area, with companies such as Sharp, Brother, Cadbury, and Flexsys. On 21 November 2012, Brother made the last British typewriter at its Wrexham factory. Economy In November 2006 unemployment in Wrexham stood at 1.9%. This was below the averages for Wales of 2.3%, and England and the UK of 2.5%. Caia Park riot In June 2003, a large disturbance took place in the Caia Park estate, which has become known as The Caia Park Riots. Tension developed between Iraqi Kurd refugees and local residents centred on one of the estate's pubs (The Red Dragon, Wrexham), which gradually escalated and resulted in petrol bombs and other missiles being hurled at police trying to restore order. 51 people appeared in court, of whom eight, all long-term residents, received custodial sentences of up to two years. Developments and regeneration Recent years have seen a large amount of redevelopment in Wrexham's city centre. The creation and re-development of civic and public areas such as Queens Square, Belle Vue Park and Llwyn Isaf have improved the area dramatically. New shopping areas have been created at Henblas Square, Island Green and Eagles Meadow. Bid for city status Wrexham is the largest settlement in North Wales and has applied for city status several times. In 2002 it applied as part of the celebrations for the Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II. Other Welsh applicants were Aberystwyth, Machynlleth, Newtown, Newport and St Asaph, and city status was awarded to Newport. Wrexham applied again in 2012 as part of the Diamond Jubilee but lost out to St Asaph. In 2022, Wrexham succeeded in gaining city status being the only Welsh bid for the 2022 civic honours, and was announced on 20 May 2022 that its bid was successful. It has been formally awarded the status by letters patent on 1 September 2022, with the council host celebrations every Saturday in September. Historic hotels, inns and public houses Wynnstay Arms Hotel The Wynnstay Arms Hotel on Yorke Street was built in the eighteenth century. Its name refers to Wynnstay, a country house in Ruabon. The Football Association of Wales was founded at a meeting in the hotel on 2 February 1876. Elephant and Castle The Elephant and Castle, Charles Street was a public house. It was known to have existed in 1788, and closed in 1999. On 13 June 1863, George Smith (also known as William Smith), who was lodging at