Fast-growing law firm takes on four recruits
One of North Wales’s longest-established law firms has just recruited four new legal eagles as it continues to expand. Swayne Johnson, which has a base in St Asaph and offices across North Wales and into Cheshire, can trace its origins back to the beginning of the...
£500K appeal to save historic hotel which staged the first Eisteddfod
A £500,000 appeal has been launched to save one of Wales’s most famous hotels and transform it into a community enterprise. The Owain Glyndwr Hotel – site of the first National Eisteddfod - stands on Corwen’s London Road, the historic A5 from London to Holyhead, which...
Farmer Owen John, 91, back on his tractor after “miraculous” robotic surgery
A 91-year-old retired dairy farmer from North Wales is back on his tractor and enjoying five mile hikes after undergoing pioneering robotic surgery. Great-grandfather Owen John Thomas, from Holyhead, Anglesey, was one of the first patients to have a knee replaced...
Big hearted carers kick-start football club’s fundraising campaign
A care organisation has kicked off a fundraising campaign for a much-loved football club in which once included ex-Welsh international Robbie Savage in its ranks. Wrexham-based Pendine Park has donated half the cash needed to buy new kit for the town’s Brickfield...
North Wales food producers to turn out in force for annual expo showcase
A major event that provides a shop window for food and drink producers is defying the economic downturn with a bumper 120 trade stands – over 40% up on last year. More than 1,000 products will be on show at the two-day Harlech Foodservice Expo that gets underway at...
Lexus NX 450+ drive by Steve Rogers
Car sales for the last year show we are starting to warm to hybrid and all electric power. There is more choice and there are a few electric cars for under £30,000, still a lot of money, but it is progress. People tell me owning an electric car is appealing but are...
Appeal to honour for harp legend Osian Ellis at international festival
An appeal has been launched to honour a globally renowned harpist at the international festival where he was the president. During his stellar career, the late Dr Osian Ellis CBE played in the world’s finest concert venues and rubbed shoulders with film stars like the...
Gresford Colliery owners refused to pay families of men buried with their wages
Miners buried underground by the Gresford Colliery Disaster in 1934 died with their last pay-packets in their pockets, according to the man fighting to preserve a vital piece of Wrexham’s industrial heritage. George Powell said most of the 253 men whose bodies were...
Social care crisis deepens with more home closures
The social care crisis in North Wales has deepened with news that two more care homes are closing – with the combined loss of a further 91 beds. Both the 54-bed Morfa Newydd Care Home in Greenfield in Flintshire and the Gwastad Hall Care Home in Cefn-y-Bedd near...
Student helps transform ‘tired’ 70s bungalow into eco-friendly dream home on Channel 4’s The Great House Giveaway
A PhD student studying plastic pollution has pioneered the transformation of an Anglesey bungalow into a state-of the-art eco home – despite never having used a drill before. DIY newcomer Nia Jones paired up with roofer Mark Hughes for Channel 4 property show The...
