she chose rhyl high street, an act of faith. over the last, say, two or three years, i have seen a change in rhyl. i think it's an upcoming town again. i'm very optimistic about rhyl, yeah. seagulls cry. that optimism can be hard to see at times, but plans are afoot to regenerate the high street to use the government's levelling—up fund to revitalize the town centre. there have been some decisions in the past locally that perhaps haven't been the best ones in terms of aiming for a very down—market approach. the local mp says a £10 million bid to update rhyl“s shopping precinct won“t simply make the town look better. just building something, bricks and mortar is not the answer. it needs to be a cleverly thought—through scheme that's going to boost economic activity. and do you think that's going to happen here? well, that's definitely the... that's definitely the plan. levelling up should mean lower crime, better health outcomes and more prospects. all are needed in rhyl, as is much more. there“s nowhere here to buy anything any more, really, is there?