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Fire damaged Denbigh hospital purchase hope for council

Parts of North Wales Hospital in Denbigh will need to be demolished because of damage caused by a recent fire, the council has said.

But is there a happy ending for this stunning Grade II-listed former hospital?

5 June 2017

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