World champion Welsh Cake maker is crowned
The world’s Champion Welsh Cake maker has been crowned. Bev Marsh from Tywyn, Gwynedd, was chosen after a bake-off by cooks from around Wales, all bidding to take the title at the first-ever Jones Crisps World Welsh Cake Championships. She picked up a year’s supply of...
Top builder calls for budget boost for construction
A call for relaxation of red tape to boost building and meet new national housing targets has come from the director of a top North Wales construction firm. Tom Anwyl, who heads Anwyl Construction, the contracts division of the Flintshire-based Anwyl Group, says...
Snakes alive! Karen’s in line for top award
A care home nurse who has 15 snakes, five Staffordshire bull terriers, 250 domesticated rats, two cats and eight sons might soon need to find room – for a prestigious award. Karen Wilcox George’s animal collection, including Burmese pythons, might make some people...
Home care assistant manager who harmonises with people by singing Tom Jones hits is in running for major award
A carer from Penygraig who likes to brighten the lives of people she looks after by belting out Tom Jones songs to them has been shortlisted for a major award. Apart from the impromptu singing sessions Melanie Walters, 46, who is an assistant manager at the Caerphilly...
Chef to the stars brings culinary joy to residents at care homes
A chef who's cooked for the Queen, top politicians, celebrities and sports stars as well as for Michelin star restaurants, is in line for an award for his work with South Wales care homes. Brian Lane, who works for industry-leading care provider, Hallmark Care Homes,...
Dedicated night-shift care worker is in running for prestigious award
A senior carer from Bridgend who prides herself on building up a special rapport with the people she looks after during her regular night shifts has been shortlisted for a major award. Linda Kinsey, 54, who has worked at the Hafod Care Association’s Picton Court home...
Career switch pays dividends for ex-investment boss Cerianne
A former investment manager who switched to a career in social care when she realised her computer was her only companion is in the running for a top national award. Cerianne Gratton, from Barry, worked in the financial services sector for 17 years protecting the...
Nutcracker ballet comes to Odeon
THE Royal Ballet’s performance of Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker is coming to a Wrexham cinema as part of a season of live screened events dedicated to the arts. The festive ballet classic on December 5 which tells the story of a young girl named Clara being whisked off...
Success on a plate for caring Karen
A caring woman from Powys is in the running for a top award after stepping into the breach to cook for a group of young people with autism. Karen Saunders will be a shortlisted finalist at the Wales Care Awards in a category for Commitment to Quality in Housekeeping...
First residents move into luxury £3m care complex
Pioneering companion living complex in North Wales is the first of its kind in the UK The first residents have moved into a pioneering £3 million luxury care complex that's creating 30 new jobs in Gwynedd. According to care organisation Pendine Park there has been a...
