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FOUND: 3 - What They Never Told You

Welsh council first to consult on quadrupling council tax for second home owners

Gwynedd Council is looking at using new powers to massively hike council tax on second homes

Wales Online

‘It’s about keeping places alive’: Wales’s radical second-homes policy

Measures aim to preserve communities and keep more homes available for locals but critics say they are ‘anti-tourist’

The Guardian - UK

Entire Welsh slate village sold to London real estate company

The deal for Aberllefenni in Gwynedd has now been secured - with the village's 16 properties snapped up

Wales Online

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Urgent warning issued as 15 beachgoers left in excruciating pain by tiny poisonous fish

The weever fish lurks in the sand and injects a painful venom when it is stood on by unsuspecting beachgoers

Wales Online

Urgent beach warning as 15 people left in agony after being stung by tiny fish

Dangerous weever fish - that leave stings as bad as childbirth - have been spotted on the beaches of North Wales, after worried parents were warned by coastguards to take precautions

Daily Mirror

Beach warning after girl's foot 'bubbles up with poison'

There have been a number of reports of beachgoers being left in agony

Liverpool Echo

‘I wanted my children to grow up here’: how Airbnb is ruining local communities in north Wales

Families in Gwynedd county are being evicted as swathes of property are converted to short-term rentals for the tourism industry – and the situation being played out across the country. Can anything be done to help?

The Guardian - UK

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Family at 'breaking point' amid difficulties caring for son with rare genetic disorder

Hari Jones, six, from Gwynedd, has X Linked Myotubular Myopathy (XLMTM), which affects about one in every 50,000 male births - he cannot walk or sit up and is connected to a life support machine that needs constant monitoring

Daily Mirror

The Welsh villages where an influx of second homeowners are steadily forcing locals out

Gwynedd is the area the Welsh Government wants to help with its clampdown, but can their scheme actually work?

Wales Online

The beautiful Welsh place names that prove they aren't 'weird'

Most of Wales’ place names are in the Welsh language, but there are also origins from the English, French, Irish, Flemish, Latin and Norse language

Wales Online

Woman dies after 'waiting an hour' for ambulance as closest stations 'had no available crew'

Liz Saville Roberts MP has called for an urgent investigation into the emergency services' response to the incident in Barmouth, Gwynedd, on Sunday, July 10

Wales Online

New decarbonisation hub in Gwynedd to create over 130 jobs

The new hub will be based in the 120,000 sq ft former Northwood tissue factory in Penygroes

Birmingham Post

Public warned to 'stay away' from dangerous Welsh beauty spot

Some are continuing to gain access to a quarry lake near Llanberis in Gwynedd

Wales Online

Three very different coastal dream homes in Wales that all have gorgeous sweeping sea views

Sun's out, surf's up, sea view is spectacular

Wales Online

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The huge population changes in Wales revealed in the first data from Census 2021

Some areas of Wales have seen a substantial fall in population

Wales Online

Welsh council asks owners of more than 1,000 empty homes to sell them

There is a critical shortage of property in Gwynedd and the council is seeking to buy empty properties as one measure to alleviate the lack of supply

Wales Online

The Welsh hotel you might never have heard of just named the best in the UK

Palé Hall in Llandderfel near Bala in Gwynedd scored higher than the likes of Salcombe Harbour Hotel & Spa in Devon and Penally Abbey in Tenby

Daily Mirror

British tourist lives to regret poor parking after car flooded by sea water

The British driver was shocked to discover his car swamped by sea water after accidentally parking in the harbour at Borth Y Gest in Gwynedd, North Wales

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Birmingham Post

Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and Cwmni Egino announce plan for Trawsfynydd nuclear development

The two organisations are working towards a collaboration agreement aimed at progressing plans at the Gwynedd site

Birmingham Post

Gwynedd council to create French style stopover campervan sites near town centres in the county

The council has secured money from Welsh Government to develop six 'aires' to tackle the problem of illegal or inappropriate parking by motorhomes

Birmingham Post

Gwynedd caravan park submits plan to ensure it is protected from floods

Barmouth Bay Holiday Park, at Tal-y-bont, wants to build a new flood defence wall

Daily Mirror

Brave girl, 7, overcomes her blindness to land lead role in Netflix series

Nell Sutton, seven, from Gwynedd, stars in Netflix series All The Light We Cannot See with Mark Ruffalo and Hugh Laurie, directed by Stranger Things' Shawn Levy

Birmingham Post

Gwynedd Council issued with a High Court Writ to recover care fee arrears

Meddyg Care Dementia Homes took action but council disputes claim responsibility to the frail and vulnerable people of Gwynedd is in any way compromised

Birmingham Post

Fears Gwynedd hotel 'unviable' unless something done about costs tsunami hitting businesses

Dwyfor Meirionnydd MS Mabon ap Gwynfor has written to Chancellor Rishi Sunak to raise concerns that he says affects thousands of other companies

Wales Online

The full results in Gwynedd local elections 2022: Plaid strengthens its position at the expense of Labour and independents

Plaid Cymru held control following the last election in 2017

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