Cash seized from criminals boosts fund in memory of brave lifeboatman
A special fund to commemorate a brave lifeboatman tragically killed in a road accident has been boosted by a major grant from a special fund of cash seized from criminals. The Craig Steadman Lifeboat Fund which was launched by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution...
Martin puts his best foot forward to cash funds for charity close to his heart
The production manager of a Deeside firm is putting his best foot forward to raise funds for a charity that’s close to his heart. Martin Stevens from Rubicon Garden Rooms in Shotton has vowed to complete the 2017 Chester MBNA Half Marathon in May for the British Heart...
Entrepreneur on hunt for more staff after £1.5m new Anglesey seaside café success story
A pioneering food entrepreneur who created 50 new jobs by ploughing more than £1.5m into an Anglesey seaside café has launched a recruitment drive for extra staff. Phil Brown, a former schoolmate of Prince Charles, who built up the Philpotts bespoke sandwich empire,...
Devoted son raises hospice cash in memory of his mum
Devoted son Phillip Roberts has dedicated himself to raising money for a hospice after his mum from cancer just a few weeks after it was diagnosed. Colleagues at the Debenhams store at Eagles Meadow shopping centre in Wrexham have rallied round after Phillip's mum,...
Music festival builds on its success – with Lego
A top music festival will be building on its success this year and inviting people to play with Lego whilst being accompanied by a small ensemble. The initiative at the one-day Bangor Music Festival at the city's Pontio centre on Saturday, February 18, was dreamt up...
Care home refurb heralds major £1m investment
A care organisation has unveiled a major refurbishment at one if its homes as part of a £1 million improvement programme. The work carried out by Pendine Park at the 44-bed Cae Bryn care home at their main site in Summerhill Road, in Wrexham, was praised by local AM...
New survey shows shopping centre is bucking national trend
A shopping centre is North Wales is bucking the national trend of an overall decline in the number of shoppers. Eagles Meadow in Wrexham is doing far better than the picture painted by the Welsh Retail Consortium which shows that footfall in Wales fell by 1.3 per cent...
Police boss criticises budget delay
North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner Arfon Jones has criticised a delay in the setting of the vital policing budget for the coming year. The North Wales Police and Crime Panel today (Monday) voted to defer debate of Mr Jones’s recommended increase of 3.79 per...
Trailer firm joins back-up team for one of world’s toughest rallies
A Flintshire-based trailer firm is helping two intrepid Danish adventurers to safely complete a gruelling drive of almost 2,000 miles in one of the world’s toughest rallies. Aboard their powerful all-terrain vehicle Jacob Glad and his friend Philip Hansen are...
Body worn cameras are great news for everybody – except criminals
Every front line police officer in North Wales will soon be wearing chest mounted video cameras. North Wales Police have taken just delivery of 301 extra body worn video kits and 50 docking stations and they're being rolled out across the region. They have been paid...
