In a 2000 Welsh Assembly league of the most deprived areas in Wales, Plas Madoc was placed third.

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"Plas Madoc doesn't have a police post anywhere on the estate, " he said.

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Mr Harradine said the closure of the Plas Madoc youth club last summer left teenagers with little to do on the estate.

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Sue Charles, one of the leaders of the campaign by Plas Madoc residents, said they intended to march on the bail hostel next Monday evening.

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In Wrexham, the council currently operates five sunbeds, one at Wrexham Waterworld, two at Queensway Stadium and a further two at the Plas Madoc leisure centre.

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Robert Blake, WAA Chairman said the open day at Plas Madoc Leisure Centre on Saturday was to show "why the sport has a place in our society".

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Over the last couple of weeks questionnaires have been circulated through the schools, youth workers, leisure centre, Plas Madoc Youth Forum and other agencies to reach a wide range of people.

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"They can access the leisure centre, but if you don't have pocket money at the time there are some free things that the leisure centre put on but there is nothing else on Plas Madoc, " he said.

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