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Rhyl Journal
2 days ago
- Health
- Rhyl Journal
Reporter Arron Evans to take on walk for Ronald McDonald House charity
Arron Evans, from Anglesey, works as a Digital Reporter for The Leader, covering stories in Flintshire and Wrexham. During his eight-and-a-half years working as a journalist, he has also worked for the North Wales Chronicle, North Wales Pioneer, Rhyl Journal and Denbighshire Free Press. On April 20 of last year, Arron's and wife Georgina's son Ffredi was born at Ysbyty Gwynedd Hospital in Bangor. Although it looked as though he was initially doing really well, it later became apparent that his bowel was not working as it should be. After two days, Ffredi was transferred to Alder Hey Hospital in Liverpool and over the course of eight days he was treated by the incredible surgical and neonatal teams in neonatal ICU. He was then diagnosed with Hirschsprungs - a rare congenital disease that affects around 200 babies and children a year in the UK (1 in 5,000). For Ffredi and other children with Hirschsprungs disease, their large intestine doesn't work in the way it should, meaning that the bowel can become blocked and result in a very serious infection. In August of last year, Ffredi underwent surgery at Alder Hey Hospital, where he was fitted with a stoma. Since then, the family has been back and fourth between Anglesey and Liverpool as Ffredi has appointments and has dealt with various illnesses. To show their appreciation for the hospital's support, the family organised a charity football match, which raised over £2,000. Now, it is the turn of the Ronald McDonald House Charities to benefit from their fundraising. On Sunday, September 14, Arron and friend Jacob Sznober will be walking from South Stack (Holyhead) to Penmon Lighthouse on Anglesey - a distance of around 34 miles. They are aiming to raise £1,000 through their fundraiser, which can be donated to here. Arron said: "After raising over £2,200 for Alder Hey last year with a charity football match, I thought this time around it was important to highlight the great work being done by the Ronald McDonald team. "When my son Ffredi was born in April 2024, he was taken to Alder Hey soon after, and we soon discovered that he had a rare condition called Hirschsprung's Disease. Arron and friend Jacob Sznober will be taking on the epic walk in September. (Image: Newsquest) "While there, I was referred to the 'Mac House' which is located just yards away from the hospital in Liverpool. "That provided a free 'home away from home' accommodation to myself and to many other families with children having treatment at the hospital, helping to, in my case, ease the financial burden of making a four-hour round trip home and back day after day. "I have since stayed there many times while my son has received continuous treatment at Alder Hey and the team there have been nothing short of brilliant every time. "The work they do can often go under the radar - with houses offering much more than just a place to stay. They provide family activities, peer support, respite, and many other services. "This means that families can be by their child's bedside in a matter of moments, whilst maintaining a degree of normal life with reduced emotional and financial strain. "They help 6,000 families each year and now, more than ever, they need support. That's why I am supporting Ronald McDonald House this time around. Any donations would be greatly received!"
