Health Board launches rapid response medical boxes to tackle sepsis
A new initiative to halt sepsis, a life-threatening infection, is being rolled out across every hospital ward in North Wales. New ‘one-use’ medical boxes, which hold everything needed to quickly deliver crucial treatment for the condition, are being introduced to...
NHS worker who trains nurses of the future comes top of the class
A nurse who has worked tirelessly to train the next generation has scooped a top nursing award – on the same night as winning a patient care gong. Ffion Pursglove is so passionate about harnessing the talents and skills of future nurses that she developed a new guide...
Mobiles are just child’s play for Vicky
A talented phone saleswoman has set up a fledgling business making mobiles of a different kind - to hang above babies' cots. Vicky Tymz, who works at 3 Store at the Eagles Meadow shopping centre in Wrexham, came up with the idea during a visit to New York. Orders are...
£3.4m economy boosting new homes scheme takes a bow
A housing association has unveiled a £3.4 million landmark development of affordable homes which have provided a major boost for the local economy. The construction of Cartrefi Conwy's Maes Glanarfon estate in Llanfairfechan supported 200 jobs, including four...
Plans to recruit 17 extra police officers and six more staff win backing
Seventeen extra police officers and an additional six staff will be recruited in North Wales after a police boss won backing for his budget plans. The proposal by North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner Arfon Jones to increase the cost of policing by 76p a month –...
World’s first steam powered submarine to feature in TV documentary thank to British Sub-Aqua Club scuba divers
Dramatic underwater images of the final resting place of the world’s first steam powered submarine, which sank on its maiden voyage off the coast of Rhyl in 1880, have been released for the first time. It comes as scuba divers from the British Sub-Aqua Club in...
Matthew back in the saddle after two freak accidents
A top mountain biker has thanked a doctor for helping him get back in the saddle after two freak accidents which he feared would end his cycling days for good. Matthew Booth suffered a broken shoulder and a fractured wrist in the separate incidents. Now he is amazed...
Caring Joan says fond farewell
A senior care practitioner has retired from her job at a care home in Wrexham where her daughter was born. Joan Price, 66, came over to North Wales from her home in the Irish village of Golden in County Tipperary in 1975. She initially worked at what was then called...
Security firm to the stars quadruples in size as it marks its 10th anniversary
The boss of an award winning North Wales security firm that keeps a close eye on football star Michael Owen is marking 10 years at the helm. Jonathan Turner took over the reins as managing director of Flintshire-based AGS Security a decade ago and has seen the company...
Melanie still a cut above after 25 years
A former mobile hairdresser who took a part-time job at a fashion store and went on to become the manager is celebrating a quarter of a century working there. Melanie Rogers, 44, is in charge of the Dorothy Perkins and Burton’s Menswear store at Eagles Meadow shopping...
