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Police are appealing for information to help find a woman from the Bangor area last seen in Wrexham just over a week ago.

Sally Baker, 50, was last seen at Wrexham Maelor Hospital on Monday 20th May.

Police are concerned for her welface, and ask Ms Baker to contact them to let them know she is safe.

Anyone with information is asked to contact police on 101.

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Three people arrested in connection with the death of a 50-year-old man in Bangor have been released on bail pending further enquiries.

The man had seemingly fallen from the window of a top floor flat on Princes Road in Bangor, at around 11.25pm on Friday.

The two men and a woman have been bailed, and we are particularly keen to trace anyone who was in the area of the junction with College Road and Princes Road between 10pm and 12 midnight, who may have seen or heard anything they believe may be of interest.

North Wales Police is urging anyone with information to call 101.

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North Wales Police have been given thirty-six hours of extra time to question three people following the death of a man in Bangor.

It's believed the 50 year old fell from a top floor flat on Prince's Road at 11.30pm on Friday.

His death is being treated as suspicious.

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North Wales Police are investigating the death of a 50 year old man who it's thought fell from a top floor flat in Bangor.

North Wales Ambulance Service attended the scene and conveyed the 50 year old man to Ysbyty Gwynedd in Bangor where he later died.

Officers say they're treating the death as suspicious and are questioning three people about the incident.

We are treating the death as suspicious and three people, two men and one woman are currently being detained at Caernarfon police station where they will be interviewed by detectives.

The area has been secured and the flat will be subject to a full forensic examination.

We are appealing for anyone with information about this incident to call North Wales Police on 101

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The funeral of Squadron Leader Rimon Than, 33, will be held at Bangor Cathedral this morning.

The Senior Medical Officer with RAF Valley was one of three people killed in an avalanche in the Scottish Highlands on 14th February.

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As Bangor becomes the first place in Wales to get high speed fibre broadband as part of the multi-million pound Superfast Cymru project, UK and Welsh Ministers have been explaining how the programme will be rolled out to 96% of Welsh homes and businesses by the end of 2015.

Engineers will ultimately lay around 17,500 kilometres of optical fibre cable and install around 3,000 new fibre broadband cabinets in streets the length and breadth of Wales. The project is mostly a commercial investment by BT but with contributions from both the Welsh and UK governments.

• BT £220 million
• Welsh Government £58 million
• UK Government £57 million

The Welsh Government is also securing European Aid for the project, which will eventually take total investment in Welsh fibre broadband to around £425 million. As well as Bangor, the first places to benefit will be Caernarfon, Dolgellau, Menai Bridge, Porthmadog, Pwllheli, Ebbw Vale and Tredegar.

Today is an important milestone in delivering our commitment to ensure properties across Wales have access to next-generation broadband. Superfast Cymru will transform the broadband landscape across Wales, making the country one of the most connected countries in Europe. High-speed broadband is essential to ensure residential properties to access the services and opportunities provided by digital technologies.

This represents the dawn of a new age for superfast broadband in Wales. The UK Government has invested £57 million pounds in the Superfast Cymru project which will deliver fibre based broadband to 96% of homes and businesses in Wales by the end of 2015. The project will also create an estimated 2,500 full time jobs, and is a reminder of the massive contribution to economic growth that the Government's nationwide roll-out of broadband continues to make.

Today’s announcement marks a crucial landmark in our aims to improve broadband connectivity in Wales. By having access to ultrafast broadband, businesses can expand, develop new markets, create the jobs we need and compete with others around the world. It also allows local communities in the most rural areas of Wales to access public services more quickly and efficiently online. Providing high quality internet access is fundamental to the growth of our economy and the Government is doing all it can to ensure that the UK has a broadband network fit for the digital age.

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Bangor will be the first exchange in Wales to get high speed fibre broadband as part of the multi-million pound 'Superfast Cymru' project.

Today the Minister for Business, Enterprise, Technology and Science, Edwina Hart, will launch the roll-out of the project.

She'll unveil the first new fibre broadband cabinet which hasbeen installed in High Street.

Further cabinets will be installed in other parts of the city.

The Welsh Government aims to take high speed broadband to 96% of Welsh homes and businesses and has joined forces with the UK Government and BT to launch the project. The new broadband cabinet in Bangor will serve hundreds of homes and businesses in the area.

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This week school pupils from across North Wales met the Formula One challenge - to design a model car that'll go as fast as possible.

But the idea behind it is to show that science and engineering can make great careers - as Rob Shelley reports.

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