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Wrexham

/ ˈrɛksəm /

noun

  1. a town in N Wales, in Wrexham county borough: seat of the Roman Catholic bishopric of Wales (except the former Glamorganshire); formerly noted for coal-mining. Pop: 42 576 (2001)

  2. a county borough in NE Wales, created in 1996 from part of Clwyd. Pop: 129 700 (2003 est). Area: 500 sq km (193 sq miles)

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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“Wolves,” also the nickname of the Campobasso players, is a different kind of show than “Wrexham,” beginning with the fact that Ms. Ripa and Mr. Consuelos are married, and Messrs. Reynolds and McElhenney are not.

As Mr. McElhenney said in “Wrexham” when he and Mr. Reynolds were first collaborating, “I have TV money.”

Karl Davies, then 57, was working at Wrexham's Oscar Mayer ready meal manufacturing site when he greeted a manager in the accent while listening to Irish music, an employment tribunal heard.

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Cardiff Metropolitan University does not have an overseas campus but its degrees are taught in locations including Singapore, Lebanon, and Sri Lanka while Wrexham University's partners include institutions in China, Myanmar and Greece.

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A fallen tree at Gobowen led to rail services being suspended between Shrewsbury and Wrexham on Friday, while the M48 Severn Bridge was closed in both directions.

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