A dynamic businessman has pledged to champion the use of the Welsh language after joining a Fast Growth 50 copy firm. Arwel Griffiths has been snapped up by Wrexham Industrial Estate-based Rawson Digital after he sold his own successful copy firm – Kon-X Wales Ltd – which he started with two partners from a garage […]
A CONSTRUCTION firm responsible for a new police station has built a legacy that will last for years to come – including a £25 million boost for the region. North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner Arfon Jones says contractors Galliford Try have built not only an eco-friendly divisional police headquarters in Llay, but also a […]
A young father who defied the doctors and made a “miraculous recovery” after being diagnosed with an inoperable cancer is joining his brother on a marathon trek in aid of a hospice. Things looked bleak for Ceri Dawson, 29, two years ago when he was given the bombshell news that he had pleomorphic soft tissue […]
A social enterprise has secured £500,000 in funding for a pioneering project to help struggling working families who are living below the poverty line in Conwy. The money to pay for the four-year programme, Making Work – Work For All, being launched by Creating Enterprise is coming from the Big Lottery Fund. The scheme will […]
Toddlers from a Rhyl nursery showed off their natural charm and boundless energy as they enjoyed a teddy bear’s picnic of jelly and ice-cream with elderly care home residents. The tots, who attend Beach House Day Nursery in Rhyl, took an afternoon “pull-a-long” tram to St David’s Residential Home in the seaside town to spend […]
Crashing out of Europe with a hard Brexit or no deal at all will put North Wales people in jeopardy, the region’s police chief has warned. According to North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner Arfon Jones and his deputy, Ann Griffith, we are ticking down to a potential crime-fighting catastrophe unless a “sensible agreement” can […]
A fun day was transformed into a scene from the hit film franchise Jurassic Park when it was invaded by rampaging dinosaurs. Although they looked fearsome, there was nothing to worry about when the Tyrannosaurus Rex and the Velociraptor bared their teeth and roared at the Big Day Out organised by housing association Cartrefi Conwy. […]
North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner Arfon Jones has announced his preferred candidate as the region’s new Chief Constable. Gulf War veteran Carl Foulkes’ appointment is subject to confirmation by the North Wales Police and Crime Panel, which will take place on September 10. Mr Jones has informed the Police and Crime Panel about his […]
A special taskforce born when a virulent batch of the synthetic drug Spice hit the streets of Wrexham in April last year has won a major award. Then authorities in the town ruled enough was enough and decided something had to be done to tackle the worsening problem. That led to the creation of the […]
A proud mum and dad paid a return visit to a bakery to say heartfelt thanks to the staff who jumped action in their hour of “knead”. Dad Matt Cooke was driving his heavily pregnant partner, Margaret Edwards, to hospital when their little boy, Tao, made an early arrival at the entrance to the Village Bakery […]
