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...
Final stamps bearing the Queen's head revealed
By Sean CoughlanRoyal correspondent
The Last set of new stamps showing the late Queen's head are being issued by Royal Mail , featuring the centenary of the Flying Scotsman steam locomotive.
This marks The End of an era, with this familiar version of Queen Elizabeth Ii 's silhouette having appeared on special stamps since 1968.
These final stamps of the Elizabethan Era can be ordered from Tuesday, and will Go On general release next week.
Future commemorative stamps will show a silhouette of King Charles III.
Such sets of special stamps have long-term planning schedules, and the Royal Mail has kept to publication plans made before the late Queen's death last September.
The 12 stamps featuring the Flying Scotsman will be The Last to show The Queen 's silhouette, with this design updating an earlier image.
These farewell stamps will show the steam locomotive, built in 1923 and running between London and Edinburgh, in settings including North Yorkshire , Northumberland, Berwick-on-Tweed and Victoria Station in London.
The series also shows poster artwork from the 1920s and 1930s, with Royal Mail spokesman David Gold saying the stamps evoke " The Golden Age Of steam travel".
During her reign, the late Queen's head appeared on hundreds of special issues of stamps, on themes ranging from Concorde, Star Trek and Endangered Species to Sherlock Holmes .
This release marks The End of The Queen appearing on such commemorative stamps, but existing stocks of regular first and second class stamps showing The Queen 's head will be used until they run out.
The new King Charles stamp, to be phased in over the forthcoming months, has already been revealed by the Royal Mail , showing a very Minimalist Design without a crown.
The current silhouette of the late Queen, based on a 1950s image of her in her 20s, was first used in 1968 on stamps celebrating British bridges, including what was then a modern-looking M4 motorway viaduct.
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".
In 1968, a first-class stamp cost 5d, about two pence in decimal money. The cost is now 95 pence.
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com