Leader Live
3 days ago
- Health
- Leader Live
Reporter Arron Evans to take on walk for Ronald McDonald House charity
Arron Evans, from Anglesey, works as a Digital Reporter for The Leader, covering stories in Flintshire and Wrexham. During his eight-and-a-half years working as a journalist, he has also worked for the North Wales Chronicle, North Wales Pioneer, Rhyl Journal and Denbighshire Free Press. On April 20 of last year, Arron's and wife Georgina's son Ffredi was born at Ysbyty Gwynedd Hospital in Bangor. Although it looked as though he was initially doing really well, it later became apparent that his bowel was not working as it should be. After two days, Ffredi was transferred to Alder Hey Hospital in Liverpool and over the course of eight days he was treated by the incredible surgical and neonatal teams in neonatal ICU. He was then diagnosed with Hirschsprungs - a rare congenital disease that affects around 200 babies and children a year in the UK (1 in 5,000). For Ffredi and other children with Hirschsprungs disease, their large intestine doesn't work in the way it should, meaning that the bowel can become blocked and result in a very serious infection. In August of last year, Ffredi underwent surgery at Alder Hey Hospital, where he was fitted with a stoma. Since then, the family has been back and fourth between Anglesey and Liverpool as Ffredi has appointments and has dealt with various illnesses. To show their appreciation for the hospital's support, the family organised a charity football match, which raised over £2,000. Now, it is the turn of the Ronald McDonald House Charities to benefit from their fundraising. On Sunday, September 12, Arron and friend Jacob Sznober will be walking from South Stack (Holyhead) to Penmon Lighthouse on Anglesey - a distance of around 34 miles. They are aiming to raise £1,000 through their fundraiser, which can be donated to here. Arron said: "After raising over £2,200 for Alder Hey last year with a charity football match, I thought this time around it was important to highlight the great work being done by the Ronald McDonald team. "When my son Ffredi was born in April 2024, he was taken to Alder Hey soon after, and we soon discovered that he had a rare condition called Hirschsprung's Disease. Arron and friend Jacob Sznober will be taking on the epic walk in September. (Image: Newsquest) "While there, I was referred to the 'Mac House' which is located just yards away from the hospital in Liverpool. "That provided a free 'home away from home' accommodation to myself and to many other families with children having treatment at the hospital, helping to, in my case, ease the financial burden of making a four-hour round trip home and back day after day. "I have since stayed there many times while my son has received continuous treatment at Alder Hey and the team there have been nothing short of brilliant every time. Read more "The work they do can often go under the radar - with houses offering much more than just a place to stay. They provide family activities, peer support, respite, and many other services. "This means that families can be by their child's bedside in a matter of moments, whilst maintaining a degree of normal life with reduced emotional and financial strain. "They help 6,000 families each year and now, more than ever, they need support. That's why I am supporting Ronald McDonald House this time around. Any donations would be greatly received!"
Leader Live
18-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Leader Live
Wrexham and Flintshire locals aiming for 'Best Pub 2025'
There are some fantastic award-winning pubs across Wrexham and Flintshire. We know many customers love a beer garden in the sunshine, their favourite pint on draft and even some classic grub to share with friends and family. So, we've narrowed them down to the top 10. (Image: NQ) Susan Perry, regional editor for the Leader, said: 'It's time for readers to raise a glass in our search for the best pub. 'Our pubs are at the heart of our local communities and we want you to tell us who serves the best pint, who offers their punters the best welcome and hospitality? 'Make sure your local does not miss out and get your nomination in asap so your local can say cheers and call themselves The Leader's best pub.' You can vote from Monday, July 21 until Friday, August 1. Voting slips will be available in our paper. The Leader Best Pub top ten finalists are: Crown Inn – Village Road, Lixwm, Holywell George & Dragon – Church Street, Flint Queens Head Inn – Chester Road, Mold TableTaps – 28 Lord Street, Wrexham The Cross Foxes – High Street, Pentre Broughton The Golden Lion – Chester Road, Rossett The Long Pull - Chester Street, Wrexham The Ship Hotel - Market Square, Flint The Welch Fusilier - Chester Street Wrexham Y Pentan - Mold Best of luck to each of the finalists!
