Young people in Flintshire will be offered a free meningitis B vaccine ahead of the new academic year. Letters go out from 6 July to those aged 17 and 18, and students heading to university.

A community hub in Queensferry says repeated vandalism to its 3G pitch fencing has cost around £2,000 to repair.

The six-month examination of Uniper’s plans for a new carbon capture power station at Connah’s Quay has closed, moving the project into its decision stage.

Police are appealing for information after two vehicles were stolen and a third damaged in the Shotton and Queensferry area overnight on Sunday..

Flintshire County Council has backed a motion declaring a ‘healthcare emergency’ in North Wales.

A Russian state-sponsored cyber gang attempted to access Flintshire County Council’s computer systems within the past month, the council’s most senior governance officer has told a committee meeting

Flintshire CC has listed 30 objections and says a new power station in Connah's Quay would dominate the landscape for 2.5km, its visual impact 'considerably' underestimated.

A 47-year-old man has been jailed for life after admitting 16 sex offences against two children in Connah's Quay.

An industrial unit on Dock Road in Connah’s Quay could become an indoor darts venue under plans filed with Flintshire council.

A by-election will be held in Connah’s Quay Central after Bernie Attridge resigned as a councillor on Monday, bringing to an end more than two decades on Flintshire County Council.

Welsh Water said supplies should be restored by 6pm today.

The application seeks permission to build a supermarket on unused grassland at the junction of Chester Road and the shopping park’s access road in Broughton

Plans for a wine shop in Mold have been refused because of concerns it could pollute the River Dee -

No trains will run between Chester and Llandudno Junction for a weekend in June while engineers carry out flood-prevention work at Flint.

The club secured a place in Premier League 3, the third tier of the English league, after the play-offs at Worcester Arena -

The New Saints have been fined £180 after the FAW found they made an illegal approach for Connah's Quay Nomads player Callum West. Nomads called the penalty extremely disappointing.

Buildings and landmarks across Flintshire will be lit up tonight for Rupert, a one-year-old boy who lives with an ultra-rare neurological condition, as his family marks his first birthday.

A 36-year-old Saltney Ferry man has been charged with four offences after North Wales Police attended a property on Saltney Terrace on Monday afternoon.

Flintshire households on default energy tariffs face a £221 rise in their annual bills from 1 July, after Ofgem raised the price cap by 13%. Ed Miliband called it a rise driven by "a war we did not choose."

The Met Office says Monday's record-breaking 32.2C reading at Hawarden Airport could still be rejected if the station and its equipment fail "a rigorous validation process".

North East Wales Search and Rescue volunteers were called out on Saturday afternoon to assist the casualty off the hill - 

The former Lloyds Bank branch on Chester Road West in Shotton is to become a Specsavers Opticians, according to planning documents submitted to Flintshire County Council.

A cyclist has died after a collision on Hoole Bridge in Chester in the early hours of Thursday, and the driver of a silver Toyota Yaris fled the scene on foot.

Traffic Wales has confirmed four consecutive nights of overnight slip road closures at Ewloe Interchange next month, running from Monday 15 June to Friday 19 June.

A resident broke down in tears at Flintshire’s Planning Committee while explaining the impact of ‘industrial-scale’ noise from Aldi refrigeration units near her home.

A warm and settled bank holiday weekend is forecast for Flintshire, with temperatures set to peak at 25°C on bank holiday Monday before climbing further into next week.

The B5125 The Highway in Ewloe will close for four days from next Tuesday as the active travel scheme around St David’s Roundabout continues.

Drivers are going the wrong way down a one-way road near Deeside Community Hospital and using it as a “short cut”, a Flintshire councillor has said.

PC Hatton said: "I am appealing for anyone who witnessed the incident, or who may have CCTV, dashcam or mobile phone footage to contact us..

Ewloe: St David's roundabout works mayhem - hopes for a “vast improvement from today” says Cllr Helen Brown following site meeting..

The system allows passengers to pay by tapping a contactless bank card or smart device against a reader at the start and end of each journey.

The developer forecasts the £70 million scheme will create up to 600 jobs once running, plus 300 construction jobs during the build..

A missing woman has been found safe in the Halkyn area after a search that ran across two days and drew in police, mountain rescue volunteers and members of the public.

A small number of Welsh residents linked to a hantavirus outbreak on a Dutch cruise ship are being checked daily by Public Health Wales.

Months of disruption at the Ewloe and St David’s roundabouts will continue into mid-July after Flintshire County Council confirmed an overrun on its active travel works programme.

Hawarden, Mancot Councillor, Sam Swash has forced Castlegreen Homes’ application to be debated by Flintshire County Council’s planning committee.

Drivers using the M53 between Chester and Wirral face three years of disruption as National Highways begins a £50m programme of bridge replacements, resurfacing and drainage works.

Castle Green Homes has lodged a fresh planning application for the construction of 276 homes at a site in Ewloe.

Opponents of plans to close four Catholic schools in Flintshire to create a 3-18 super-school say it undermines the new Welsh Government’s commitment to strengthen Welsh culture.

Jack Sargeant has said it's been "an honour" to represent Alyn and Deeside in his response to losing his Senedd seat. The former Welsh Labour Minister said he'll spend time with his young family.

Full result form Fflint Wrecsam - !Two Reform, Two Plaid Cymru, One Welsh Conservative and One Welsh Labour.

Clywd Result (remember this includes parts of Flintshire) Reform 3 seats, Plaid 2 seats Conservatives 1 seat ... Labour's Hannah Blythyn and Carolyn Thomas will not be returning to the Senedd ..

A 19-year-old driver has been given a suspended sentence after a Christmas Eve collision on a road near Pen-y-ffordd left three of his passengers seriously injured.

The count for the Clwyd Senedd constituency is well under way here at Coleg Cambria sports hall in Connah's Quay - live feed etc here:   https://www.deeside.com/senedd-election-2026-live-from-the-count-in-connahs-quay/

Polling stations across Flintshire open at 7am today, Thursday 7 May, for the 2026 Senedd election.

A historic Flintshire pub which has been completely demolished will not be restored – despite Flintshire County Council rejecting a planning application.

A man from Mancot has been jailed for life for raping three children and sexually abusing a fourth.

A gang who burgled elderly victims across Flintshire and Wrexham, including a couple in their late 80s from Broughton, have been jailed for nearly 10 years at Mold Crown Court..

Plans to build a permanent extension to Flintshire’s historic Soughton Hall have been redrawn to better fit in with the character of the venue.

A new poll, conducted by Survation on behalf of Aberystwyth University and Newyddion S4C, places Reform UK slightly ahead of Plaid Cymru in voting intention ahead of the Senedd election.