Tracy brings Xtra-Factor to social care
The head of operations of a charity which seeks to help vulnerable people to support themselves is in the running for a social care Oscar. Colleagues believe the accolade is richly deserved for Tracy Peers, who for 21 years has worked for St Asaph based Cartref Ni...
Caring Louise in line for top award
A guiding light in the training of social care staff in North Wales is in the running for a national award. Wrexham council employee Louise Davies Rae has had her name put forward for an accolade at the prestigious Wales Care Awards 2016, known as the social care...
Virtuoso guitar twins double up to save the day at top music festival
A world-renowned pair of guitar-playing identical twins have stepped in to save the day at a top music festival. The celebrated Hungarian duo, Peter and Zoltán Katona, are swapping Carnegie Hall in New York to perform tonight (Thursday, September 29) at the North...
PCSO Delyth is as good as gold
A Police Community Support Officer who patrols the streets of Blaenau Ffestiniog is "worth her weight in gold" The praise came from Ann Griffith, the Deputy Police and Crime Commissioner for North Wales, who joined Delyth Edwards on the beat in the town centre. The...
Singing care worker banishes blues to be in running for top award
A 31-year-old care worker whose dream of a career in the West End was ended by major brain surgery is in line for a major care award for the way he entertains residents of a Hafod care home with his singing. Rob Thomas, of Sunnyside Road, Bridgend, had his musical...
Care home residents going for gold with paralympic game boccia
Residents of a Caernarfon care home are dreaming of gold medals as they learn to play an exciting Paralympic sport. Boccia has arrived at the Bryn Seiont Newydd care home on the outskirts of the town after proving to be a big hit at the Rio games. The target ball game...
Bakery inundated by workers seeking jobs on new wheat-free range, Welsh Office minister is told
A leading bakery has been flooded with job applications after announcing it was launching a new wheat-free range. More than 100 people applied for jobs at Wrexham’s Village Bakery within hours of the 16 vacancies being announced. They will be making wheat-free breads,...
Everything in the Il Giardino is lovely
An award-winning luxury hotel on Anglesey has opened a new Italian restaurant that will use local produce and ingredients from its own walled garden. The £15,000 investment at the four star Tre-Ysgawen Country House Hotel and Spa near Llangefni has been hailed as a...
Farmer’s daughter Gwenda in line for social care Oscar
The manager of an Anglesey care home on a farm where residents collect the eggs and look after the animals is in line for a prestigious award. Farmer’s daughter Gwenda Potter was brought up next door to the Regard Partnership’s Beudygwyn Farm at Carreglefn, near...
John’s close shave for cancer charity
A department store stock controller is all set for a close shave as he aims to raise money for a cancer charity - inspired by the memory of his late mum and dad. John Breeze, 33, of Johnstown, who works at Marks and Spencer at the Eagles Meadow shopping centre in...
