Culinary whizz Reginald who goes ‘above and beyond’ for care home residents scoops industry award
A caring chef who wows care home residents with his Caribbean cooking has cooked his way to a bronze award in the social care Oscars. Reginald Milton Inness, who is 58 and originally from Guyana, has worked as a chef at Picton Court Care Home, Porthcawl, for the last...
Police boss goes back to the future in Denbigh
A police boss returned to his old stamping ground to go back on the beat in the Vale of Clwyd. Back in the early 1990s North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner Arfon Jones regularly patrolled the streets of Denbigh as a sergeant based in Ruthin. So he went back to...
Caring Shauna honoured for her silver service
FORMER shop worker Shauna Martin has scooped an award at the social care Oscars after change of career following the death of a close family friend. Shauna, now a care assistant at Llys y Seren Residential Care Home in Port Talbot, won a silver in the Exceptional...
Art’s life for talented tenants
A group of talented tenants have put on their first art and craft exhibition. Their work went on show at the Older Persons’ Day organised by housing association Cartrefi Conwy at Venue Cymru in Llandudno. The display was produced by members of the new art and...
Selfless couple set new gold standard for care
A selfless couple who have supported vulnerable people for 40 years have struck gold at the social care Oscars. Jeff and Lynne Gornicki from Wyllie, near Blackwood, were among the major award winners at a ceremony held at City Hall, Cardiff. The Wales Care Awards are...
Prime Minister seeks views of trailer firm boss about Brexit
The boss of Europe’s biggest trailer maker has personally urged the Prime Minister to provide certainty for businesses over Brexit. Theresa May is touring the UK to sell her EU withdrawal agreement and, whilst visiting the Royal Welsh Winter Fair in Builth Wells, she...
Caring Matthew dedicates national award to grandmother’s memory
A care worker who was inspired to help elderly people after nursing his grandmother at home is celebrating national awards success. Matthew Phillips, a team leader at April Court Care Home in Swansea, has scooped a prestigious silver award in the Residential Care...
Competition queen Lynne wins a year’s supply of Village Bakery crumpets
Competition queen Lynne Rielly is tasting even more success – after winning a year’s supply of mouth-watering crumpets. Lynne, 56, from Flint, came out on top in a Leader competition that was run in conjunction with the award-winning Wrexham-based Village Bakery. She...
Kind-hearted cook who’s raised thousands for charity wins prestigious accolade
A young cook who was teased for not being able to boil an egg at the beginning of her career won a silver award at the social care Oscars. Telhia Jones, 25, began working in the kitchen at Greenhill Manor Care Home, Merthyr Tydfil, five years ago. After embracing the...
Inspirational boss of South Caernarfon Creameries named business person of the year at Daily Post Business Awards
The inspirational boss of Wales’s oldest and largest dairy co-operative has been named business person of the year in one Wales’s top business awards after turnover doubled to £50m under his leadership. Alan Wyn Jones, managing director of South Caernarfon Creameries...
