Change of direction on 20mph and new roads will boost economy, say business leaders
Business leaders say a new “common sense approach” to the default 20 mph speed limit and road schemes will boost the economy in North East Wales. According to Wrexham Business Professionals, the plan unveiled by Ken Skates, the Welsh Government’s new Cabinet Secretary...
Low carbon homes at £6m passivhaus scheme slash heating bills for tenants
Heating bills will be slashed by more than 80 per cent at a £6 million development of 21 low carbon homes in North Wales. The properties at the Plas Penrhyn site in Penrhyn Bay in Conwy are being built to passivhaus standards thanks to a ground-breaking partnership...
New Suzuki Swift drive by Steve Rogers
Suzuki could not have picked a better time to launch its new Swift. Why? Because the supermini cake is getting smaller. Ford shocked the motoring world when it ditched the huge selling Fiesta, add other big hitters like Nissan Micra and Kia Rio and the list of rivals...
Adventurous pensioner John scaling new heights at the age of 77
A retired port engineer from North Wales is going up in the world again after rediscovering the joys of climbing at the age of 77. Daring John Marchbanks, a resident of Pendine Park’s Bryn Seiont Newydd care home in Caernarfon, was back in harness for a challenging...
Big hearted engineers adopt much-loved hospice to help final wishes come true
A much-loved North Wales hospice has been adopted as a charity by a high flying precision engineering company after staff voted to support it. St Kentigern Hospice, which serves Denbighshire, eastern Conwy and western Flintshire, was chosen by Continental Diamond Tool...
Top TV chef Chris inspires young pizza entrepreneurs in Gwynedd
A popular TV chef has been giving tips to a group of enterprising teenagers who are setting up a pizza making business The budding entrepreneurs are regulars at Cellb, the innovative community arts complex based at the former police station in Blaenau Ffestiniog....
Honda ZR-V drive by Steve Rogers
Another month, another new SUV. Our appetite for these high riders is insatiable and car companies are hell bent on filling every little gap in their SUV portfolios. Honda saw such a slot between HR-V and CR-V so enter ZR-V, a hybrid for the family but with a sharp...
Golden prank fools North Wales TV star Alun
A television presenter was tricked into believing he’d struck gold while on a rip-roaring adventure in New Zealand. Alun Williams, who hails from Rhuddlan and is a former pupil of Ysgol Glan Clwyd in St Asaph, was panning for gold in the River Arrow near Queenstown...
Ex-PCSO Kelsey’s new crime fighting mission as a “latter day Robin Hood”
A former Police Community Support Officer is on a new mission to fight crime across North Wales using cash seized from villains. Kelsey Reed has just been appointed as the project manager for the North Wales Police and Community Trust (PACT) which provides funding for...
Former First Minister honoured as one of the “Covid heroes”
The former First Minister has been honoured for the “reassuring way” he led Wales through the dark days of the Covid-19 pandemic. Mark Drakeford was presented with a 2024 Wales Care Award, at a celebration at the Senedd in Cardiff to mark the 30th anniversary of Care...
