Town paints over tainted past

An infamous shop sign blamed for blighting a town has been painted over to clean up its deprived image.

It read "Rhyl's biggest receiver of stolen goods" and has been the source of many complaints in the Denbighshire seaside resort.

The sign above the derelict building on the corner of Aquarium Street and Abbey Street had been in place for decades.



But the local MP and other local politicians have had enough and banished its negative tones with a coat of paint.

Vale of Clwyd MP Chris Ruane was joined by Rhyl West ward councillors Ian Armstrong and Joan Butterfield outside the shop to carry out their community DIY.

The trio believe the sign's criminal connotations has not helped the ward's label as the most deprived area in Wales and Rhyl's image as a rundown seaside town.