“Inside Venturewood”: Cheshire charity launches new autism-friendly forest sessions
A Cheshire charity is launching specialist wellbeing sessions for autistic children as part of a major new contract at an iconic woodland. Petty Pool has secured the deal at Forestry England Delamere Forest to run outdoor activities at the county’s largest woodland –...
“Game-changer” deal with trailer giant sparks expansion for Essex family firm
A family firm from Essex says landing a major deal with Europe’s biggest trailer company will turbocharge growth and create new jobs. SB Trailers, based at Reddings Farm in Asheldham near Southminster, has secured the sought-after distributorship from global operator...
Surprise message from Sir Bryn Terfel as “true champion” Lesley Griffiths bids farewell
A surprise message from a world-famous Welsh opera star helped send off a retiring Wrexham politician praised as a “true champion” of the city’s business community. Lesley Griffiths will step down as Wrexham’s Member of the Senedd ahead of the May 7 elections and was...
Wrexham stars in reverse gear as trailer challenge turns into £20k charity win
Wrexham AFC stars swapped football boots for tow hitches as they tackled a madcap trailer reversing challenge worthy of Top Gear on tour. The Dragons teamed up with longtime sponsors Ifor Williams Trailers (IWT) for a double header of fun, combining an 80-metre...
Wrexham leaders unite in drive to make city “one of the best places in world to grow up”
More than 30 key organisations are teaming up in a bid to transform Wrexham into “one of the best places in the world to grow up”. They came together at an event called WrexChange that was designed to showcase and harness the growing sense of optimism, ambition and...
Eggs-tra mile! Tractor-mad charity legend Esmor launches huge North Wales Easter gift mission
A charity hero who once drove a JCB from John O'Groats to Lands’ End is launching a month-long Easter gift mission across North Wales. Big-hearted fundraiser Esmor Davies, now in his eighties, is delivering hundreds of Easter eggs and toys to children’s wards,...
Mum to abseil 84ft down cathedral to raise money for charity that “saved my life”
A mum who feared she “wouldn’t still be here” is abseiling 84ft down a cathedral to thank the charity she says saved her life. Sarah Jones-Wallace, 28, from Denbigh, has signed up to scale down St Asaph Cathedral on April 25 in aid of Blossom & Bloom which...
Going ape on S4C: Orangutan to host Europe’s longest-running TV variety show
Europe’s longest running television variety show is clocking up another first – being hosted by an orangutan. The much-loved Welsh-language programme Noson Lawen made by Caernarfon-based Cwmni Da returns to S4C on Saturday, March 14, with Gareth the Orangutan taking...
North Wales law firm snaps up top property lawyer as business boom drives surge in demand
A fast-growing North Wales law firm has hired a senior commercial property expert after a post-pandemic surge in demand for business premises across the region. Swayne Johnson, which has offices in Mold, Ruthin, Denbigh, St Asaph, Llandudno and Tattenhall, has...
Tears and tributes as Wrexham MS Lesley Griffiths bids emotional farewell after 19 years at Senedd
Tributes have poured in for retiring Senedd member Lesley Griffiths as she bowed out with an emotional final visit to a Wrexham care home. The city’s long-serving MS was hailed as a “wonderful standard bearer for Wrexham” during a surprise tea part marking the end of...