Yahoo
11-07-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Homes in Steuben County sold for higher prices recently: See how much here
Newly released data from for April shows that potential buyers and sellers in Steuben County saw higher home sale prices than the previous month's median of $150,000. The median home sold for $156,000, an analysis of data from shows. That means April, the most recent month for which figures are available, was up 4% from March. Compared to April 2024, the median home sales price was up 16.2% compared to $134,252. sources sales data from real estate deeds, resulting in a few months' delay in the data. The statistics don't include homes currently listed for sale and aren't directly comparable to listings data. Information on your local housing market, along with other useful community data, is available at Here is a breakdown on median sale prices: Looking only at single-family homes, the $151,750 median selling price in Steuben County was up 1.2% in April from $150,000 the month prior. Since April 2024, the sales price of single-family homes was up 13.9% from a median of $133, single-family homes sold for $1 million or more during the month. Condominiums and townhomes increased by 12.7% in sales price during April to a median of $160,000 from $142,000 in March. Compared to April 2024, the sales price of condominiums and townhomes was down 15.8% from $190,000. No condominiums or townhomes sold for $1 million or more during April. In April, the number of recorded sales in Steuben County rose by 18.8% since April 2024 — from 64 to 76. All residential home sales totaled $12.7 million. Across New York, homes sold at a median of $488,992 during April, down 4.1% from $510,000 in March. There were 9,825 recorded sales across the state during April, down 5.4% from 10,386 recorded sales in April 2024. Here's a breakdown for the full state: The total value of recorded residential home sales in New York decreased by 21% from $10 billion in March to $7.9 billion this April. Out of all residential home sales in New York, 16.47% of homes sold for at least $1 million in April, up from 15.12% in April 2024. Sales prices of single-family homes across New York decreased by 2.8% from a median of $450,000 in March to $437,255 in April. Since April 2024, the sales price of single-family homes across the state was up 4.1% from $420,040. Across the state, the sales price of condominiums and townhomes dropped 6.3% from a median of $629,892 in March to $590,036 during April. The median sales price of condominiums and townhomes is up 5.4% from the median of $560,089 in April 2024. The median home sales price used in this report represents the midway point of all the houses or units listed over the given period of time. The median offers a more accurate view of what's happening in a market than the average sales price, which would mean taking the sum of all sales prices then dividing by the number of homes sold. The average can be skewed by one particularly low or high sale. The USA TODAY Network is publishing localized versions of this story on its news sites across the country, generated with data from Please leave any feedback or corrections for this story here. This story was written by Ozge Terzioglu. Our News Automation and AI team would like to hear from you. Take this survey and share your thoughts with us. This article originally appeared on The Leader: Homes in Steuben County sold for higher prices recently: See how much here
Geek Tyrant
05-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Geek Tyrant
CAPTAIN AMERICA: BRAVE NEW WORLD Concept Art Reveals the Wild, Weird, and Wasted Potential of The Leader — GeekTyrant
Marvel's Captain America: Brave New World might have brought Tim Blake Nelson's Samuel Sterns aka The Leader back to the big screen after a 15-year wait, but his return landed with a thud. Now, thanks to The Artbook Collector, we're getting a look at what could have been, and almost every version of The Leader left on the cutting room floor looks more more interesting than what made it into the movie. The new concept art showcases a wide range of alternate designs for Sterns, some that lean hard into the comic book roots with oversized green heads and villainous flair, and others that… well, go totally off the rails. One version features a grotesque, Xenomorph-like mouth splitting open from his mutated skull, straight out of a nightmare. Another plays with body horror elements, turning The Leader into something closer to a Cronenberg creation than a traditional MCU baddie. These designs came from a deliberate effort to push the character into more memorable territory. Concept artist Ian Joyner explained his creature-focused approach: 'My favorite stuff is creature work. One of my favorite movies is The Thing. So whenever I get to play in that world, I have a lot of fun. 'We don't necessarily want to lean into the full-on body horror, but I was delighted with the more recent comic-book interpretation of the Leader in the Immortal Hulk run – where he literally absorbs people's brains, intelligence, and souls and everything. 'My idea was, like, could we actually just do something that crazy? I was considering that The Leader might be able to control minds with his brain and even sucking the brains out of other people.' That kind of craziness clearly didn't survive the reshoots. Marvel reportedly softened Sterns to make him less of a menacing mastermind and more of a tragic figure. The end result? A zombified, brain-shaped… thing that some fans think missed the mark. It's hard not to feel like Brave New World left a more interesting version of its villain on the table. These concept pieces tease a version of The Leader that could've been unsettling. Instead, we got a muted, muddled take that didn't capitalize on the potential Nelson brought to the role back in The Incredible Hulk. If you're curious to see the madness Marvel almost unleashed, head over to The Artbook Collector to check out the full gallery of alternate Leader designs.
