‘50 sex offences in schools in 4 years’
AN anti-social behaviour blackspot in Caernarfon has recently been the subject of a colourful community-based initiative.
Pupils from Ysgol Maesincla and Ysgol Syr Hugh Owen took part in a Tidy Towns funded partnership project to create a mural on a wall running alongside a local path known as Llwybr y Plas. The path links housing estates on Llanberis Road with those in nearby Maesincla.
Dyffryn Cadnant Partnership was formed in 2014 following concern that the area was being used for fly-tipping and subject to littering and graffiti. Work completed by the partnership over the past two years include joint litter-picks, trimming trees to improve lighting, installation of litter bins and also two Tidy Towns school projects to raise awareness of problems, such as littering and dog fouling.
Work to prepare for the mural began in spring when contractors re-plastered the wall, with children from Ysgol Maesincla then painting the wall with undercoat. Pupils following art-based subjects at Ysgol Syr Hugh Owen were then involved in designing and painting the mural, which depicts modern and historic scenes of Caernarfon. The mural was finally protected with a special anti-graffiti coating. SINGLES in Gwynedd are the least likely in the UK to want their potential love interests to be intelligent – according to an online dating site.
They are also in the top five areas for not being bothered whether a new boyfriend or girlfriend is sexy according to the eHarmony website.
And Gwynedd love seekers are also not particularly interested about passion, athleticism or a potential mate being opinionated.
However according to the survey, what daters in Gwynedd want above all in a burgeoning romance, was for their new partner to be generous.
To arrive at its conclusions the relationship website had trawled through 20,000 different data profiles across the UK to build up a picture of what people want from their new partner.
Gwynedd singles it seems are happy to sacrifice keenness of mind and physical attraction for someone who is kind and giving.
The survey on the website also summed up another quirk of Gwynedd mate seekers.
“Singles in Gwynedd claim to be far less bossy than the average Brit - but when it comes to food, they find it difficult to choose whether to go out for Italian or Chinese,” it said.
The findings from eHarmony also revealed the UK preferred restaurants for romantic occasions are Italian ones with Chinese tying with Indian in second place.
The nation also prefers comedy films to action or romance films, rock and pop to R&B and soul, dogs over cats and tennis rather than rugby.
While most of the preferences expressed on the site tended to be in favour of one thing or another there were some amusing results in Lancashire and South Yorkshire.
When asked to say what type of films they most liked to watch daters in both regions responded that they don’t like watching films at all.