🔴 OFFICIAL! We will be CITY OF WREXHAM 🔴 Perhaps the most historic announcement of its kind in 160+ years for the town, we have won the City Status competition! 🧵
The full list of places becoming cities are:
* Wrexham, Wales
* Bangor, Northern Ireland
* Colchester, England
* Doncaster, England
* Douglas, Isle of Man
* Dunfermline, Scotland
* Milton Keynes, England
* Stanley, Falkland Islands
40,000 😮 "It was a privilege for our local officers to join in with the community and be part of such a tremendous and historic occasion which will be remembered for many years to come"
HISTORIC VOTE RESULT: Fans agree to sell Wrexham Association Football Club for one peppercorn (and £2m investment to start with!) to Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney. The adventure starts here…
If you are looking for loopholes or how to game or evade the new restrictions you could be the reason why they had to be brought in. People are dying, loads more will as it gets more serious. Stay home dont spread a virus you may not know you have. Protect the Maelor Hospital.
🔴 Big news for Wrexham's Kop development funding - council unlocks multi million pound wodge of the Welsh Government cash as 'Plan B' gets underway 🔴 More:
BREAKING NEWS - TAKEOVER COMPLETE! Another chapter opens in the rich history of Wrexham Association Football Club, with the baton passed from the fans to
@vancityreynolds
and
@RMcElhenney
who are now custodians of the club
Embarrassing scenes for
@SalfordCityFC
who the town play on Boxing Day -
@GNev2
+co's team had to photoshop in Wrexham fans to show some passion in their planning application... 😂
#tinpot
Councillor apologising for calling kids (and parents of) mindless morons for being let out, let alone congregating in close groups. The latest stats from Spain just released, 838 have died in the last day. Don’t be a mindless moron, and parents, dont be mindless morons either.
Today is not a holiday. Stay home. Stop the spread. Help Wrexham and protect the Maelor. Your actions today will be felt in the weeks and months ahead.
An immigration barrister said of the comments by Wrexham’s MP: “Misleading contributions like this which are simply wrong in legal terms are counterproductive:
In the future there will be maps and tables of where the virus spread. Don't make Wrexham an outbreak hot spot. Stay in, distance yourself. The virus does not spread on its own, you could be a carrier and not know it. Protect the Maelor Hospital and call out those who are not.
Sixth former Lloyd has been great over the last 15 months giving accurate data, useful visualisations and the context. No doubt future inquiries will ponder how a 17 year old explained pandemic data to Wales often better and in a more accessible way than formal entities.
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#ChesterFC
are delighted to announce the appointment of Calum McIntyre as First Team Manager.
🤝 The 28-year-old has put pen to paper on a two-year deal at the Deva Stadium and takes up the post with immediate effect. Read more below. 👇
#OurClub
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In normal times we would be messing about with an April Fool. The only fool today is the person who spreads the virus. People can spread it unknowingly - lets not make Wrexham a hot spot eh? Stay in, protect the Maelor Hospital 💙
Weeeell you just knew that was gonna happen!
@bootlegger1974
pilsner is officially a gold medal winner!
@WXM_Lager
has picked up more top international awards too 👏
UK death toll has increased by another 980, that excludes ‘community’ deaths as well. If around thousand people dying a day does not stop you having mates round for a BBQ or picking and choosing which pandemic rules you follow, it would be interesting to know what number would 👀
A father of three who is the first person to leave Wrexham Maelor Hospital after needing intensive care treatment for COVID-19 has praised staff for saving his life:
Been made aware that some play areas that had been cabled tied and closed off to help wider public health - people have broken them to get in to use. If you have to *break in* to a play area in a pandemic you probably need to have a word with yourself.
We predict around 17,000 of you registered to vote will not bother voting in Wrexham. Willing to bet some of those will have a whinge about the result though! Go out and vote, polling stations open 7am til 10pm !
Hats off to
@bootlegger1974
who has sailed through the incredible 200,000 people following mark on twitter this evening. For a man famed for being a well refreshed pilsner connoisseur, hes completed sober-for-october and raised well over seven grand! 👏
Welsh Gov said earlier "If people ignore this advice we’ll have no choice but to use powers to enforce”. Won’t be surprised to see enforcement. Some people are actual idiots.
Lockdown is NOT over and changes in Wales get decided by the First Minister. Lots about this morning from Westminster etc. Locally there is a correlation between vocal people on social media and those who don’t know who sets what law for where they live.
Big news 🔥 WREXHAM makes the final shortlist for UK City of Culture 2025! 🔥 Bradford, County Durham, Southampton and Wrexham County Borough selected - winner will be announced by the Culture Secretary in May. More:
For those not taking this outbreak seriously - in the last few minutes extraordinary measures, and vast economic measures, have been announced. The reason is for what is coming in the next few weeks and months. Stay at home. Social distance if out. Do your bit.
Been passed this picture from someone pointing out current snow is 'nothing' compared to February 1963 - 55 years ago! Pic taken on road to Llandegla by four crosses.