in wales, haven t we? we ve got a lovely community living here in rhyl. there s this sense of hopelessness amongst the people and you can see it in people s eyes. the ebb and flow of debate about rhyl can mask a simple consensus. the town needs improving. florist, carol parr is fully aware of the town s reputation. not many people say a lot of good things about rhyl, which i can sort of understand based on crime, and there s a lot of trouble. but when she had to relocate her business three years ago, 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