North Wales care homes were caught up in nightmare Covid “experiment”
A social care champion said care homes in North Wales felt they were caught up in a nightmare “experiment” when Covid struck in 2020. According to Mary Wimbury, the Covid inquiry had flagged up once again that Wales and the rest of the UK was under prepared to deal...
Welsh food giant creates 15 jobs at new Carmarthen depot as part of £6m expansion
A fast-growing food wholesaler is opening a new depot in Carmarthen as part of a £6 million expansion plan. Overall Harlech Foodservice – which has other bases in Criccieth in Gwynedd, Chester and Merthyr Tydfil - will be creating 150 new jobs, with 15 of them in...
Top illustrator Jason draws on experience to brighten lives of care home residents
An award winning international illustrator has taken on a new role to brighten the lives of care home residents through the "magic of art”. Jason Bennion has moved in a completely new direction from corporate design, leading artistic workshops at Pendine Park in...
Gogglebocs Cymru star Molara is local celebrity in home village of Crymych
A hit reality TV programme has turned a Pembrokeshire mum-of-two into a local celebrity Molara Awen, 58, from Crymych, is one of the stars of the Welsh language version of Gogglebocs. She appears on Gogglebocs Cymru with her daughter, Maisie, 21, and son Finn, 23. The...
Enterprising Rhys gets gem of a chance with high flying firm
An 18-year-old sixth form student is getting a taste of the world of precision engineering after being inspired by the success of a high flying company. Rhys Butler, a pupil at Ysgol Glan Clwyd in St Asaph, is now on an eight-week work experience programme after...
Cupra Ateca drive by Steve Rogers
Come the day when the only new cars are electric there will still be plenty of used firecracker motors to satisfy the petrol heads. And here is one of them, the hotshot Cupra Ateca. It might look ordinary but under that modest exterior lies a mean machine with a more...
Food wholesaler aiming for record sales at biggest ever trade fair
A fast-growing North Wales food wholesaler is forecasting record sales approaching £1 million when it stages its biggest ever annual two-day trade fair. Harlech Foodservice’s Expo 24 at Llandudno’s Venue Cymru will see over 120 exhibitor stands and expects crowds of...
Singalong at Caernarfon care home hits right note for deputy minister
A Welsh Government deputy minister is singing the praises of a care organisation that uses the power of music to bring joy to people with dementia. Julie Morgan MS, the Deputy Minister for Health and Social Services, said she was impressed by what she saw and heard...
Police crackdown bags more shoplifters in North Wales
A police crackdown on retail crime across North Wales has led to a “hugely positive” 9% increase in the detection rate for shoplifting that’s bucking the UK trend. But the officer running the campaign, Supt Jon Bowcott, says he’s not resting on his laurels and is the...
Snap happy fans keep asking TV brothers for selfies
A retired engineer from Flintshire and his two brothers are getting used to being asked for selfies after becoming reality TV stars. Huw Williams, 63, travels every week from his home in Mynydd Isa to his home village of Brynaman, in Carmarthenshire, to take part in...
