North Wales reporters hold councils to account on key issues

Summarised from North Wales Live's report · Updated 5 Nov, 10:35 · Archive

Local Democracy Reporters in North Wales are highlighting their work scrutinising local authority decisions on issues from bridge maintenance to healthcare.

Local Democracy Reporters Dale Spridgeon and Richard Evans covering North Wales are highlighting their work scrutinising local authority decisions. They cover four of the six local authority areas—Anglesey, Gwynedd, Conwy and Denbighshire—attending council meetings and studying agendas to hold leaders to account.

Spridgeon has reported extensively on the chaos of closures and maintenance of the 200-year-old Menai Suspension Bridge, including incidents where drivers angry at closures had hurled bottles of urine at bridge workers. She has also covered public outrage over a planned AI Data Centre on the banks of the Menai Strait. Evans has reported on crises facing the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. The reporters are highlighting their work as part of the News Media Association's Journalism Matters campaign.

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• Why the Local Democracy Service is more important than ever beforeFrom Menai Bridge closures, AI data centre protests and the pressures on the region's A&E departments, our reporters Dale Spridgeon and Richard Evans hold the region's authorities to accountNorth Wales Live · 4 Nov, 15:32

In this story: North Wales Live · Dale Spridgeon · Richard Evans · Anglesey · Gwynedd · Conwy · Denbighshire · Menai Suspension Bridge

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