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First school closures of 2008 announced

Posted by Rob Irvine on February 18, 2008 2:37 PM | 

And so it begins. It has just been confirmed that two Anglesey primary schools are to shut.
We're developing the story online and we will have lots more reaction from Ysgol Aberffraw and Ysgol Llanddeusant in tomorrow's paper.
The two schools have just 40 pupils between them. Many more schools, including 29 in Gwynedd, also face the chop. A review is underway in Conwy with other councils following suit.

That could well be the front page lead tomorrow. I am still waiting to see what else is shaping up at our 4pm conference. I'm slotting reporter interviews around this and will be announcing the names of two new reporters for the Daily Post in the next few days.
You will be seeing a lot of them in the paper and online.

Hope you enjoyed the sunny weekend (and indeed the sunny week - a real treat for half term). Llandudno was packed with holidaymakers and daytrippers on Saturday. And it wasn't just Labour Party conference delegates. I hope you appreciated us taking PM Gordon Brown to task on Saturday's front page over his willingness to stand by and let the axe fall on dozens of our post offices.
The fight goes on. Certainly the Welsh office and our new Welsh Secretary understand the strength of feeling over this issue. And the 40,000 Daily Post readers who signed up for our campaign opposing wholesale closures will have another chance to have their say in May - in the polling stations for the council elections


 

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Hello, I'm Rob Irvine, editor of the best -selling newspaper in North Wales - the Daily Post. I reckon mine is one of the best jobs in newspapers - editing a paper with an incredible history, with fantastically loyal readers. And I get to live in one of the most beautiful places on earth with wife Julie and our dog Max. I'll tell you in this blog about life at the Daily Post office in Llandudno Junction together with some s

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