New volunteers sought for sex offender scheme with a 100% success rate
A search has been launched for volunteers to work with former sex offenders as part of a pioneering programme in North Wales that has a 100% success rate. The aim of the Circles of Support and Accountability (COSA) programme is to keep the community safe and since it...
The Dragon roars: Dairy farmers’ co-operative posts record sales of £52.9m
Wales’s oldest dairy farming co-operative is celebrating record sales of £52.9m and creating 11 new jobs taking the staff team to 130. South Caernarfon Creameries, based in Chwilog, near Pwllheli, has expanded its product range, grown its customer base and recruited...
Bradley puts Downing Street on hold after bumper GCSE crop at John Bright
Year 11 head boy at Ysgol John Bright Bradley Hughes was voted the most likely to be prime minister by his fellow students but he’s putting that on hold after 14 Grade A and A stars at GCSE. He was among a bumper crop of results for the school which saw a ten per cent...
Caring staff drive appeal to honour F1 racing hero
Big hearted staff at a care home in Wrexham have been helping drive forward a fundraising appeal honouring Grand Prix racing hero Tom Pryce. The energetic team of carers and friends of Pendine Park’s Hillbury House Care Home used pedal power to get behind the £50,000...
TV firm clinches deal to sell hit children’s show to Brittany
A television production company from Gwynedd has clocked up its first international sales for a hit children’s show about a pair of mischievous twins with magical powers. Caernarfon-based Cwmni Da has sold the first series of the award-winning Deian a Loli to four...
Colourful carnival finale to summer activities for Wrexham charity centre
YOUNG shoppers were transported to the plains of Africa in a colourful finale to summer holiday activities raising money for a Wrexham centre which supports disabled children and their families. Youngsters visiting Eagles Meadow shopping centre in Wrexham made the...
Old and new guard of the Welsh folk scene take centre stage at festival
Two leading lights from the Welsh folk scene will be taking centre stage at the North Wales International Music Festival’s first dedicated folk night for over 10 years. World-renowned trio Awen Celtica will be joined by chamber-folk band VRï for what promises to be an...
Seat Tarraco road test by Steve Rogers
FEAST your eyes on this folks, it's another SUV and a rather smart one at that. This is the new Tarraco from Seat and sits at the top of the Spanish car company's SUV line up alongside the little Arona and mid-sized Ateca. As with most Seat models the name represents...
Artistic youngsters join forces with care home residents to brighten up safety centre
Schoolchildren and care home residents are working hand in hand to produce a major new artwork at an award winning centre designed to keep children and young people safe. It is being created for the DangerPoint life skills activity centre by pupils of Gwersyllt...
Police boss writes to Prime Minister calling for urgent reforms to tackle “national scandal” of needless drug deaths
A police boss is writing to the Prime Minister calling for urgent reforms after alarming new figures showed drugs deaths have reached record levels – with fatalities increasing more quickly in Wales than the rest of the UK. North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner...
