Electricity Markets or No Wylfa B

The UK electricity market needs urgent reform if Wylfa B on Anglesey, along with other new nuclear build projects in Britain, are to succeed, says a KPMG

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Jul 19, 2010, Looking for Ferry to Dublin

Hi, we're from New Zealand and will be travelling earlish in September up through Wales to Anglesey and then aim to catch the ferry to Dublin. And we

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Jul 19, 2010, Samian Pottery on Anglesey Roman Site

At the weekend we saw amazing fragments of Samian pottery at an excavated Roman site near Brynsiencyn, close to Anglesey coastal path. ***adsense-180x150.shtml***

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Jul 17, 2010, Horizon Awards Frazer Nash Licensing Contract

Horizon Nuclear Power which is planning a new power station at Wylfa has awarded Frazer-Nash a contract for providing licensing and regulatory services.

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Jul 15, 2010, Senior Wellness Research Helps Island's Citizens

Bangor University has shared three years of research into wellness for older people at a special conference on Anglesey. An innovative project between

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Jul 13, 2010, Decommissioning Wylfa, Legacy, Care and Maintenance

Process of decommissioning Wylfa power station, dealing with site care and maintenance, and magnox reactor removal

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Jul 13, 2010, Bull Bay Music Festival

The Bull Bay Hotel is proud to announce the 3rd Annual Bull Bay Folk Music Festival. Schedule of events and names to be confirmed later this week but

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Jul 12, 2010, Huge Pod Dolphins off Lligwy Beach

Hi, Fishing off a rockpoint near Lligwy 6pm July 10th and I saw a large Dolphin, 20ft in front of me, then to my amazement lots of them in Ligwy Bay.

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Jul 12, 2010, New Nuclear Build Needs Better Incentives

If the UK new nuclear build programme is to succeed then just putting a floor under the carbon price will not be enough, says Volker Beckers, CEO of RWE

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Jul 10, 2010, Dance Salsa and Kizomba on Anglesey

All you dance fans are invited to a Salsa Sizzler Party on Saturday, 17 July at Saint Deiniol Golf Club, Bangor, LL57 1PX. It's a great way to keep fit

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Jul 8, 2010, Counselling is Positively Brilliant

As a nutritional therapist I am regularly asked just exactly what is Counselling and the Oxford Dictionary says it is: The provision of professional

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Jul 2, 2010, Great Holiday Cottage Near Rhoscolyn

If anyone is looking for a holiday cottage to rent with friends or family, we recently stayed at a great place in Rhoscolyn. The house is just 5 minutes

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Jul 1, 2010, Singers' Workshop in Marian-Glas

We are planning a workshop in Marianglas on Anglesey for singers or would-be singers. The day will be led by Gareth Perkins, organist and choir trainer,

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Jun 28, 2010, Fresh Juice, The Only Health Product You Need

With all the canned, preserved, salted, fried, and precooked food we eat – along with alcohol and smoke (whether secondhand or firsthand) – there is

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Jun 25, 2010, Help Grandma See Island Coast from Helicopter

I was wondering if you someone would help me. It is my Grandma's 80th birthday in July, and she has wanted (for many years now) to see the coast of Anglesey

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Jun 24, 2010, Anglesey Business Breakfast 29 06 10

You are invited to attend The Business on Anglesey Business Breakfast on Tuesday 29 June 07:00hrs 07:00 for 07:30hrs till 09:00hrs At Mona House, Llangefni,

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Jun 23, 2010, Llanddona in the 1940s

I spent many happy holidays in Llanddona in the 1940s and early 1950s. We used to stay is the old cottage which was the original farmhouse for Tan y

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Jun 22, 2010, Manx2 Summer Flights to Anglesey

Isle of Man air operator Manx2 launches new flights to Anglesey airport for this summer starting on 6 August and lasting for one month. Manx2 says the

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Jun 18, 2010, Anglesey Energy Island Jobs Potential

The Anglesey Energy Island Programme promises to attract potentially thousands of new, high quality energy-related jobs to the North West Wales economy

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Jun 17, 2010, Gillan Backs Wylfa Nuclear New Build

Welsh Secretary Cheryl Gillan MP has reiterated her support for Wylfa B, the proposed new nuclear power station for Anglesey, saying that it will be

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Jun 16, 2010, Dietary Tips for Looking Young, Healthy and Glowing

If you think that it is high time for you to start watching what you eat so that you will appear younger and feel stronger and more energetic, here are

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Jun 15, 2010, Can You Slow Down Aging By Watching Your Diet?

There is a saying that goes: You are what you eat. This is indeed true as your picture of health (or lack thereof) will be determined by the things you

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Jun 12, 2010, Yacht Sinks off Puffin Island

In rough seas yesterday a yacht sank off Puffin Island, near Penmon on Anglesey in what is a notorious stretch of tidal waters. At about 1415 on Friday

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Jun 8, 2010, Do not want to see new Nuclear Power on Anglesey

I feel strongly about nuclear power and I want to help. My family and ancestors have lived on Anglesey for generations. There have been accidents and

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Jun 7, 2010, Wylfa B Jobs and Power to England

Most new Wylfa B jobs will be for incomers, and the power generated will go to North West England, losing up to 30 per cent of the power generated in the

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Jun 6, 2010, Diploma in Counselling Skills

Hi Jan, I am 50 years old and looking for a career change. I am very interested in the Consultant Nutritional Therapist path you followed. Please enlighten

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