Sional team take to the sky and streets of London to raise funds for children’s hospices
Staff from a North Wales company are set to fling themselves from the sky and pound the streets of London to raise funds for a charity caring for seriously ill youngsters. Tŷ Gobaith Children’s Hospice in the Conwy Valley and Hope House in Oswestry will benefit from...
Food firms come together to create Wales’ first pesto sauces for home cooks
Three North Wales food producers have come together to create the first commercially-available Welsh-made pesto for home cooks. Calon Lân and Blodyn Aur are working with Anglesey-based Plas Farm on the new sauces, which are already proving popular with shoppers. Calon...
Help on hand to tackle lack of sleep for North Wales workers
North Wales bosses are being encouraged to tackle the epidemic of sleeplessness that is affecting workers across the country. A lack of sleep is to blame for more than 200,000 working days being lost every year in the UK - at a cost of £30bn - with more than a third...
Play about dementia is emotional experience for youngsters
Youngsters from a Flintshire primary school have given a thumbs-up to a heart-warming play about the impact of dementia seen through the eyes of a young boy. Pupils of Ysgol Gwenffrwd, Holywell, attended a performance of Ŵy, Chips A Nain (Egg, Chips and Grandma in...
Talented fencer Stephanie appeals for sponsors to achieve Olympic dream
A part-time shop worker is swapping the cut and thrust of retail to compete at the Under-20 Commonwealth Games. Stephanie Phennah, 17, who works at Marks and Spencer at Eagles Meadow in Wrexham, will be representing Wales in Newcastle-upon-Tyne and is aiming to...
Popular app puts kids at risk of being groomed online, warns police boss
A police boss has warned parents their children could be at risk of being groomed by paedophiles or being bombarded with sexually explicit messages on popular a social media app. North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner Arfon Jones spoke out after being briefed about...
Taste of the good life for green-fingered tenants
A group of green-fingered tenants from a housing estate in Conwy are looking forward to taste of the Good Life by growing their own fruit and veg. The Go Green group on Parc Peulwys in Llysfaen above Old Colwyn is establishing a community garden after clinching the...
“Miracle” recovery puts Conwy grandmother back in the fast lane
A Conwy grandmother who lives life to the full is celebrating the success of ‘miracle surgery’ to replace both knees. Keen walker Valerie Evans, from Deganwy, was devastated when her knees could no longer cope with her energetic walks in the Conwy countryside. X-rays...
Finance firm launches Wrexham Lager history appeal with help from brewery worker’s daughter
A FINANCE firm has launched an appeal with help from the daughter of a former Wrexham Brewery worker to find hidden treasures from the iconic building’s history. The owners of Wrexham-based Hadlow Edwards Wealth Management have signed a lease on the original Wrexham...
Hyundai Kona review
Road test by Steve Rogers ANOTHER day another new crossover, but as my postman said 'everyone is buying them.' He got that right. In a year when car sales fell 2017 was a great year for the crossover-cum-SUV, call them what you will. This was the only sector where...