Owen Hughes

Matthew Roberts says he fought off a pocket bully-type dog after it attacked his seven-year-old Labrador, Parker, during an evening walk in Flint on August 8. Parker required several hours of veterinary treatment, stitches and treatment for soft-tissue and shoulder-bone damage costing £700. Roberts complained to North Wales Police, saying the dog was returned to its owner within hours and that further checks should have been carried out. North Wales Police said no person was injured, the incident did not meet the prosecution threshold under the Dangerous Dogs Act, and the dog was seized before being returned to its owner. The force said officers later contacted Roberts about preventative safeguarding measures.

Rhyl RNLI has paid tribute to volunteer crew member Kyle Simpson, who died suddenly aged 26 after joining the station only a few months earlier. Colleagues praised his infectious laugh, cheeky character, commitment to training and station maintenance, and enthusiasm for crew activities. Flags at the station and lifeboat memorials were lowered to half-mast, while the RNLI expressed condolences to Simpson’s family, friends and fellow crew members.

Plans are advancing to convert Llandudno’s hidden Victorian Fach reservoir into a new attraction called Llandudno Vaults, blending engineering heritage with immersive storytelling and Welsh mythology. The project secured £20,000 from the UK Immersive Arts programme, with developers now seeking wider public and financial support. A planning application is expected later in the year, and community engagement efforts are underway to shape the visitor experience.

A man suffered a potentially life-threatening arterial wound after slipping while opening a beer with a knife on a beach in Aberdyfi, Gwynedd. Bystanders applied pressure to the wound before RNLI volunteers, Coastguard, paramedics and Wales Air Ambulance provided coordinated emergency care, ultimately airlifting him to hospital. Responders highlighted the effective multi-agency effort and the importance of using appropriate tools.