A CONTROVERSIAL green campaigner has been told he cannot be a “friend” of a valley being preserved as an historical site and wildlife sanctuary.

Friends of Rhydymwyn Valley are committed to protecting the flora and fauna of the Valley near Mold and its history - it was a war time munitions factory producing deadly chemical weapons and did early work on the atom bomb.

But when Saltney town councillor Klaus Armstrong-Braun applied to become a friend and sent his £5 application, he was refused.

Full story in Friday’s Chronicle.