Restaurant staff call on The Force from Star Wars to battle cancer
The Force will be with diners at a Wrexham restaurant in as they raise cash to fight cancer while celebrating the launch of the new blockbuster Star Wars film. To mark the long anticipated UK premiere of the blockbuster space epic, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, on...
Daisy Bates from Rhosesmor wins Anwyl’s card competition
Daisy Bates from Rhosesmor is one of nine lucky winners in a competition run by Anwyl Homes to design its Christmas card. The competition was held by the leading homebuilder who invited children from across North Wales and the North West to draw a festive scene for...
Kind hospital staff show Christmas spirit to struggling families and their pets
Generous staff at a hospital in Wrexham are donating to a foodbank charity instead of giving each other Christmas cards - and they're ensuring that even pets don't miss out. The medical and administrative teams at Spire Yale wanted to do something extra to help people...
Inaccurate, wasteful and stressful – Police Commissioner blasts report
The latest inspection into North Wales Police has been blasted as inaccurate, wasteful and stressful by the man elected to hold the Force to account. North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner Arfon Jones, a former police inspector, claims the report published by Her...
Global opera star Anne on home turf for New Year musical treat
An orchestra is joining forces with global operatic star Anne Williams King to launch the New Year with a sensational Viennese gala concert in the heart of Wrexham. It is the first ever collaboration between NEW Sinfonia orchestra and the North Wales Opera Studio,...
Vintage songstress brews up the glamour at North Wales’ own ‘Downton Abbey’
An award-winning vintage singer who left her waitressing job to follow her dreams is bringing her authentic blend of jazz and blues to North Wales’ own ‘Downton Abbey’. Talented vocalist and vintage pin-up Bexi Owen, who has performed throughout the UK and Europe,...
School trailer rap is out of this world
A trailer firm was centre stage at a school's Christmas concert with a special rap which may herald a new product line for them - making rockets! Pupils at Ysgol Bro Dyfrdwy, in Cynwyd, near Corwen, hip hopped to it to celebrate Ifor Williams Trailers who have a...
Put aside prejudice to improve health of NHS and ease patient gridlock
A social care leader is calling for the authorities to put prejudice about the private sector in to one side to solve the crisis facing the NHS this winter. Mario Kreft MBE, the Chair of Care Forum Wales, stressed the need for everybody to work in partnership...
Watersports challenge for Abergele teenagers
Teenagers at a North Wales school are rising to a challenge involving watersports Nearly 100 learners from Ysgol Emrys ap Iwan in Abergele have sampled wind surfing plus catamaran and dinghy sailing, with many completing courses as part of their Duke of Edinburgh...
Bright outlook for impressive new super school powered by the sun
The power of the sun is helping keep over 900 pupils of a £30 million new super school warm as toast as the first frosts of winter bite – and saving £10,000 a year on electricity bills. North Wales ‘green’ energy specialists Hafod Renewables fitted 250 solar panels on...