Triple accolade success for Wrexham finance firm
A TRIO of top advisers at a Wrexham finance firm are celebrating after achieving the highest accolade there is in the industry. Hadlow Edwards operations director Dominic Richmond along with his colleagues Ben Gittins and Gwyn Edwards, both financial planners, have...
Good start in life can save taxpayers £500,000 per child
A charity helping parents in North East Wales struggling to bring up babies can help save taxpayers £500,000 each over a child’s lifetime by helping them to stay on the straight and narrow, according to a police boss. North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner Arfon...
Generous Jayne ships out tonnes of aid to underprivileged Romanian families with support from distribution firm
A KIND-HEARTED woman who was touched by the plight of underprivileged children in Romania has sent them more than 50 tonnes of aid thanks to support from the Wrexham-based distribution firm she works for. Jayne Griffiths, who is part of the sales team at McCarthy...
Hundreds pay last respects to popular food festival saviour
Colin’s legacy lives on after Llangollen Food Festival named as one of best eight in the UK Hundreds of people turned out to pay their last respects to the saviour of Llangollen Food Festival – and heard it had just been named as one of the best eight events of its...
Hoppy homage to Welsh roots of Guinness is black and white issue
With St Patrick ’s Day looming, it’s enough to make the Irish cry into their beer. The reputed Welsh origins of the iconic Irish brew Guinness have inspired a new dark ale that’s being launched by the Anglesey Brewing Company. Head brewer Tom Adamson will be unveiling...
Easy rider Anne gears up for world record marathon motorbike ride to inspire women
An adventurous head nurse is gearing up for a world record marathon motorbike ride to inspire women riders. Anne Quinn Jones, 49, deputy manager of Pendine Park care organisation’s Bryn Seiont Newydd care home in Caernarfon, will be taking part in the Women Riders’...
Increased pay is vital to recruit more care workers with looming 20,000 shortfall
Increasing the pay of social care workers in Wales so that they earn more than shelf stackers in discount supermarkets is vital to solve the massive recruitment crisis in the sector. The call from Mario Kreft MBE, the chair of Care Forum Wales, came after a campaign...
Housing association in running for hat-trick of UK awards
A housing association that’s investing £60 million in upgrading existing homes and building 250 new ones is in the running for a hat-trick of major UK awards. Cartrefi Conwy is the only organisation from Wales to be shortlisted in three categories at the prestigious...
Go ahead to demolish old Wrexham police station
A conservation body has given the go-ahead for the demolition of the former police station in Wrexham. CADW had been considering listing the high-rise building which would have blocked plans to knock down the concrete brutalist structure to make way for a supermarket....
Welsh children’s TV show Deian a Loli joins Peaky Blinders as finalist at global awards
A hit children’s TV series made in North Wales is in the running for a major international award. Deian a Loli, which recounts the adventures of a pair of mischievous twins with magical powers, has been shortlisted as a finalist at the prestigious 2019 New York...
