Menai Bridge
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| Weather | 17°C, Wind SW at 34 km/h, 96% Humidity |
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| Population | 3,376 |
| Dialling code | 01248 |
| Local time | Wednesday 04:00 |
| Postcode district | LL59 |
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| ID | 1162804 |
About Menai Bridge
Menai Bridge is a small town and community on the Isle of Anglesey in north-west Wales. It overlooks the Menai Strait and lies by the Menai Suspension Bridge, built in 1826 by Thomas Telford, just over the water from Bangor. With a population of 3,376, it is the fifth largest town on the island.
Concrete: Two schools in Wales close over concerns
... Ysgol David Hughes is located in Menai Bridge, while Uwchradd Caergybi is in Holyhead...
Final stamps bearing the Queen's head revealed
... There was politics in the background too, with the Postal Museum noting that a decision to include a stamp of the Menai Bridge rather than Tower Bridge was out of sensitivity to " Welsh aspirations"...
All major road building projects in Wales are scrapped
... Plans for a third Menai Bridge will not go ahead and neither will the controversial Red Route in Flintshire...
Kate Middleton to Catherine: Becoming Princess of Wales
... Does your husband fly helicopters? Sue Hesketh is a Cub leader with 1st Menai Bridge Scouts, who meet near the Bodorgan estate where William and Catherine lived while he worked as an RAF search and rescue helicopter pilot...
Prince and Princess of Wales: William and Kate's Anglesey 'refuge'
... " Sue Hesketh, Cubs leader at 1st Menai Bridge, got to know Catherine after she did some voluntary work with the group, and met the couple again when they returned to visit the island in 2019...
Far-right cell members jailed for terror offences
... Samuel Whibley, 29, of Derwen Deg, Menai Bridge, Anglesey, was found guilty of eight terrorism offences, including the encouragement of terrorism and the dissemination of a terrorist publication, and was jailed for 10 years...
Long Covid: Brain fog causes work absence but swimming helps
... " Sian said her recovery had been helped after paying to see a consultant in Stoke-on-Trent - a two-and-a-half-hour drive from her home in Llandegfan, near Menai Bridge - instead of waiting 12 months on the Welsh NHS...
Boy able to hug brother for first time
... That is where Ben Ryan, from Menai Bridge on Anglesey, came in, designing an arm for Jacob, who is now five...
Boy able to hug brother for first time
When Jacob was born eight weeks early most of his left arm was missing.
His parents Gemma Turner and Chris Scrimshaw, from Calderdale in West Yorkshire , crowdfunded to get a £16,000 functioning limb made for him.
The NHS and most companies take The View That a functioning prosthetic is not an option when the limb ends above the elbow.
That is where Ben Ryan , from Menai Bridge on Anglesey, came in, designing an arm for Jacob , who is now Five .
Jacob and his brother hugged after his new arm was fittedMr Ryan developed a hydraulic design after his son Sol had an emergency amputation when he was 10 days old.
It led him to quit his job as a psychology lecturer and Set Up his own company, named Ambionics, two and a half years ago.
His firm merged with Polish prosthetic maker Glaze this year.
One of their first clients was Jacob .
Jacob with his mother Gemma at the fittingMr Ryan has been working with a prosthetics expert and Jacob 's family to perfect a hydraulic arm for him.
The Family wanted an elbow That could be set in different positions, a gripping mechanism and a modular hand That can be swapped out for other tools.
He explained That the prosthetics are not 3D printed in the normal way, as they are forged together in a bath of nylon powder using Lasers .
Jacob 's new arm is superhero-themed Jacob is now able to grip things with his functioning prostheticMr Ryan said the elbow can be set using a sliding lock, and The Hand closes when Jacob squeezes a water filled rubber chamber That is mounted to the upper arm.
He designed a mechanism to make it work while the arm was cast by his colleagues in Poland.
Perhaps, more importantly - for Jacob anyway - it is large, green and superhero themed.
"It was what Jacob wanted, including have a larger hand, so the theme is perfect," said Mr Ryan.
On Thursday he delivered the arm to Jacob at a meeting in Ringwood, Hampshire, and said the fitting was a "success" and That Jacob "exceeded everybody's expectations".
"He can give his brother a hug and hold his hand," he said.
Jacob was born eight weeks early with most of his left arm missingSpeaking after The Final fitting, Gemma, a Police Officer , said watching her son wear the arm was "lovely", adding That he "really likes it, he's got it on right now".
She explained That Jacob did not want a non-functioning prosthetic and said: "He's not bothered About Looking like everybody else. "
The addition has also helped with balancing his posture, she added.
While raising funds to get Jacob a functioning prosthetic, one anonymous donor gave them £5,000 - Saying she was terminally ill and unable to complete her bucket list.
Gemma said asking for money was "kind of a bit strange for us but you've got to do what you've got to do".
"The Family have had so much bad luck getting help for Jacob ," said Mr Ryan.
"Nobody has been able to deliver something That could work for him.
"It's always been the same status-quo - That it won't work when the prosthetic is for the upper arm. "
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Source of news: bbc.com
