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Factory fire in Holywell

A548 remains closed after Holywell factory fire

Firefighters are continuing the dampening down process following the fire at an industrial unit on Greenfield Business Park, Bagillt Road, Greenfield, Holywell.

Everyone is back in their properties, but the A548, main coast road passing

Greenfield Business Park will remain closed until further notice.

North Wales Fire and Rescue Service and North Wales Police wish to thank everyone for their cooperation and patience during the incident.

– North Wales Fire and Rescue Service

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NHS Wales sets priorities for health service

Improving the vaccination rate of young children and ensuring there is progress on ambulance response times are among the priorities set out by NHS Wales' chief executive today.

David Sissling sets out his targets for the health service for 2013/14 in the NHS Delivery Framework.

They include:

  • improving dignity in care with patient experience surveys and spot checks
  • ensuring improvements in ambulance response times and patient waiting times in A&E Departments
  • 95 per cent vaccination of all children up to 4 years of age with scheduled vaccinations such as the MMR vaccine;

This framework is very much in line with the Health Minister's focus on quality, patient experience and outcomes. It will ensure the NHS can drive up standards in key areas. The Minister has particularly highlighted the requirement for the NHS to deliver improvement in its preventative work, unscheduled care and integration.

During the course of the next few months we will be looking to further improve our targets. We will be working with our staff, stakeholders and service users to ensure we are monitoring and measuring the things which will really make a difference.

– David Sissling, NHS Wales chief executive
Factory fire in Holywell

Holywell fire factory staff: 'Everyone was panicking'

Factory staff had to flee their workplace following a fire and a series of explosions on the Greenfield Business Park in Holywell today.

One told ITV News: "There were massive explosions... the building shook. Everybody was panicking."

Families living in the area were told to stay indoors as plumes of thick, black smoke filled the skies.

There was also disruption on main roads in the area, and trains on the nearby North Wales coast line were halted for much of the day.

Lorna Prichard reports.

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Man admits 'hit-and-run' death

Van driver admits killing mother in Cardiff 'hit-and-run'

Van driver Matthew Tvrdon has admitted at Cardiff Crown Court that he killed mother-of-three Karina Menzies in a 'hit-and-run' incident in the Welsh capital last October.

He has pleaded guilty to manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility.

The 32-year-old appeared via videolink at Cardiff Crown Court from Ashworth high security psychiatric hospital in Maghull, Merseyside.

Karina Menzies died in the incident in the Ely area of Cardiff on October 19.

Maesteg stabbing sentencing

Maesteg stabbing: Stuart Worvell jailed for 12 years

A man found guilty of stabbing to death a stranger who called at his Maesteg home has been jailed for 12 years.

Thomas Sutton, 20, died after being stabbed nine times by Stuart Worvell in June last year.

Worvell was convicted of manslaughter in March after a jury found him not guilty of murder.

Cardiff Crown Court had heard Mr Sutton and his friend Kyle Harris, 18, had called at Worvell's house believing to be a party there.

Worvell claimed he had acted in self-defence.

But Judge Mr Justice Wyn Williams KT today told him: "You committed a significant, serious, unlawful attack on Kyle.

"Nothing leads me to believe you have shown any remorse. Certain aspects of your behaviour in court lead me to the opposite conclusion."

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