内容摘要："It's a really nice way of having some hope for the future."

"It's a really nice way of having some hope for the future."

Connah's Quay town councillors voted to stop payments in September after claiming there was no contract or agreement with one representative, Alan Manship, calling the threat to remove CCTV "more or less blackmail".Flintshire council said: "These discussions are part of an ongoing contractual matter between the two councils and as such should remain confidential while we work to reach a resolution."

A new agreement has been signed for the 2025-26, including an upgrade of cameras, theBut Connah's Quay council said it was waiting for evidence of a legal agreement proving it was obliged to pay Flintshire council for the remainder of the 2024-25 financial year.In a strongly worded email read to town councillors, Flintshire council chief executive Neal Cockerton wrote: "Should payment not be forthcoming, I am minded to instruct that coverage is removed."

Mr Manship said he felt this was "really out of order".Town council clerk Suzanne Wilson said she had held her role since 2022 and had "never signed anything".

She added: "If you want payment from us we need proof of signature."

The council paid about £6,600 from April to September 2024 when it voted to stop payments.She said members of her rowing club would be in the river when the train went over the bridge. "I'm going to give them a wave."

Christine Eastlake, from Ashington, said her family were taking the train to Newcastle to do some Christmas shopping.The journey would have taken about an hour on the bus, but the train cuts the time by half.

"[The station is] only seven minutes walk from where we live," she said."It's really handy."