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Man arrested after fire in Abergele

A 31 year old man has been arrested on suspicion of committing arson after a fire in Abergele.

Emergency services were called to a fire in Bridge Street at around 8:50pm last night.

North Wales Police say four people were treated for smoke inhalation at Ysbyty Glan Clwyd but there were no serious injuries.

An investigation has been launched.

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North Wales hospitality industry urged to use more local produce

Hotels and restaurants are being encouraged to stock more local produce Credit: Rowan Miles/EMPICS Entertainment

Hotels and restaurants in North Wales are being encouraged to stock more local produce with the launch of a new initiative.

Challenge 25 is calling for 25 hotels and restaurants across the region to take part using an easier supply agreement including remote rural areas.

Set up by Food North Wales with North Wales Tourism and Blas ar Fwyd, the initiative aims to work with the hospitality industry in north Wales to promote and provide advice on the importance of providing more local Welsh produce and giving visitors a taste of north Wales.

Ex-factory to become Europe's first Wave Garden

An artist's impression of how the Wave Farm will look Credit: Conwy Adventure Leisure

A former aluminium factory in Conwy is set to become Europe's first Wave Garden.

Conwy Adventure Leisure is submitting the plans and will hold a consultation today in Dolgarrog so residents can learn more about the multi-million pound development which would see the site transformed into a surfing facility and renamed 'Surf Snowdonia'.

An image of how the Wave Farm will look once completed Credit: Conwy Adventure Leisure
An artist's impression Credit: Conwy Adventure Leisure

The factory stopped operating in 2007. The consultation will take place at Dolgarrog Community Centre between 8am - 8pm.

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'Abigail's fund' donated to family they had never met

by Ian Lang

A couple from Conwy have given away cash raised for their seriously-ill daughter to help another sick child they've never met. Kevin and Christine Williams collected more than twenty thousand pounds for their daughter, Abigail.

But they've now been told her condition is incurable and there's nothing more doctors can do. So, they've given the money to three-year-old Kyle Weaver to help him walk for the first time.

Donation is a gesture of 'true kindness'

The parents of a seriously ill girl in Conwy have donated thousands of pounds to help a little boy in north Wales after they were told her condition was incurable.

Kevin and Christine Williams collected £22,500 to pay for pioneering stem cell treatment for their seven-year-old daughter Abigail. After being told that further treatment would not work they decided to donate the fund to help three-year-old Kyle Weaver walk for the first time.

Parents of boy 'shocked, astounded and amazed'

Simon and Samantha Weaver, parents of Kyle, say the donation means his operation at the St Louis Children's Hospital in Missouri will now go ahead on 21st May.

A team led by renowned surgeon Dr TS Park will cut Kyle's spinal cord and re-attach it to his legs to improve his mobility in a procedure called selective dorsal rhizotomy.

We are shocked, astounded and amazed at the Williams' generosity. We can really get going with the surgery now.

But we have mixed emotions. They have helped us and I wish we could help them, but there's nothing we can do.

This huge donation will make a huge difference to us.

– Simon Weaver, father of Kyle

Parents donate daughter's fund to help boy walk

The donation means Kyle Weaver's operation to help him walk again can go ahead in May. Credit: Wales News Service

Parents of a seriously ill girl in Conwy have donated thousands of pounds to help a little boy in north Wales after they were told her condition was incurable.

Kevin and Christine Williams collected £22,500 to pay for pioneering stem cell treatment for their seven-year-old daughter Abigail. After being told that further treatment would not work they decided to donate the fund to help three-year-old Kyle Weaver walk for the first time.

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Abigail (middle) with her parents Christine and Kevin Williams Credit: ITV News

Mr Williams said: "She's just not well enough - unfortunately the last 12 months Abigail has got a lot more poorly. We still owe a large debt of gratitude to the public for what they did for Abigail.

"It's Kyle's money now - his needs are more imminent than Abigail's. Hopefully people who donated will understand."

Abigail has the rare Batten's disease which affects her mobility and senses.

Kyle's parents Simon and Samantha Weaver, live 10 miles away in Llysfaen, North Wales. They said they were "stunned" by the generous donation.

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