A World War Two Spitfire mechanic and the young girl he met and fell in love with at a Flintshire aircraft factory have celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary. Ernest Simmonds and his wife, Gwyneth, both 92, held a platinum anniversary party for family, friends and staff at Pendine Park’s Hillbury Care Home where she now […]
Hold-ups with paperwork on the part of the NHS and local authorities are stopping elderly people being discharged quickly from hospitals into care homes. That’s the message from the boss of a home in Colwyn Bay who says that delays in the preparation of formal care assessments of patients can often leave them blocking vital […]
Road test by Steve Rogers IF there was one car law I had the power to change it would be to scrap front the number plate and save great looking cars from being defaced. We have binned the road fund licence disc on the windscreen so let’s do the same with this outdated institution. Yes […]
AN X-Factor star and former member of legendary soul group The Drifters will be performing at a charity ball organised to raise funds for children with a rare, life-limiting disease. Pierre Herelle will be there with four-piece Motown act The Soulstars at the seventh annual A-T Spring Ball at Chester Racecourse on Saturday, April 28. […]
THE estate team boss at a luxury North Wales wedding venue has trekked to the foot of Mount Everest to raise awareness about autism which affects his young daughter. Shane Fallon, who heads up estate maintenance for Elle R Leisure which owns Soughton Hall near Northop, Flintshire, made the seven-day slog to the mountain’s fabled […]
Singer Clara Bloom will be indulging in her passion for vintage clothes and music when she takes to the stage in a festival marking North Wales’ role in World War Two. She will be headlining at the Ballroom Blitz dance evening, part of the hugely popular Forties Festival in Colwyn Bay, alongside DJ Malcolm Murray […]
A social enterprise is on a mission to combat absenteeism at work through ill-health, which is costing the Welsh economy £500 million a year in lost production. New figures have shown that last year Rhyl City Strategy (RCS), which has offices in Rhyl and Bangor, has helped 86 business and enabled more than 380 people on […]
CHRISTMAS came early to a nurse in a Wrexham care home as she carried off two major industry awards for her compassion and dedication to duty. Jocelyn De Guzman earned top honours in the Wales Care Awards, scooping gold in the Dignity in Care category sponsored by the Welsh government. The 48 year-old, who works […]
Review by Steve Rogers THEY have gone power mad at Audi with a string of super quick models. Audi Sport, the company’s high performance team, has been beefing up models right across the range with new engines pumping out incredible power. And the appetite for cars that look like every day family transport but go […]
A national TV audience has seen how a young designer turned his dream of building a luxury glamping pod into reality with the help of Europe’s top trailer maker. Sam Thompson bought himself a pre-owned Ifor Williams livestock trailer for just £4,000 and then spent another £11,000 transforming it into a real transport of delight […]
