“We continue to use our resources in the best possible way” was North Wales Police’s response this week (January 4, 2012) that the force has increased spending on overtime by a third in 2011.
Staff arrived on Monday (December 19) morning at a Rhondda butcher to find all the chiller cabinets were bare after callous thieves raided it.
Four North Wales Police stations are recommended for closure – which could save jobs. The stations are Penrhyndeudraeth in Gwynedd, Towyn in Conwy (which was decommissioned in 2009) and Gaerwen and Valley on Anglesey.
A third man has pleaded guilty to a robbery outside a bank in Machynlleth in May. Robert Court (23) was remanded in custody after his plea last Friday.
North Wales Police have ended a recruitment freeze by calling for more than 175 posts. The force is to take on 72 probationary constables and 106 police community support officers (PCSOs). The PCSO positions will be funded by the Welsh government.
The agitators known as Occupy Cardiff have set up a new camp at Transport House on Cathedral Road near the city centre. They are protesting against banking and big business and about 12 of them are believed to have camped overnight outside the building.
Two people have been arrested in connection with a tyre fire that raged on an industrial estate in Fforestfach. The duo – who are from nearby Swansea – have been released on police bail.
Members of the public protested on the steps of the Senedd assembly in Cardiff Bay regarding council public toilet provision. This provision varies widely across Wales.
About 150 sheep were stolen from a flock on the Black Mountain at Brynamman. Hugh Davies (67) and his wife Mary (61) noticed the animals were missing from their 1,000-head flock.
Two brothers were injured as a huge fire decimated a barn at the farm where they were working. The blaze broke out at Lower Berse Farm in Wrexham.