Campaign will be a Christmas cracker for Denbighshire’s high street shops
A campaign has been launched to urge people in Denbighshire to shop local this Christmas to give the county’s high street traders a £2.5 million boost in the run up to the festive season. On average in the UK each household spends £500 on presents, decorations and...
Posthumous award for “remarkable” business and community champion
A leading businessman who died earlier this year has received a special posthumous award for his work to reduce crime and protect the communities of North Wales. David Wyn Williams MBE, from Deganwy, who lost his battle with cancer in January aged 77, was a founding...
Rhyl Air Show soars to new heights after winning top award
The Rhyl Air Show was among the highflyers at a glittering ceremony to celebrate a record year in the North Wales tourism industry. The popular event was named as the Magnificent Crowd Puller for events which attract more than 7,500 people when it was honoured at the...
Jaguar XE road test by Steve Rogers
It normally takes about 800 words to tell you about the car I have been testing. How about I wrap this up in one? Fabulous. Okay, you want a little more meat on the bone. I get that so here's your 800 words. The motor in question is the Jaguar XE, the smallest of the...
Breathing new life into historic hospital site will provide £75m boost to local economy
The redevelopment of the historic North Wales Hospital site in Denbigh will provide 300 new homes and a £75 million boost to the local economy. It will also reclaim and restore the central section of the magnificent Victorian Grade Two star listed building which...
Home Secretary is “horribly complacent” about growing tide of drug deaths
A police boss has taken the Home Secretary to task over her “horribly complacent” attitude on drugs when people are dying on the streets of North Wales. Priti Patel criticised North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner Arfon Jones who is calling for drugs to be...
Former motor trade man now driving the use of Welsh in care homes scores silver in major awards
A one-time car salesman who has been driving forward the use of the Welsh language in a group of south Wales care homes has taken silver in major national awards. Despite starting to build up his skill in promoting the language for a busy doctors’ surgery in...
Amazing Gracie will “melt hearts” at concert in aid of safety centre
A North Wales schoolgirl who moved doctors and nurses to tears when she wrote a song to say thank you for looking after her is to star at a concert in aid of a child safety centre. Gracie Mellalieu, 12, who has an extremely rare condition called Morquio syndrome which...
Eco-friendly sea zoo wins green award
The UK’s first solar powered aquarium was among the big winners at a glittering ceremony to celebrate a record year in the North Wales tourism industry. Anglesey Sea Zoo in Brynsiencyn clinched the Green Award at the Go North Wales Tourism Awards thanks to their...
Cabbies inspired to tackle domestic violence by police officer whose mum was brutally murdered
Cabbies from Wrexham and Flintshire will join more than 1,700 taxi drivers across North Wales in a major drive to tackle violence against women. Special window stickers are being placed in every licensed cab in the region as part of the White Ribbon campaign being...
