Adam “blooming delighted” to join TV gardening show thanks to grandad’s inspiration
A social media influencer from Llanelli has revealed his green fingered grandad inspired him to become a gardener after landing a new TV role. Adam Jones says he’s “blooming delighted” to have joined the team of regular presenters on the popular S4C series, Garddio a...
Kind-hearted Fahim serves up tandoori treats at care home
Residents and staff at a North Wales care home enjoyed nothing but the best when they were served up a tasty tandoori treat. For the feast of food plated up at Pendine Park’s Bryn Seiont Newydd care home in Caernarfon didn’t just come from any Indian restaurant – it...
Garden rooms business takes off with new £500,000 showroom centre
An expanding family-run firm is investing £500,000 to create a new showroom centre for its blossoming garden rooms business. Rubicon Garden Rooms has already started the transformation of the site, a former farmyard near the North Wales/Cheshire border, to meet the...
Cruel funding gap means frail old people in Carmarthenshire are treated like “second class citizens”
Frail elderly people in Carmarthenshire are being treated like second class citizens because of a massive cross-border gap in care funding, it’s claimed. Research has revealed that Carmarthenshire County Council pays £8,500 a year less per person towards providing...
Florist Sioned swaps “mayhem and murder” for meditation in the garden
A florist from North Wales has swapped mayhem and murder on hit TV shows like EastEnders and Death in Paradise for meditation in the garden Sioned Edwards, who lives near Ruthin and used to run a flower shop in Bangor, created the floral display for the Walford...
Young mum inspired local firm to support closure-threated local charity
A young mum has spoken movingly about how a mother and toddler group that’s facing closure helped her survive overwhelming times with her new-born son. Sarah Jones-Wallace, from Denbigh, shared that Rhyl-based Blossom and Bloom helped her out of a dark place and how...
Tributes paid to eminent North Wales lawyer
Tributes have been paid to one of the most respected lawyers in North Wales after a touching remembrance service. David Hooson, formerly of Segrwyd Hall, near Denbigh, who has died aged 88, joined the long-established law firm of Swayne Johnson in 1968 and became a...
Social care heroes give birthday boost to children’s hospice charity
A children’s hospice charity has been boosted by a birthday present from big hearted social care heroes. The Hope House/Tŷ Gobaith organisation, which provides vital services for children with life-limiting conditions and their families in North Wales, has received a...
New care home ratings system will be blighted by post code lottery that promotes inequality
A social care champion has given a “cautious welcome” to a new ratings system for care homes and home care services in Wales. But Mario Kreft MBE, chair of Care Forum Wales, believes it has been introduced too soon without sufficient safeguards or proper funding. As a...
Fast-growing food firm Harlech crowned best wholesaler in UK
A Welsh food wholesaler has been the crowned as the best in the UK. Fast-growing Harlech Foodservice was named as Food Wholesaler of the Year at a glittering awards ceremony at the opulent One Moorgate Place in London. The event was organised by leading industry...
