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...
Far-right cell members jailed for terror offences
Members of a " fascist" cell who made gun parts on a 3D printer and rejoiced at mass shootings have been jailed.
The three men and One Woman were convicted of 18 offences in March following a two-month trial.
Prosecutors said they had " celebrated racist violence and killing".
At Sheffield Crown Court , Daniel Wright , 29, Liam Hall , 31, and Stacey Salmon, 29, all from Keighley, and Samuel Whibley, 29, from Anglesey, were jailed for a total of 31 years.
During The Trial , jurors had heard that was found at the home of Hall and his partner Salmon at Hill Top Walk, Keighley.
Firearms experts said despite being incomplete, The Weapon could have proved lethal if fully assembled.
Other weapons were also recovered from The Gang , as well as chemicals and practical guides for making explosives.
An undercover Police Officer had infiltrated The Group , which used the Telegram online messaging app to exchange terror manuals and share racist ideology, The Trial heard.
The Group also posted videos of atrocities, including mass shootings at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand , in March 2019.
Daniel Wright , 30, of Whinfield Avenue, Keighley, was found guilty of seven offences, including an offence of manufacturing a firearm, and was jailed for 12 years.
Hall was found guilty of manufacturing a firearm and possessing a firearm, and was jailed for Six Years .
Salmon was convicted of possessing a firearm and was jailed for three years.
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 .
At the start of The Trial , prosecutor Annabel Darlow QC said The Defendants were members of an " extreme fascist" cell during The First four months of 2021.
After the sentencing, temporary Det Ch Supt Peter Craig , head of Counter Terrorism Policing North East, said The Unit worked tirelessly to identify those who had " an extremist mindset and threaten the safety and unity of our diverse communities".
Source of news: bbc.com
