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Welcome to North Wales Live's breaking news blog for April 11, 2019.

We will be bringing you regular updates throughout the day of all the breaking news and sport from across North Wales.

We will have pictures, video, tweets and comments covering the latest North Wales traffic, weather forecasts and anything else.

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Steve Bagnall

Wales's biggest college group sells land for Anglesey housing development

Grŵp Llandrillo Menai completes sale of residential site in Llangefni to Clwyd Alyn Housing Association.

Grwp Llandrillo Menai - represented by Legat Owen - has completed the sale of the 4.2-acre residential site in Llangefni to Clwyd Alyn Housing Association
Grwp Llandrillo Menai - represented by Legat Owen - has completed the sale of the 4.2-acre residential site in Llangefni to Clwyd Alyn Housing Association (Image: Legat Owen)
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Olympic cyclist Sir Chris Hoy coaches North Wales pupils days after 125mph race car crash

The six time gold medallist said it was a ‘right of passage learning to ride a bike as a kid’ as he assisted children at Rhyl’s Ysgol Tir Morfa.

Sir Chris Hoy at Ysgol Tir Morfa, Rhyl. Hoy is eleven-times a world champion and six-times an Olympic champion and the most successful Olympic cyclist of all time. Pictured: Sir Chris was hands on to help with budding cyclists.
Sir Chris Hoy at Ysgol Tir Morfa, Rhyl. Hoy is eleven-times a world champion and six-times an Olympic champion and the most successful Olympic cyclist of all time. Pictured: Sir Chris was hands on to help with budding cyclists. (Image: Ian Cooper/North Wales Live)
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Halloween Brexit date set

The UK is heading for a Halloween Brexit after leaders of the remaining 27 EU countries offered Theresa May to delay the deadline for withdrawal to October 31. The date was a compromise solution thrashed out in five hours of talks in Mrs May’s absence, after French President Emmanuel Macron held out against a longer extension lasting into 2020.

Prime Minister Theresa May speaks in the House of Commons on the day her deal was voted down for a third time
Prime Minister Theresa May is under pressure (Image: PA)
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Woman and her horse nearly buried alive in Colwyn Bay beach quicksand horror

Horse was up to her neck in quicksand on Colwyn Bay beach as rider thought she and mare were going to die.

Miss Independence, a 19-year-old mare, who was stuck in quicksand on Colwyn Bay beach, last Sunday.
Miss Independence, a 19-year-old mare, who was stuck in quicksand on Colwyn Bay beach, last Sunday. (Image: Tracey Robinson.)
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The 'ghost shopping centre' rates row triggers debate over reform of the business tax

Calls for a major change to the business rates regime to help save high streets.

Henblas Square, Wrexham, where the commercial property specialists Mandale are investing £4m into renovating the ‘ghost town’ shopping centre
Henblas Square, Wrexham, where the commercial property specialists Mandale are investing £4m into renovating the ‘ghost town’ shopping centre (Image: Melissa Cross)
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Retired North Wales Police dog Molly who helped crack more than 2,000 drug cases dies

Hundreds of people have paid tribute to the sniffer dog who helped put hundreds of criminals behind bars.

Tributes have been paid to retired PD Molly, who helped police crack more than 2,000 drug cases across the region
Tributes have been paid to retired PD Molly, who helped police crack more than 2,000 drug cases across the region (Image: Cheshire and North Wales Police Dogs)
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A483 traffic update

Slow traffic on A483 Wrexham Bypass Northbound before A55 J38 (Posthouse roundabout), according to traffic reports.

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Fresh hope for campaigners as Welsh Government Minister probes school closure plans

Kirsty Williams AM has received a complaint about Anglesey Council’s plans to axe Ysgol Gymuned Bodffordd and replace it with a super school.

Ysgol Gymuned Bodffordd and the neighbouring Ganolfan community centre.
Ysgol Gymuned Bodffordd and the neighbouring Ganolfan community centre. (Image: Google )
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Organised rustling on the rise as North Wales suffers second large scale sheep theft this year

New rustling report from NFU Mutual highlights the involvement of well-prepared gangs and even money launderers.

Farm fields are being cleared of livestock by organised criminals
Farm fields are being cleared of livestock by organised criminals (Image: Graham Young)
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North Wales animal rights campaigner accused of posting 'disgusting anti-Jewish racism'

The Board of Deputies has called for Judith Hewitt to be expelled from Labour and suspended from Twitter over ‘anti-Semitic’ posts but she insists she’s not racist.

Judith Hewitt and one of the tweets posted on her account
Judith Hewitt and one of the tweets posted on her account
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Signing in

Good morning. I’ll be providing live updates throughout the day. Steve Bagnall.