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Twitter account for - News & Info from Deeside, Flintshire, North Wales... email news @deeside .com

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10 months
Wepre Waterfall currently ... - [vid @TheJedex ]
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Fantastic video sent in by Ian Jones of the Flying Scotsman thundering through Shotton Station this morning ...
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Doors opening...
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River Dee whale: “It is critical to understand how difficult this situation is - The whale is still alive and it will be monitored from the boat and the shore.” British Divers Marine Life Rescue...
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Good news for Broughton’s wing makers, Qantas has confirmed today it is ordering 52 Airbus jets including 12 A350-1000s capable of flying non-stop from Australia to the UK....
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5 years
BREAKING! LABOUR HOLDS ALYN AND DEESIDE
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Big smile for the camera's as Beluga XL takes off for the first time...
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8 years
Jade going against Team GB 'protocol' with the Welsh flag - brilliant!! what a champion...
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Wow!!
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Lovely bit of weather tonight, #slowmotion #lightening @DeesideDotCom
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The Niagara of north Wales ....
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Double Olympic gold medallist Jade Jones has received an OBE in the New Year Honours...
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Airbus kicked off its 50th-anniversary celebrations with a formation flight over in France earlier today - an A220, A320, A330, A350 XWB and A380 - were joined by Patrouille du France acrobatic demonstration team -
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This is that REALLY loud crack of thunder which may have woken you up around 5.15am this morning - Naomi captured it on vid from Higher Shotton - “No Way!“
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Plans have been unveiled for a £590 million tidal lagoon in Flintshire capable of powering over 80,000 North Wales homes
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As a County of Sanctuary, Flintshire stands ready to support any actions that the UK and Welsh Governments ask us to take with regard to supporting refugees involved in this terrible situation.”
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Airbus is set to deliver over 400,000 face masks to the NHS - the first consignment will arrive at it's Broughton site later this week.
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Little bit of snow in Holywell
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4 years
COWVID-19 incident
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Traffic Wales North & Mid
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#A55 remains closed in both directions between J29 and J30 due to a COWVID-19 incident. They are being moo-ved into a nearby field and we hope to have the carriageway open as soon as possible. Thank you again for your patience.
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Great pic captured by @TheJedex looking over Northop Hallll from the top of Wepre
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In a joint statement, the politicians said: “We have facilitated a meeting between Flintshire Council and the Welsh Government to seek to move towards a more pragmatic approach where more roads are brought back to 30mph in Flintshire.”...
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Becky Gittins (Welsh Labour) has been elected as the Member of Parliament for Clwyd East
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8 months
Breaking: Plans to reduce Deeside fire station staffing protocol from Wholetime 24/7, to a Day Crewing model have been rejected during today's Fire Authority Emergency Cover Review Meeting.. more to follow
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100 bags of litter!! Absolutely brilliant effort from all those involved in tidying this area up over the weekend - The state of the land behind Asda in Queensferry has been nothing short of an embarrassment. Well Done!!
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By way of contrast: A494 traffic on Maundy Thursday 2019 vs 2020 ....
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Scene of devastation in Shotton this morning after a single vehicle collision, assume the road will be closed for sometime - no reports of injuries from people near the scene - looking to get that confirmed.
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There she blows ... BelugaXL just over Connah's Quay a few minutes ago - On its way to Bremen... XL is now fully operational and will be a regular sight in the skies over Deeside
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That's the A494 covered ...
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Protesting farmers are holding a go slow along the A494 in Deeside 'no farmers no food' the banners say ..
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3 years
Jack Sargeant has held onto the Alyn and Deeside seat.
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Join ‘the Bald Hiker’ @paul_steele on a coastal path walk as he seeks views on our very special Dee Estuary
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Quick shot of the impressive Airbus A400M Atlas as it performed a couple of tight circuits over Ewloe and Aston a few minutes ago ...
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Wow a cracking photo of lighting in Buckley captured by @lyn_dolly_c 📸 via
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A quick snippet of BelugaXL footage captured by the Airbus drone yesterday and kindly sent to us by @AirbusintheUK - more to follow 😉 of course.....
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"The Quay was his town, his anchor, his pride. Grief was palpable, it could be tasted but not swallowed. Nothing can be digested this week, not in any sense."
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Firefighters are staging a protest this morning against proposed staffing changes at Deeside Fire Station. The shift from 24/7 Wholetime model to Day Crewing could lead to longer response times at night, raising community safety concerns. - More here >>
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Green Flags will be flying over Deeside’s Wepre Park and Greenfield Valley Heritage Park after they were both awarded the prestigious mark of excellence by inspectors.
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Hundreds of people have turned out this morning for the Remembrance Service at the Shotton and Connah’s Quay Cenotaph...
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Bin collectors and other frontline council staff in Flintshire have been hailed as the unsung heroes of the coronavirus crisis.
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Remember when Flintshire Bridge was closed due to filming? Well here's the result; Ford's new “Backbone of Britain” advert ...
