NEW YORK, Aug. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- With the highest castle-to-person ratio in the world, Wales is the destination for haunted castles. There are 641 castles to three million people, hundreds of historic houses and countless reports of paranormal activity.

THREE men from Gwynedd who fought back from deadly illnesses are to cycle from Cardiff to Caernarfon for charity next week. Keith Williams, 23, was diagnosed with a brain tumour at the age of 11, and will be raising funds for cancer charity Clic.

By DEBRA GREENHOUSE ACTOR Mark Flanagan is worried as his Pobol y Cwm character, Jinx, relapses into the seedy world of drug addiction. And it's not just because of the effect on the health of the likeable rogue. "It's more than that. I don't want viewers to go off him.

By Cerys Matthews BRYN Terfel todayannounces more stars for this year's Faenol Festival. Hope, the five strong, all girl X-Factor finalists will be supporting Boyzone on Friday night, August 22.

By ERYL CRUMP PARENTS vowed to fight "to the bitter end" yesterday after councillors supported controversial plans to close 29 Gwynedd schools. Close on 500 parents and children turned up at Gwynedd council offices in Caernarfon yesterday to protest.