Care firm hailed as a beacon of quality after celebrating unique landmark
A pioneering care organisation is celebrating a major milestone for the quality of the service it provides. Pendine Park was the first nursing home in the UK to be awarded a British quality mark 25 years ago. The British Standard 5750 award was presented in 1993 by...
Green energy champ in the running for two national awards
A Denbighshire green energy champion has been shortlisted for two Welsh national renewable energy awards. David Jones, Director of Denbigh-based Hafod Renewables, has been shortlisted for Energy Champion of the Year while the company are also in the running for the...
Musical space odyssey at festival
A top festival is promising an “out of this world” experience – with music created by the Large Hadron Collider and the premiere of a poem in the Star Trek language of Klingon. The two-day Bangor Music Festival gets under way at the city’s Pontio centre on Friday...
Aberdare nurse toasts success at national awards ceremony
A care manager who followed generations of her family into nursing has added a top care gong to her name. Karen Beech, 55, scooped a coveted bronze award at this year’s Wales Care Awards, held at City Hall in Cardiff. The national awards, run by Care Forum Wales and...
Caernarfon community choir tunes up to sing for hometown audience at Galeri fundraiser
A North Wales community choir which hits the high notes at home and overseas is to celebrate its tenth anniversary by hosting a glittering charity concert. Côr Dre Caernarfon, which was formed by a group of twenty-somethings to give voice to their mutual love of...
Hotel worker turned care agency boss celebrates national awards success
A former hotel worker who switched to a career in care after volunteering at a day centre for young people with disabilities has scooped a coveted industry award. Noel Williams, 42, received a precious silver gong at this year’s Wales Care Awards, held at City Hall in...
Cheers! Care home residents raise a glass of their own beer in their pop-up pub
A care organisation has come up with its own unique brews so residents can enjoy a tipple at their own pop-up pub. Wrexham-based Pendine Park commissioned Bragdy Dinbych, a micro-brewery, in Denbigh, to create two special beers, called Pobli Bobli and Pobli Wobli. The...
Anwyl Group receives prestigious RoSPA Gold Medal award
Flintshire-based Anwyl Group is the winner of a Gold Medal in the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) Awards 2017. Over recent years, the Ewloe-based construction company has successfully achieved five consecutive gold awards from RoSPA which has...
Cannabis vote is a victory for common sense and compassion, says police boss
A Senedd vote in favour of making cannabis available on prescription to ease pain has been hailed as “victory for common sense and compassion” by a police boss. North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner Arfon Jones spoke out after a majority of Assembly Members backed...
Will there be truffles ahead or squeals of delight for celebrities down on the farm?
A group of Welsh celebrities had a "swill" time down on the farm with the help of Europe's largest trailer marker. The stars of music, drama and broadcasting took nothing for "grunted" as they tried not to make a pig's ear out of a challenge in the latest series of...
