Dramatic changes herald bright future at North Wales TV production company
An actor and award-winning director is heading up a new drama hub at a TV production company in North Wales. The appointment of Martin Thomas to run the newly-created department at Cwmni Da is part of an expansion plan to safeguard and create jobs at the...
North Wales boss Laura drives campaign to attract more women into automotive industry
A business leader is driving forward a campaign to encourage more women to take up top roles in the automotive industry after being shocked by its lack of diversity. Laura Hall, the managing director of Maverick Diagnostics, based in Holt, near Wrexham, is a member of...
Party to celebrate 80th anniversary of VE Day at Gwynedd care home
Sandwiches, beer and a specially-baked cake marked the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day at a Gwynedd care home. Residents at Pendine Park’s Bryn Seiont Newydd care home in Caernarfon, also enjoyed a rousing sing-song as they embraced the spirit of the 1940s...
Ukrainian soprano Khrystyna hopes competition will kickstart new future after trauma of Russian invasion
A talented classical singer from Ukraine whose life was ripped apart by the Russian invasion is hoping to reignite her career at prestigious competition in North Wales. Soprano Khrystyna Makar is among 25 singers from around the world who will be vying to become the...
Storage firm to the rescue after sneak thieves steal school’s gardening tools
Green-fingered pupils at a Flintshire primary school are fighting back with help from a local storage firm after heartless vandals wrecked their garden project and stole their tools. The youngsters at Westwood Community Primary in Buckley are well on their way to...
Housing association’s new plan to build 300 homes will boost North Wales economy
A housing association has launched a plan to help stem the tide of rural depopulation in north Wales. Grŵp Cynefin, which operates across the six counties of north Wales and north Powys, has revealed it’s intending to build 300 new homes by 2028. Central to its...
Record overseas sales at North Wales bakery earn King’s Award and create 100 new jobs
A North Wales bakery has been honoured with a King’s Award for Enterprise after achieving record overseas sales. The prestigious award was bestowed on the Wrexham-based Jones Village Bakery for its spectacular short-term growth in exports over the past three years....
Young family lawyer inspired by volunteering on divorce and child arrangement cases
A young lawyer who has just joined one of North Wales’s oldest legal firms was inspired to specialise in divorce and child arrangement cases after working as a volunteer at her university’s law clinic. Esme Rowson, 24, originally from Shropshire, has just joined...
Drive to offer healthier lifestyles with new sandwich bar at Grub Hub
A reinvigorated community hub in North Wales is continuing to tick all the boxes in its drive to offer a healthier lifestyle to residents. The latest innovation at The Centre in Ruthin is the opening of a sandwich bar with a weekly macrobox meal deal – offering a...
BGT star Dennis creates musical madness at North Wales care home – with teapot and garden hose
A wacky musician who wowed judges Simon Cowell and Amanda Holden on Britain’s Got Talent had care home residents in stitches – playing a teapot and a garden hose. Dennis Frere-Smith’s performance at Pendine Park’s Bryn Seiont care home in Caernarfon began...