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Gone under the radar this a bit locally - What a fantastic perfomrnce by Deeside AAC athlete Sabrina Fortune who bagged a European gold 🥇in Berlin this week.
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No1 trending story on the BBC website right now is of course about the earlier earthquake many of us felt - Louise Craig from Connah's Quay is quoted in the story and it's pure comedy gold....
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6 years
Wow - 45 years in business what an achievement - well done!!
@qferrysports
Queensferry Sports
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SALE starts soon! 👀 Upto 70% off for Spring and to celebrate 45 years of your local sports shop. Starts 1/04/18. See you then.
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Stunning sunrise over a frosty Sealand this morning captured by Dawn Morris ...
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Quick nose at the map.... yep, thought so, Flintshire is still in Wales, Boris' statement will be for England... 👍
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Northop Hall Village Action Group said it was “delighted” that Flintshire's planning committee members had rejected the application, which had seen nearly 2,600 letters of objection sent to the council.
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Stunning sunset this evening over Deeside - another lovely day weatherise tomorrow...
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Parking up
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Stunning sunset over Deeside this evening.... Mark Taylor sent us this shot taken from Zone 4 of Deeside Industrial Estate looking towards Connah's Quay ...
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Interestingly parliament will vote on the 4 week lockdown measures proposed just now for England, N/Wales Conservative MP's blasted the Welsh Govt for introducing the 2 week 'fire break' - one said of it “I am seriously dismayed by this measure” Wonder how they will vote?
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Alyn and Deeside - Labour win ... Mark Tami returns as MP
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Gary Speed would have been 48 today. Depression - don't suffer in silence, talk to somebody.....
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Congratulations to 17 year old Sea Cadet John Challenger from Flint who has received a British Empire Medal (BEM) in the Queen's Birthday Honours list for services to young people during COVID-19:
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Tonight Deeside's Rainbow Hospital - which will close to inpatients on Friday - has been lit up yellow in support of @mariecurie 's #DayOfReflection
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Stunning lightning display last night if you were still up - if not this video shows what it looked like for a prolonged period overnight - Yellow weather warnings in place locally but according to forecasts no stormy weather due today but very warm - up to 29º in Deeside today..
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Incredible lightning around #mold #flintshire tonight
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10 years ago today Flintshire lost its favourite son. Gary Speed died at the age of just 42. His mum Carol has urged others who are struggling to talk to friends or family 👇
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Lovely photo of BelugaXL from the @DeesideDotCom photographer - taken onboard a cherry picker - says he has over 1000 to go through 😎
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Deeside based Iceland has launched a reverse vending machine in a Flintshire store where shoppers can now swap empty plastic bottles in return for a 10p voucher.
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Marine Mammal Medics are currently assisting a 30ft small fin whale which has become stranded in the Dee Estuary. More here:
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Claire
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There’s a whale stranded in the river, less than a mile away from where I live. The marine medics are on the scene. I hope they can help him. He’s only a baby. #whale #RiverDee #NorthWales #rescue #marine 🐳
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Fantastic news!!
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We're pleased to report that the 72-year-old man from Chester who had gone missing yesterday evening has returned home safe and well. Thank you for your help.
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Patients at Deeside Community Hospital in Higher Shotton enjoyed the full two-hour show live streamed from Theatre Clwyd ( @ClwydTweets ) on Wednesday afternoon
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The first pictures from within a temporary 250 bed hospital which will be housed within Deeside Leisure Centre have been published
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Bit chilly to use today but Deeside Leisure Centre’s new outdoor swimming will be popular in the summer ...
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Would be rude not to re-share this shot on #WorldPhotographyDay captured last week at Broughton by @AirbusintheUK 📸 🤩
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Jailed a Mold today, a 24-year-old female frm Pwllheli, bit one police officer, assaulted two others causing minor injuries she then coughed and spat at another officer while claiming to have coronavirus.... dedicating some of tonights 👏 👏 👏 to those who had to deal with that!
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Her offences included coughing and spitting at police while claiming to have the coronavirus 😡
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Broughton built Lancaster Bomber over Sandycroft just now -great sight and sound.
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BIG CLAP from key workers in Hawarden this evening ... Police joined staff and residents at Wellfield Residential Care Home..
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Flintshire will be treated to a Tornado ‘Finale Flypast’ next week as the RAF gets set to retire the fighter jet after 40 years of service.
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The new Amazon delivery station will see over 50 new jobs created in Deeside
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Chester Zoo has released footage of two Sumatran tiger cubs, Alif and Raya, emerging from their den for the first time. ‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‍‌​‌‌‌​‌​‍‌​‌‌‌​‌​
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Moon over Deeside this evening ..
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Lovely new trains being unveiled by TfW in Cardiff today for the South Wales Metro, meanwhile on the Wrexham to Bidston line ....................... a shambles.
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@tfwrail is officially unveiling its Class 231 FLIRT DEMUs in Cardiff today (although they've been in passenger service for a couple of months already). 11 diesel-only sets will be followed by 24 tri-mode Class 756s currently under construction at Stadler's Bussnang factory in🇨🇭
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