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...
GWM Poer 300 drive by Steve Rogers
After the great exodus of five years ago it’s game on as the pick up paddock starts to fill. Five brands took their leave of the UK under the threat of fines for not meeting stricter emission levels. We lost some big players, notably Nissan Navara and Mitsubishi L200,...
North Wales care homes step in to save Wales’ disappearing swifts
A care organisation is helping to save one of Wales’ most threatened birds after an alarming collapse in numbers. Wrexham and Caernarfon-based Pendine Park has worked with North Wales Wildlife Trust to support a conservation drive aimed at reversing a 76 per cent...
King’s touching message to carers from Wales: “You are not forgotten”
Three social care heroes from Wales were hailed as “truly magnificent” by King Charles when they met him during a special reception at Windsor Castle. Taurai Zimbi from Barry, Shiny Skaria from Rhayader in Powys and retired nurse Carol Dight, who were all gold winners...
North Wales hotel staff’s 200-mile charity relay for “rock” mum-of-two Fiona with incurable cancer
The humble bravery of a mum-of-two with incurable cancer has inspired colleagues from four North Wales hotels to step up to a £10,000 charity challenge. The journey that Fiona Sellars is facing has sparked an emotional response from across the Everbright Hotels group,...
North Wales Easter classic moves after 60 years
A beloved North Wales Easter tradition is on the move six decades after it started – but the music will play on. The Tremeirchion Bach Choir is striking a new note this Good Friday as its landmark annual concert relocates to St Mary’s Church in Denbigh. The annual...
TV-inspired solicitor boosts property team at fast-growing North Wales law firm
A fast-growing North Wales law firm has strengthened its property team after a young lawyer inspired by TV housing shows qualified as a solicitor. Emily Brayford, 29, has qualified at Swayne Johnson where she works in the property department advising homebuyers from...
Tears as care home residents relive horror of Gresford mining disaster
Tears flowed as care home residents watched harrowing footage of the Gresford mining disaster that killed 266 men. The emotional screening at Pendine Park in Wrexham showed grainy black and white scenes showing the aftermath of the 1934 colliery explosion – one of...
